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Monitoring and Managing Process Execution

3.Choose Activity > Set Priority. The Set Queued Activity Priority window displays:

4.In the New prioritizing value, change the value of the queue prioritizing process attribute.

5.Click OK.

The activity will be placed in a new position in the activity queue, based on the new value of the queue prioritizing attribute.

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Process System Guide Page Contents Setting Up an iIS Process Management System Managing Engines Managing Registrations 137 Managing Process Execution 157 Troubleshooting 203 Appendix a Conductor Script Commands 261 Conductor Script Commands Conductor Script Commands Index List of Figures IPlanet Integration Server Process System Guide August List of Procedures IPlanet Integration Server Process System Guide August List of Procedures IPlanet Integration Server Process System Guide August Preface Product Name Change Audience for This Guide Organization of This Guide Text Conventions ALL Caps Other Documentation Resources Syntax Statements Online Help IPlanet Integration Server DocumentationDocumentation Roadmap IIS Example Programs To copy the documentation to a client or server To view and search the documentation Toolbar Button Keyboard Command What Is an iIS Process Engine? Introduction iIS Process Management What Is an iIS Process Engine? Multiple Engine Systems Workshops Minimal Engine Configuration IIS Process Engine Components 2Minimal Engine Configuration Failover Configuration 3Engine Configuration with Failover IIS Process Engine Components IIS Process Full Configuration Failover and Load Balancing CombinedEngine What Does an iIS Process Engine Do? Setting up and Maintaining an iIS System IIS Process Management Tasks Installing iIS Process Management Software Setting Up an iPlanet UDS Runtime EnvironmentSetting Up and Maintaining Central Development Repositories Managing Registration Managing iIS Process EnginesManaging Process Execution IIS Process Management Tools IIS Console Custom System Management Tools Dump/Restore FacilitiesConductor Script Utility Repository Management ToolsPage Setting Up an iIS Process Management System Preparation Setting up an iPlanet UDS Runtime Environment IIS Process System Components IIS Process Engines IIS Process System Software IIS Backbone Process System Software Modules Details, see , Using the Conductor Compiled and Interpreted Engine Components Setccomp.sh True False IIS Process System Configuration IIS Process System Software 2iIS Process System Configuration IIS Function Node type Server/Client Node Names IIS Process System Setup Procedure Setting Up an iIS Process SystemTo set up an iIS process system IIS Installation Program Central Server Installation Engine Server Installation DLL Development Client Installation Configuring and Starting Your iIS Engines Runtime Client Installation Adding New Nodes to an iIS System Maintaining an iIS Process SystemTo add a new node to an iIS system Moving an iIS Repository Server Moving an iIS EngineCreating a New iIS Repository Server To create a new iIS Repository Server Upgrading an iIS System Creating a Private iIS RepositoryTo create a private iIS Repository on a development node Uninstalling an iIS System IIS Console Overview Overview To start the iIS Console on Windows or Windows NT Using the cconsole CommandStarting the iIS Console To start the iIS Console on UNIX, OpenVMS, or Windows NT IIS Console Main Window IPlanet UDS System Management Guide for information about Main Viewing Panel Off Engine is configured but has not been startedOnline Engine has fully started and is online Menu Bar Mouse Popup Menu To set a password for iIS Console Setting Password Protection for iIS ConsoleExiting iIS Console Window Refresh Behavior Using iIS Console WindowsUsing the Mouse To turn automatic refresh off or on To set the automatic refresh interval Filtering iIS Console ListsTo force an immediate refresh Operators Specifying Values Example Filter Expression Sorting iIS Console Lists Using List Views 2iIS Console Browser IIS Console Main Window Command Summary Environment Menu View Menu Engine Menu Monitor Menu Help Menu Page Managing Engines Production