JMP Mail Archive: RE: JMP> Resource table - Missile or Camera

RE: JMP> Resource table - Missile or Camera

Harry Lewis (harryl@vnet.ibm.com)
Thu, 13 Feb 97 13:42:54 MST

Bob,

>jmResourceType is a read-only object, so how can the job be affected?

Thanks for pointing that out.

>This brings up another question. ................... ce,
>......... If a job hasn't started processing, a resource will indicate how
>many will be produced. Then, when the job starts processing, the value will
>go to zero and count up to three. Is the management application expected to
>query jmJobState to know how to interpret the value? If so, should we
>define which states cause the value of a resource to change from "required"
>to "used"?

You've done a better job at stating my observation. My recommendation
is to separate values which are passed in from values that will vary
during the job.

Harry Lewis