The pdriver Command

Start PDriver with the pdriver command:

pdriver [ -bsub | -bcoll batchid | -parallel] [-RA] [-noprompt] [-user driverusername] [-pass driveruserpassword] [-domain windowsdomain] script

The pdriver command runs the script specified with script. The following table describes the arguments you can use:

PDriver Command Arguments

Argument

Description

bsub and bcoll

Use bsub and bcoll for batch submission and collection. Use them to

• Submit long-running Services without tying up the Driver. Submitting a Service using bsub creates a Batch Execution with a Batch ID that you can use to run the Service unattended and collect the outputs later. The Batch Executions created are of the same type as those from the Batch scheduling facility. For more information about Batches, see the TIBCO GridServer® Administration.
• Run multiple tasks and or prejob/postjob tasks that the PDS script defines.

parallel

When you run a single PDS that contains multiple job blocks, this option runs the blocks in parallel.

RA

RA specifies a Run-as job—a job that runs as the current user and with the current Windows domain. PDriver prompts for a password and passes it with the user and domain for authentication. If you run PDriver on a UNIX machine, you must use the domain argument to pass a domain, as shown below.

For more information about Run-As, including how to configure your Engines, the TIBCO GridServer® Administration.

noprompt

noprompt turns off the password prompt and sends no password when authenticating for Run-as; this is useful only when you use the RA argument and Service RA authentication is disabled on the Broker.

user name and pass password

When you use the RA argument and run PDriver on a Windows machine, you can use user and pass to pass a Driver user and password (as defined in the GridServer Administration Tool) to PDriver.

-domain <windowsdomain>

When you are using the RA argument and running PDriver on a UNIX machine, you can use the domain argument to specify a win32 domain for Windows Engines to use when authenticating.