SAP Basis

Unit 9: Scheduling Background Tasks ADM100
Solution 19: External Program - External
Command
Task 1 Schedule an External Program
Schedule an external program.
1. Define the job WHOAMI_##, where ## is your group number. The job
should have the following properties:
Job class C
Execution of the external program whoami (check the control flags
for this)
Start in 2 minutes (referring to system time)
Check whether the job was successfully processed.
a) In transaction SM36, enter the job name WHOAMI_##, selectjob
class C and leave the execution target field empty.
Choose Step. On the next screen, choose External Program and
enter the program name whoami without parameters. Enter the
name of your own host as the target host. Check the Control
flags and save the default values. Save your step.
Return to the initial screen of the transaction and choose
Start Condition. ChooseDate/Time and enter a time that is
approximately two minutes in the future and save the start time
values. Then save your job. The system displays a message in
the status line that your job was saved with the status: released.
Check in transaction SM37 whether your job was successfully
processed. To do this, display the job log for the job.
Task 2 External Command (Optional)
Schedule a job that executes an external command as a job step.
1. Display a list of external commands. What does the command
ZKERNEL do?
a) To display a list of external commands, choose Tools → CCMS →
Jobs → External Commands (transaction SM49) from the SAP Easy
Access menu. ). To execute a command from this list, select the
command, and choose Execute. On the following screen, you can
specify a target host. Choose Execute again.
The external command ZKERNEL displays information about
the kernel (disp+work).
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