Control-M for Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift is a cloud data warehouse service to handle large-scale data analytics.

Control-M for Amazon Redshift enables you to do the following:

  • Execute any of the following Amazon Redshift job operations:

    • Execute an Amazon Redshift-supported SQL statement.

    • Copy a queried database and schema into an existing or new file in cloud storage.

    • Copy data from an S3 bucket to a table in Amazon Redshift.

    • Call an existing procedure and its arguments.

  • Manage Amazon Redshift credentials in a secure connection profile.

  • Connect to any Amazon Redshift endpoint.

  • Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Amazon Redshift, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

  • Integrate Amazon Redshift jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

  • Monitor the status, results, and output of Amazon Redshift jobs.

  • Attach an SLA job to the Amazon Redshift jobs.

  • Run 50 Amazon Redshift jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Amazon Redshift Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Amazon Redshift plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component

Version

Control-M/EM

9.0.21.300

Control-M/Agent

9.0.21.301

Control-M Application Integrator

9.0.21.300

Control-M Automation API

9.0.21.300

Control-M for Amazon Redshift is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for Amazon Redshift

This procedure describes how to deploy the Amazon Redshift plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Amazon Redshift job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Integration plug-ins released by BMC require an Application Integrator installation. However, these plug-ins are not editable and you cannot import them into Application Integrator. To deploy these integrations to your Control-M environment, import them directly into Control-M with Control-M Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

  1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

  2. Download the Amazon Redshift plug-in from the Control-M for AWS Redshift download page in the EPD site.

  3. Install the Amazon Redshift plug-in with the Automation API Provision service:

    1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations:

      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

    2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:

      • Linux: ctm provision image aws_redshift_plugin.Linux

      • Windows: ctm provision image aws_redshift_plugin.Windows

  4. Create an Amazon Redshift connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

  5. Define an Amazon Redshift job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

To remove this plug-in from an Agent, see Removing a Plug-in. The plug-in ID is ARS112024.

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version

Details
1.0.00 Initial version