Engines Versus Development Engines Production Engines Versus Development Engines Configuring an Engine Engine Component Partitioning 1Engine Configuration with both Failover and Load Balancing Configuring an Engine Engine Startup Properties 2Typical Engine Partitioning Scheme Configuring an Engine Engine Configuration File Sample configuration file is reproduced below Databaseuserpassword DbservicesNodenameservicenamepriority Logtimers Unitrecovercursorsize DbservicememoryflagDbservicestacksize Governormemoryflag Unitsessionreconnectlimit Customizing Engine Database SchemaMonitordisplaylimit Unitsessionreconnectaction FORTEROOT/sysdata/conductr/clN/environment/enginename.dbs How to Configure a New Engine Code Example To configure a new engine Property Description Configuring an Engine Configuring an Engine Configuring an Engine Minimum number of pages managed by the memory manager Configuring an Engine Process execution options are the following To duplicate an engine configuration Duplicating an Engine ConfigurationDeleting an Engine Configuration To delete an engine configuration Starting an Engine Governor Idle Engine UnitBoth Online EmbryonicStandby Primary Engine Unit Startup Phases Informpartner Database ServiceStartupcomplete How to Start an Engine To start an engine Data on To start individual engine components How to Reconfigure an Engine Reconfiguring an EngineTo reconfigure an engine Reconfiguring an Engine How to Dynamically Modify Database Logging To modify database logging for an engine How to Tune Process Execution Monitoring and Changing Engine States Monitoring Engines and Engine Components To check the engine runtime configurationMonitoring the Engine Monitoring Engine Components To monitor individual engine components Unit Startup Phases on Property Description Changing Engine Unit States Changing Engine StatesTo change the state of an engine unit About Recovering State Information Managing an Engine Database Database Management IssuesShutting Down Engine Components Growth of the Database Recovering DataFailure of the Database Dumping and Restoring Data Dumping Database Tables Using the Dump/Restore Application To use the Dump/Restore application to dump database tables Managing an Engine Database Managing an Engine Database Using the Dump Command-line Utility Restoring Database Tables Preserving Engine Database Schema Customizations Follow the instructions under Dumping Database Tables on Managing an Engine Database Using the Restore Command-line Utility Wfdrdirectory Dump/Restore Environment VariablesWfdrengine Wfdrdatafile Managing Registrations About Registration About Registration What Does Registration Do? Install distribution on engine nodes Registration in Production Environments What Does Unregistration Do? Engine Registration Manager About Aliases 2Subprocess Activity References Registering iIS Distributions Registration Order Performing Registrations To register one or more distributions using the iIS Console Upgrading Registrations Unregistering iIS Distributions Registering Aliases To register an alias using the iIS Console Unregistering Aliases Viewing Registrations for an EngineTo unregister an alias To view the registrations for a given engine Unregistering a DistributionTo unregister a registered distribution Monitoring Instances of a Registered Process Definition To monitor instances of a registered process definition Performing Application Upgrades Monolithic Upgrades To perform a monolithic upgrade Rolling Upgrades To perform a rolling upgradePage Managing Process Execution Introduction Active Engine SessionsSuspended Disrupted Sessions Reconnectioninprogress Reconnectallowed SuspendTerminate Reconnectprohibited Explicitly Suspended Sessions Explicitly Terminated Sessions Pending Activity StatesReady Completed Aborted Activity State Process Execution Activity Types Process Instance Creation Process Instance Execution Activity Creation Activity Execution Offered Activities Queued Activities Subprocess Activities Activity Termination Automatic Activities Completed Activities Completed Process Instances Monitoring and Managing Engine SessionsProcess Instance Termination Aborted Process Instances Monitoring the State of a Session To obtain state information about