Options on starting a job through a script

ayan · Post by **ayan** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:12 am

Hi,

I am writing a shell script which will check various conditions and then trigger the master sequence. Now if this script is run in the datastage box through the datastage login, do I still need to mention server, user, password in the DSJob call ? I guess not... But want to confirm it once.

Regards,
Ayan

[** Note - topic changed to be more meaningful - Andy]

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:47 am

Yes, you should always include the credentials needed IMHO. Sure, there may be times or installs where it "works" without them but I think it's a bad practice to not "mention" them, doing so makes sure you have full control over all aspects of the process. And once you move up to the 8.x world, as far as I know the whole "guess I don't really need to mention them" part goes out the window.

ayan · Post by **ayan** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:53 am

Well,I can see your point.Another question,can I mention IP in the -server option?

Sreenivasulu · Post by **Sreenivasulu** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:56 am

I think you can surely use IP. Never tried out myself.

Regards
Sreeni

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:06 pm

Don't see why not either. Go for it.

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:45 am

IP does work. I disagree with Craig. If the script is run from the DataStage server then using the user and password is not a good idea. It shows up in process list like when you use the ps -ef command. Most of the time it is not visible because there are so many other parameters in front of it but still not a good idea to broadcast any password. The -server option is not needed on the DataStage server.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:05 am

Well, while it may not be a "good idea" I've seen plenty of places where it would not work without them. And if you're worried about exposing them on the command line, then check out the -file option for dsjob.