I am running a scheduled agent that kicks off every 10 minutes. However, I do not want the agent to run if it is already running. For example: The agent starts, 10 minutes go by and it is still running - I don’t want the agent to get ‘kicked off’ again.
Is there a way to prevent an agent from running if it is already running?
P.S. This agent is scheduled to run on the server.
Subject: Running Scheduled Agent
Scheduled agents do not behave that way.
From the Help File:
“Note: Agents are scheduled according to the interval you set up, not the exact time of day. For example, if you schedule an agent to run hourly, it runs about one hour after the last time it ran.”
Subject: RE: Running Scheduled Agent
So are you saying that the ‘interval’ starts from the last time the Agent finished processing?
Subject: RE: Running Scheduled Agent
Thta is my understanding and my experience. I would be interested if others have had different results.
Subject: RE: Running Scheduled Agent
File Save is correct.
You will find a more detailed explanation in the Agent FAQ under resources. “Mimizing delays in the Agent Manager” is dedicated to how scheduling works. “Troubleshooitng agents in r5 and R6” will give you commands that would allow you to see the schedule (among other useful things) which be helpful as well.