Tracking Xi-Batch Job Activity with LOGJOBS
Enabling the job log, reading its format, and rotating a file the scheduler never reopens
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Tracking Xi-Batch Variable Changes with LOGVARS
Enabling the variable log, reading a line whose field count varies, and telling which job made a change
Diagnosing Xi-Batch Variables That Do Not Reach Another Host
How an exported variable travels between schedulers, what a lost host does to it, and how to tell the two apart
Working with Xi-Batch Variables
What a variable holds, the limits, and the real btvar and btvlist options for creating, reading and exporting one
Controlling Xi-Batch Job Flow with Conditions and Assignments
The exact syntax btr and btjchange accept, and what a condition does when it can never come true
Managing Xi-Batch System Load with Load Levels
What LOADLEVEL and CLOAD really are, the two tests the scheduler applies, and why the value resets at every restart
Modes on Xi-Batch Jobs and Variables
The eleven permissions, how access is decided, and how to read and set them
Integrating Xi-Batch With Other Systems
The interfaces that exist - commands, exit code, variables, remote submission, the C API - and what only looks like one