Create an Executor Group

An executor group is a group of computers with AutoSteps installed. When you create a job, you select the executor group that should run it. AutoSteps runs each job on one of the available computers in the group, so the work is load balanced between the computers.

Before you start

• You need the PerformanceGuard administrator role.
• Install AutoSteps on the computers that should run scripts. The computers must also have a PerformanceGuard agent.

Create an executor group

1. Select Administration → AutoSteps → Groups.
2. Select Create .
3. In Name, type a name for the group.
4. In Timezone, start typing a time zone, for example Europe/Copenhagen, and select it in the list. AutoSteps runs the schedules of the group’s jobs in this time zone, not in the server’s time zone. For example, a job with the schedule Noon, weekdays runs at 12:00 in the group’s time zone.
5. Leave Enabled selected if the group should run jobs right away.
6. Select Create.

The group appears in the tree. Its icon is green when the group is enabled and gray when it’s disabled.

Add computers to the executor group

Computers with AutoSteps that aren’t in any executor group are listed under Unmapped AutoSteps.

1. Expand Unmapped AutoSteps.
2. Drag a computer onto the executor group. The executor groups that you can drop on are highlighted in green.

To move a computer to another executor group, drag it from its current group onto the new group. To find a computer or a group, type part of the name in the search field.

Edit or delete an executor group

Select the menu button next to the group, and then select one of these:

• Edit: Change the name, time zone or Enabled, and then select Save. When a group is disabled, its jobs don’t run.
• Delete: Delete the group.