4 Getting Started with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler V8.3
Start time
The time of day when a job or job stream is supposed to start assuming all
predecessor jobs are complete and all the resources are available.
End time
The time of day when a job or job stream must be complete. This is often
referred to as a
deadline time or must complete by time.
These terms, or minor variations of each, were used in virtually every Job
Scheduler package on the market. It is interesting to note that even today, 30
years or more since the first Job Scheduler product was introduced, most of the
products on the market still use these terms.
All Job Scheduler products, no matter who the manufacturer, accomplished the
goal of performing reliable job scheduling ...