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TMS Control Panel Job Manager

The TMS Control Panel Job Manager is an application suite that is used to execute some of the time consuming, processor-intensive tasks in TMS, such as PM generation and report rendering. There are several performance benefits to the TMS Control Panel Job Manager:

  • Increased responsiveness of the TMS application.

  • Allows larger organizations to use a different server for processor-intensive task processing.

  • Fire-and-forget functionality to certain tasks.

The TMS Control Panel Job Manager consists of a Windows service called the TMS Job Manager and an executable called the TMSJobProcessor. Together, they manage and execute requested tasks.

Configuration of the TMS Control Panel Job Manager is a system administrator functionality only (configuring for more Job Processors, moving the Job Manager to a new physical server, and so on.). There is nothing in the user interface in the TMS application that is related to the TMS Control Panel Job Manager.

TMS Control Panel Job Manager Default Configuration

You do not have to configure the TMS Control Panel Job Manager, if you do not want to. It is installed by the TMS installer package, just like the TMS Control Panel Windows server. By default, the TMS Control Panel Job Manager is configured for you. You can accept the default configuration, or you can configure it yourself. The default shipping configuration is described below.

  • serverName - localhost

  • servicePort - 5000

  • processorName - TmsJobProcessor.exe

  • startPort - 5001

  • endPort - 5005

The default configuration allows for up to five TMS Job Processes to run at the same time. Because the TMS Control Panel Job Manager and the TMS OnSite Services applications live on the same server, you won’t have to open any ports on a server’s firewall.

TMS Control Panel Job Manager Custom Configuration

There might be a time when you do want to configure the TMS Control Panel Job Manager to move time consuming and processor-intensive tasks to another server. While configuring the TMS Control Panel Job Manager is possible to do on your own, we recommend that you contact technical support to discuss the process prior to making any changes. Configuring the TMS Control Panel Job Manager incorrectly can problems with Manual PM Generation and reports.