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Iwilldiscussthebehaviorofodistartscen.sh/batcommand.Often,weusethiscommandto
executeascenariofromourcustomshell/batchscriptsormightevenaddittoourworkflow
engine.
Thesyntaxbeing:
startscen.shscn_load_data001GLOBALNAME=odiSchedAgent001

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However,thereisanimportantpointtoknowtheunderlyingfunctioningofthestartscen
command.Thiscommandforksoutanewagentprocessthatislocaltothemachineonwhichthe
commandwasstarted.
Thestartscen.shhasaparameterNAME=<agentName>whichnaturallymakesusassumethat
thisagentwillbeusedtoexecutethescenario.However,thisparameterisjustusedtostorethe
agentnameinthelogsoftheoperator.Ithasnothingtodowithusingthatagenttoexecutethe
scenario.
AnotherobvioussideeffectisthattheOSexecutionprivilegesoftheuserwhoinitiatedthe
startscencommandareusedtogeneratelogfilesoranyotherOSfiles,whichmaybedifferent
fromtheexecutionprivilegesoftheremoteagentthatyouintendedtouse.

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(1)UseUnixaccount"A"tostartabackgroundagentprocessbyagentscheduler.sh.
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agentscheduler.shPORT=20910NAME=odiSchedAgent001
(2)OnthesameUnixmachine,useUnixaccount"B"toexecutethescenario"scn_load_data"
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startscen.shscn_load_data001GLOBALNAME=odiSchedAgent001

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However,instep(2),itwouldforkanewagentprocesstoexecutethescenarioinsteadofusing
theexistingagentprocessstartedin(1).Youcanverifythisbyscanningtheprocesses.
OnUnix,youcancheckthatusing"psef"andseethatanewprocesswouldbeinitiated.

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EvenifyouusesameUnixaccount"A"toexecutestartscen.sh,itwouldstillforkanewagent
process.

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Thismaybeaproblem.AsIsaidearlierthatthepermissionsoftheuserwhoinitiatedtheagent
vstheuserwhoinitiatedthestartscencommandwoulddiffer.
However,therearemorecasesinwhichthiswillbeaBiggerproblem.
Considerascenarioinwhichyouhave2UnixsystemsSystemAandSystemB.SystemAis
runningtheagentprocessandtheSystemBisbeingusedtokickoffthescenariousing
startscencommand.IfthereareanyOSbasedactivitiesdonebythescenario,thentheywould
bedoneonthefilesystemofSystemB,whereasyouwantedthosetodoneonSystemA(after
allthatswheretheagentisrunning.Orsoyouthought)

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NowtheGoodpart...TheSolution:
Usethestartcmd.shinsteadofstartscen.sh
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startcmd.shOdiStartScenSCEN_NAME=scn_load_dataSCEN_VERSION=001CONTEXT=G
LOBALAGENT_CODE=odiSchedAgent001
Thiscommandactuallyusestheremoteagentspecifiedintheparameter.

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Anonymoussaid...
Veryhelpfulpost.Mostappreciated.
Thankyou.Kudos!!
April8,2011at3:17AM

AnmolKaushiksaid...
Hiblogger,
Thatsthebesticouldgetonagent.However,IwouldliketoknowwhatifIexecutethe
command
startcmd.shOdiStartScenSCEN_NAME=scn_load_dataSCEN_VERSION=001
CONTEXT=GLOBAL
Asyoucannote,Ihaventspecifiedanagent.Sowillthisforkanewlocalagenttoo?
Pleasereplytomeonmyemail
k_anmol1592@hotmail.com
December8,2011at8:27AM

AnkitJainsaid...
Anmol,
Itwoulddonoharmintryingtorunthecommand.
Idontthinkthisisgoingtoexecuteanything.Whatsthelogicbehindnotspecifyingan
agent_code?
Ifyouwanttousethelocalagent,thengowithodistartscen
December8,2011at12:35PM

AnmolKaushiksaid...
HiAnkit,
Thanksalotforyourresponse.
ActuallytheenvironmentIamworkinginisquiterestricted.Ihavebeenaskedtowriteunix
scriptsthatcheckwhetherODIisup(bycheckingifthelocalagentisrunningornot:|)and
thenexecutingthescenariowearetryingtoexecute.Iamnotsurehowtopingalocalagent
fromaUnixCommandline.
Myunderstandingisthateverytimeajobisdispatchedwithalocalagent,anewagent
instancestartsforitsexecution.Alocalagent,unlikeastandalone/scheduleragentisnot
alwaysupandrunning.
PS:Thecommand"startcmd.shOdiStartScenSCEN_NAME=scn_load_data
SCEN_VERSION=001CONTEXT=GLOBAL"
willexecutewithaninternalagentaswearealreadydoingthishere.
December9,2011at4:40AM

AnkitJainsaid...
Yourunderstandingaboutanewinstancebeingcreatedwhileusinglocalagentiscorrect.
However,thereisnothinglikea"localagent"runningallthetime.
So,thisisnotsomethingthatcanbecheckedbypinginginUnixscripts.
ItisonlycreatedwhenyouinvokestartCmdorStartScen.Afterthescenarioscompletes,the
localagentisdestroyedaswell.Thelocalagentisaliveandavailableonlyforthatspecific
session.
ODIisnever"up"byusingalocalagent.TheonlywayODIcanbe"up"isbyusinga
standalone/scheduleragent.Thisisaprocessthatkeepsrunningontheserver.This
processcanbetrackedbypsefandifitsavailable,thenstartcmdcanbeexecuted.
Also,thereisanotherutilinsideODI(OdiPingAgent)tocheckifaparticularagentis
availableornot.
December9,2011at6:51AM

AnmolKaushiksaid...
HiAnkit,
Thanksalot.IconductedaPOConthesocalled'localagent'andcametothesame
conclusion.Alocalisnotaagent.ItissimplyanexecutionunitstartedbyODItoexecutethe
scenario,whichterminateswhenthescenariohasbeenexecuted(successfullyornotdoesnt
matter)
SonowIhaveproposedtocalladummyscenario,usingthe"startcmd.shOdiStartScen"
command.Thisisthebestwaytocheckthe'localagent'andtocheckifallODI
configurationsareintacttohandleanincomingexecutionrequest.
Cheers.
December19,2011at8:38AM

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MarcosdeBenedictosaid...
ThanksKudos,veryhelful!
September29,2014at5:58AM
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