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SFX Cron Jobs
| Job | Time (see note below) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clear SFX requests | 01:11 a.m. every night | |
| Google Scholar file | 03:30 a.m. on Monday morning | Beginning Sept. 2009 this file also used by OCLC for eSerials service. OCLC ignores ebooks in file. |
| Clean Apache log files | 02:17 a.m. on Sunday morning | Cleans log files. |
| Table Maintenance & Repair | 02:30 a.m. every month on the second day | Setup by ExLibris |
| RSI Index + A-Z Index Builder | 03:03 a.m. every morning | For ejournal list, index and multi-object menu |
| Statistic Queries | 6-7:20 a.m. the 9th of the month | Runs Queries and sends reports to cknapp email |
Note: times are Central time. SFX server is in Chicago. Also note there are index build jobs associated with the ebooks functionality which are not shown here. Best to check with support before adding another job which might conflict with “hidden” ones or with the backup.
To setup cron jobs
- See the SFX Manuals for details. SFX Manuals are updated regularly. Local copies live at W:\Departmental_Folders\Acquisitions\SFX_Project\Version 4 Manuals or can be obtained at the ExLibris Customer Center http://www.customercenter.exlibrisgroup.com.
- A list of cron jobs can be found Unix-side: Login>da>crontab -l
- Edit the crontab by typing “crontab -e” at the main prompt OR:
- Statistics reports crons can be setup via each of the Statistics Queries (sends to email).
- Google Scholar job was setup by registration procedure in the KB, but edited in crontab to add ebook export.
- AZ, RSI and other index jobs also setup via server_admin_util. Can be edited in crontab.
- As of April 2011 we don't cron stats moves because it moves most recent first and we need to monitor table space and file size. We move statistics manually both online to offline and offline to archives. Lists of the archived files can be found on this wiki at: sfx_statistics_archives_files
