The PowerExchange Condense job can run as a batch job or started task. A batch job is used to run PowerExchange Condense in batch mode and can be submitted by a job scheduling system. A started task is used to run PowerExchange Condense in continuous mode.
A PowerExchange Condense job is composed of the following unique tasks and subtasks:
Controller
. This task s the job step task. It controls the address space and starts the Command Handler and Condense subtasks.
Command Handler.
This subtask provides the command interface to the Condense job.
Condense
. This subtask is responsible for writing change records to condense files and taking checkpoints.
The PowerExchange log contains messages that indicate when the tasks start and end and that include the type of task that issued the message.