Hi,
I’m creating tasks using automation scripts, and my DataMiner setup is running as a cluster of agents. What happens if one of the agents goes down? I’m asking because, when I create a task via script, it’s done by sending a message to a specific agent.
Is it possible to make this process redundant without having full one-to-one DataMiner redundancy? Or is there a way for the cluster to automatically assign the task to an available agent if the targeted one is down?
Some clarification on this topic would be great—maybe you could also point me to the relevant documentation?
Best regards,
Hi David,
When you create a scheduled task in a DMA (via Cube or automation script), a Windows scheduled task will be created on the server hosting that DMA. As far as I know, this scheduled task is not synchronized across the cluster.
When the DMA is down, the scheduled task created on that DMA will not be available in the Scheduler app.
Can you elaborate a bit more your use case?
Regards,
Hi Miguel,
thank you. So this would mean there is no backup of the Scheduler task in the DataMiner database.
In my use case, the customer wants to schedule turning channels on and off.
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I'm going to create a script in which they can select a channel and a time.
From this script, a Scheduler event is configured using a Scheduler template. When the event starts, it sets a parameter on an element associated with that channel. When the event ends, it resets the same preconfigured parameter.
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We were wondering whether there is any kind of backup if an agent goes down.
I initially tried to build this using the new Timeline App that was presented at the DataMiner Empower event. I assumed that Apps and DOM are not affected if agents go down, but apparently, the Timeline App can’t actually trigger actions the way the Scheduler does.
Regards,
David