a session Monitoring and Managing Engine Sessions Suspending or Terminating Sessions Managing SessionsTo suspend a session To terminate a session Sending and Broadcasting Messages to SessionsTo send a message to an active session Monitoring and Managing Engine Sessions Monitoring and Managing Process Execution To broadcast a message to all sessions Session Checking the Status of a Process Instance Managing Process InstancesTo check the current execution status of a process instance Monitoring and Managing Process Execution Monitoring and Managing Process Execution Aborting a Process Instance To abort a process instance Managing Activity Instances Checking the Status of an Activity Changing the State of an Activity To change the state of an activity Managing Activity Queues To view the contents of an activity queueChecking the Status of an Activity Queue Reprioritizing a Queued Activity To reprioritize a queued activity Monitoring and Managing Process Execution Managing Timer Instances Checking the Status of a Timer Changing the Timer State and Expiration Time To change the state and expiration time of a timer Managing Process Attributes Checking the Value and Lock State of a Process Attribute Changing a Process Attribute Value To change the value of a process attribute Removing a Process Attribute LockTo remove a process attribute lock Checking for Bottlenecks in Process Execution To find a process bottleneck Analyzing Process Execution Preparecreate History Log SchemaState Values Created Expired Monitoring and Managing Two-Phase CommitOFF Terminated IIS Process Engine Operations Monitoring and Managing Two-Phase Commit Managing Two-Phase Commit Operations Troubleshooting Introduction Process Engine Alarms Window Monitoring Alarms To register an engine with the alarm service To unregister an engine from the Alarm service To filter alarms in the Process Engine Alarms window Viewing Alarms To search for an alarm in the Process Engine Alarms window To get detailed information about an alarm To remove an alarm from the Alarm window Engine Log Files To view an engine component log file IIS Console Trace Window Messages and Message Filters Specifying Message Filters 1Specifying iPlanet UDS Message Output Filters IIS Message Filters Message type trc debug Setting Message Filters Using the iIS Console Trace WindowTo open the iIS Console Trace window To set message filters for a selected engine Special Example Write Client Messages to Trace Window IIS Console Engine Event Filter WindowTo set the engine tracing Engine Event Types Using the iIS Console Engine Event Filter WindowTo open the Engine Event Filter window To view all engine events for the selected engine Displaying All Engine EventsDisplaying Process Instance Events To view all engine events for an existing process Events for the specified process instance display Filtering Engine Events Performance ChartsTo specify a custom filter Viewing Performance Indicators To view performance indicators for an engine Performance Charts To log performance information Logging Performance InformationTo stop logging performance information Page Using the Conductor Script Utility Conductor Script Help Starting Conductor ScriptTo start Conductor Script on Windows or Windows NT Using the Cscript Command To start Conductor Script on UNIX, OpenVMS, or Windows NT Working with Conductor Script General Conductor Script Operations See SetPath Writing and Executing Scripts Comments Operating System and File Management Commands File Copy a specified file in the local file system Managing iIS Process Engines with Conductor Script Starting an Engine To start an engine where delays might be involved Starting Individual Engine Components Start all components Example Manual Startup Scenario Monitoring Engines and Engine Components Monitoring Individual Engine Components FindDBService State Managing Registrations with Conductor Script Making iIS Library Distributions To make an iIS library distribution Include a plan as a Registering iIS Library Distributions To register an iIS distribution with an engine Unregistering iIS Library Distributions To unregister an iIS distribution from an engine Unregister the specified Alias from the current Engine Managing Process Execution