Job plans
This product ships with a set of built-in job plans that can be used for a wide variety of Changes that you process in the data center. These built-in plans have names that begin with the letters PMCHG. To inspect these built-in job plans, click , type PMCHG in the Job Plan field, and press Enter. Click the name of any of these job plans to inspect the implementation tasks that are defined.
You use job plans to structure the scheduled series of tasks that are performed during a Change implementation. Job plans contain the assessment and authorization records that are used for Changes to which the job plans are applied; they also supply a Change type, failure probability, and an indication of whether Changes are fully automated. Job plans are convenient and efficient ways to describe and organize different kinds of Changes across the data center.
The following table lists and describes the general process job plans that are provided as built-in product content:
| Job Plan | Description | Change Type | Failure probability | Fully Automated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMCHGNORML | Normal Change JobPlan | Normal | 2 | No |
| PMCHGSTAND | Standard Change JobPlan | Standard | 3 | No |
| PMCHGSTANA | Standard Automated Change JobPlan | Standard | 3 | Yes |
| PMCHGEMERG | Emergency Change JobPlan | Emergency | 1 | No |
The following table lists and describes built-in job plans that display examples of capturing detailed implementation steps. All of these job plans are set to a failure probability of 3 and a standard Change type:
| Job Plan | Description | Implementation tasks |
|---|---|---|
| PMCHGJ2EE | J2EE Application JobPlan | 11 |
| PMCHGDATAB | Implement Database Change | 3 |
| PMCHGMIDWR | Implement Middleware Change | 9 |
| PMCHGSERVR | Implement Server Build Change | 23 |