Roles for JobScheduler

JobScheduler can be started with one or both of the following roles:

• scheduler
• agent

These roles have the following characteristics:

The "scheduler" role

• In this role JobScheduler works as a "full" job scheduler.
• It can control processes itself but cannot execute processes that have been started by another JobScheduler.
• In this role JobScheduler must be connected to a database (Version 1.7 onwards).

The "agent" role

• In this role JobScheduler can only execute processes that have been started by another JobScheduler(remote scheduling).
• It does not have its own configuration.
• In this role JobScheduler does not require a database.
• Any database configuration specified will be ignored.