Zombie Patrol

Automatic detection and cleanup of runaway, stuck and zombie batch jobs on the JDE Enterprise Server

JDE batch jobs occasionally get stuck — they finish their real work, but their JDE process record never closes; or a kernel call hangs and the job never reports back. Left alone, these “zombies” consume kernel slots, slow the WSJ, confuse monitoring, and eventually wedge the Enterprise Server until someone notices and intervenes by hand.

Zombie Patrol notices instead. It runs as a Windows Service alongside the Enterprise Server, watches for zombie jobs, cleans them up automatically, and keeps a daily record of what it found. Installs in five minutes; configures in another five.

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  • Product Brief
  • For CNC & Operations
  • System Requirements
  • Licensing

What it does. Zombie Patrol watches your JDE Enterprise Server for batch jobs that should have finished but haven’t — the classic “zombie” pattern. When it spots one, it cleans the job up the right way and records what it did. No more out-of-control zombies on your JDE server: it would always be zombie-free.

What you get:

  • Automatic detection of stuck / runaway / zombie batch jobs on the Enterprise Server.
  • Automatic cleanup — jobs are released, kernel slots reclaimed, the WSJ unjammed.
  • Daily zombie statistics — a record of what was cleaned up, when, and how many times. Useful for spotting the UBE that needs developer attention, not just the symptom.
  • Runs unattended. Installed as a Windows Service. No console to keep open, no scheduler to maintain.
  • Five plus five minutes — install in five minutes, configure in another five. Done.

For CNC & Operations

Zombie cleanup is one of those jobs that costs nothing per incident and a lot per year. Zombie Patrol takes it off the CNC team’s plate.

  • Windows Service install on the Enterprise Server. No new tier in your stack, no extra database, no new account to manage. Set the service, walk away.
  • No JDE configuration changes required. Nothing to check in, no menu entries to publish, no new role security.
  • No client install. Users and developers see no change in how they work with JDE; only the cleanup pattern changes.
  • Visible, auditable cleanup. A daily statistics record means you know what was cleaned and when — both for capacity-planning and for working out which UBE keeps zombie-ing in the first place.
  • Pays for itself in spared 3 a.m. calls. The classic case is the overnight UBE that hangs once a month, requiring someone to log in and clear it before the morning ledger close. Zombie Patrol clears it before anyone notices.

OS: MS Windows (x32 or x64)
OS Versions: Windows Server 2008 and up
CPU: Intel / AMD (x32 or x64)
System Type: Physical or Virtual
JDE Releases: E920
JDE Tools Releases: 9.2.26.x and above
JDE Backend Platforms: independent — all platforms supported by JDE are supported

This software is licensed Per Server.

The optional Yearly Update / Upgrade Subscription is available at the time of purchase (not available separately) for an additional yearly fee. It is payable in advance per licence, per year. It includes premium support and all software updates released during the paid period. Its cost is calculated as 20% of the product’s list price at the time of invoicing, as may change from time to time. Unless the software is purchased for a single, short-term application, we generally recommend opting in for this Subscription: any future JDE Tools Releases and Releases / Updates may require an updated version of this solution, and the Subscription is generally more cost-efficient than one-off Upgrades.
 
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