with Conductor Script To suspend or terminate a session Monitoring and Managing Engine SessionsTo send a message to one or more sessions Send a message with Managing Activity Instances Monitoring and Managing Process ExecutionManaging Process Instances To check the status of a process instance Managing Activity Queues To list the contents of an activity queueTo reprioritize an activity in a queue Managing Process Attributes Managing TimersTo check the status of a timer To check the value or lock state of a process attribute Checking for Bottlenecks in Process Execution To remove an attribute lock Place the specified activity List all existing event filters for Current engine Monitoring and Managing Two-Phase Commit Transactions Monitoring Two-Phase Commit Operations Managing Two-Phase Commit Operations Commits the in-progress To resolve transactions after a client or engine failure Conductor Script Commands Conductor Script Command Summary Environment Mode Engine Component Mode Environment Mode Commands Engine Mode Commands Engine Management Start the specified Engine Mode Commands Process Execution Management Abort all process instances Current engine Delegate the specified offered Activity from Pending to Set the specified timer to Component Mode Commands Generic component Engine Unit Conductor Script Commands AbortActivity AbortAllProcesses AbortProcess BroadcastMessage CommitTransaction CompleteActivity ConsultActivity Activity instance to be delegated CreateActivity CreateFilter Event Type Object Class Object Instance DelegateActivity Examples Active FindDBService DeleteFilter FindEngine FindGovernor FindParentEngine FindNodeFindPrimary FindUnit FlushLog ListActivities IIOPServerListActivityQueues ListConductorDistributions ListFilters ListEnginesListProcesses ListRegistrations Options ListSessions ListTimersListTransactions MakeConductorDistribution ModLogFlags ReadyActivity RegisterAlias RegisterAssignmentRules RegisterProcessDefinition RegisterUserProfile RegisterValidation RemoveReadLock RemoveWriteLock RollbackActivity RollbackTransaction SendMessage Critical SetPassword SetAttributeValue SetPrimary SetQueuedActivityPriority SetTimer SetState SetTimerDeadline SetTimerElapsed ShowActivity ShowActivityQueue ShowConfiguration ShowEngine ShowLogFlags ShowProcess ShowSession ShowStatus Engine Engine unit Primary engine unit Instrument Description ShowTimer Shutdown StartActivity StartDBService StartEngine StartGovernor StartTimer StartUnit Table A-2StartUnit Command Options StopTimer SuspendAllSessions SuspendSession TerminateAllSessions Uninstall TerminateSession UnRegisterAlias UnRegisterAssignmentRules UnRegisterProcessDefinition UnRegisterUserProfile WaitForStartup Conductor Script Commands Page Engine Database Schema Database Tables by Category Database Tables by Category Alphabetical Listing of Tables WFHActivityUsers Database Table See… Description Database Schema Reference WFHSessionRole Current State Tables Table B-2 Table B-3 Wuser VARCHAR264 Actname VARCHAR264Abortraction NUMBER38 Nolinkeduser Wuser Not NUMBER38 Activityname VARCHAR264Tokcounter NUMBER38 Not VARCHAR264 Table B-7 Table B-9 WFHControl Table B-10 WFHLocks Attseglength NUMBER38 Locktype NUMBER38Atttype NUMBER38 Attvalue VARCHAR2255 Table B-12 Table B-12 WFHProcess Table B-13 Table B-15 Reqstatus NUMBER38 Seqnumber Not NUMBER38Null Processid NUMBER38 Actionflag NUMBER38 Table B-19 WFHSession Environment VARCHAR264 Table B-20Not VARCHAR2158 Engine VARCHAR264 Null Attname VARCHAR264 Table B-23 WFHTimerTimername State Relativetime Not NUMBER38 Attsegmentid NUMBER38 Currelativetime VARCHAR232 Registration TablesTable B-23 Table B-24 Loadoptions Projectname History Log TablesLibraryname Not VARCHAR232 Wusage Createtime Logtime Date Table B-26Processid NUMBER38 Table B-27 Details VARCHAR2255 Table B-28 WFHAlarmLogAlarmtype VARCHAR264 Table B-29 WFHAliasLog Table B-30 Table B-31 Table B-32 Allocatepage Not NUMBER38 Activepage Not NUMBER38Table B-33 Parentprocid NUMBER38 Table B-34Parentprocid Table B-35 Table B-36 Table B-37 Table B-38 WFHTimerLogTimername VARCHAR264 Sessname VARCHAR264 Table B-39 Relativetime VARCHAR232 State Values Page Index Section B Section D Section E 284 Section L Section Q See also recovery 309 Section U