Control-M Monitoring

Once you have implemented Job scheduling in the Planning domain, you want to ensure that Jobs are processing as required. If you do identify a problem or temporary business need, you will want to ensure that business stays on track. This means not only getting at the root cause of the problem and fixing it, but sometimes bypassing the problem or applying a temporary fix to it.

Control-M Monitoring domain enables you to view, monitor and control all enterprise wide batch flows. By using the Monitoring domain, you can see the progress of your batch flows, and identify problems and potential problems. You can monitor the processing of Jobs, perform critical user tasks, handle problems, and solve various issues.

Batch flows usually exist in a distributed system spanning many computers of different types. You can view and monitor Jobs on a particular Control-M/Server, Jobs belonging to a specific batch service or specific application, and Jobs having a particular status, such as failed Jobs. In the Monitoring domain, you can use customizable and dynamic Viewpoints to allow you to display only those Jobs and Job flows of interest. For example, you can view and monitor:

• Jobs on a particular Control-M.
• Jobs belonging to a specific user.
• Jobs having a particular status, such as failed Jobs.

  For more information, see Job management.

Viewpoints are constantly updated and show the execution status of the batch production. You can define and customize the Viewpoints according to your needs. For more information, see Viewpoints.

In addition to Viewpoints that display Jobs statuses, you can monitor critical services and intervene if delays or problems are detected. With Services you can:

• View the status of critical services
• Be notified of potential delays and errors in critical services
• Take corrective actions and intervene before services are affected

  For more information, see Service management.

You can perform other tasks in the Monitoring domain, such as:

• History: View a viewpoint from an earlier date which enables you to access Job processing data that has been accumulated up to a period of time. For more information, see Creating a historical viewpoint.
• Archive search: Search for Job log and output archived data stored in the Control-M Workload Archiving server from the Services and Viewpoints tabs. For more information, see Searching for archive data.
• Order: Manually set a Job to run. For more information, see Ordering Jobs and Folders.
• Orders report: View Jobs and Folders that you ordered in the Control-M Monitoring domain. For more information, see Viewing the Orders Report.
• Job search: Search for specific Jobs across Viewpoints and Services without the need to open or define a Viewpoint. You can also search or within a specific Viewpoint or Service. For more information, see Finding a Job.
• Workflow Insights: Enables you to track and monitor business workflow metrics over time via various dashboards.