JAMS Supports Windows PowerShell
MVP Systems Software is proud to offer robust support for Windows PowerShell, the command line and scripting language developed by Microsoft to help administrators work more efficiently with applications running on the Windows platform.
JAMS is the ideal automation solution for administrators and .NET application developers who need to easily and rapidly integrate batch processing into their PowerShell scripts or use PowerShell scripts to manage their batch processing.
JAMS leverages PowerShell unlike any other job scheduling vendor due to the fact that JAMS is the only job scheduler engineered on the .NET framework.
- JAMS includes a custom PowerShell host that it uses when executing PowerShell scripts. This provides better error control, improved parameter passing, host to script communication and detached UI capabilities.
- JAMS includes a PowerShell snap-in that contains over 40 JAMS specific cmdlets which make it easy to manage, manipulate and control JAMS using PowerShell. And our cmdlets follow all PowerShell naming and usage guidelines and make full use of the object pipeline.
- The JAMS snap-in also includes a PowerShell provider that exposes the JAMS object hierarchy. Moving and managing JAMS objects is as easy as moving and managing files.
JAMS users can find information about getting started with the JAMS PowerShell snap-in here.
JAMS PowerShell Snap-In
An overview of the JAMS PowerShell Snap-In features including JAMS PowerShell cmdlets and PowerShell provider.
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JAMS PowerPack
The JAMS PowerPack utilizes many of the cmdlets from the JAMS PowerShell Snap-in to make it even easier to
perform common PowerShell actions with JAMS. The PowerPack prompts users for parameters that would otherwise
need to be specified at the PowerShell command line. PowerGUI’s graphical interface can make it easier to perform
actions on specific JAMS objects. The PowerPack allows for management of the current
schedule, Queues, Triggers, Variables, and Named Times. The file transfer cmdlets are also supported by the
PowerPack and will prompt for the necessary parameters. Another benefit is that the PowerPack will only prompt
for common parameters such as “Server” once while PowerShell requires the information to be entered each time
the command is executed.
PowerGUI and PowerShell ISE can now be launched from the JAMS source code editor. Both PowerGUI and
PowerShell ISE have rich environments for editing PowerShell scripts. This means that JAMS users can take
advantage of PowerGUI’s autocomplete and PowerShell help features when editing their PowerShell jobs. After
changes have been saved JAMS seamlessly loads the changes back into the source code editor. Integration with
these editors can save JAMS user’s time because they will have access to more resources and have the ability to
test their scripts while writing them.
JAMS PowerGUI PowerPack
JAMS PowerGUI Snippets
Additional information on JAMS PowerShell Support can be found at www.JAMSSupport.com.
JAMS PowerShell Support