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US 8,713,579 B2Granted
Managing job execution
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMarco Cardelli, Pietro Lannucci, Valeria Perticara', Randa Salem
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Abstract
Various embodiments involve monitoring the execution of jobs in a work plan. For example, a system maintains a risk level associated with the critical job may be maintained to represent whether the execution of a job preceding the critical job has a problem, and a list associated with the critical job may be maintained so as to quickly identify the preceding job which may cause a delay to the critical job execution.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a workload plan of jobs, wherein the workload plan of jobs includes a critical job and a predecessor job, wherein the predecessor job must complete execution before the critical job can begin execution, and wherein the critical job must be completed by a deadline;
- monitoring execution of jobs in the workload plan;
- determining an ability of the critical job to complete its execution before the deadline based on an execution status of the predecessor job;
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- updating a risk level assigned to the critical job based on the determination, wherein said risk level is updated before execution of the critical job begins;
- wherein the critical job and the predecessor job are in a critical path comprising one or more successor jobs which are successors to said predecessor job and must complete execution before the critical job can begin execution.
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