Sync checks are an important part of maintaining replication confidence in an iCluster environment. By validating that source and target systems remain synchronized, they help administrators identify potential discrepancies before they become operational concerns.
Users can rely on scheduled sync checks to perform this validation automatically. Once configured in the iCluster engine, these schedules run according to their defined timing, helping ensure that synchronization is regularly verified without manual intervention.
As the number of replication groups and scheduled validation activities grows, administrators often need a convenient way to review existing schedules, check their status, examine execution history, and perform routine schedule maintenance.
With iCluster Web 9.4.1, administrators can now view and manage sync checks that were scheduled in the iCluster engine directly from the web interface. The new Sync Check Scheduler provides a centralized view of these schedules and allows common management tasks to be performed from within iCluster Web.
The Challenge: Keeping Track of Scheduled Validation Activity
Scheduled sync checks help ensure replication consistency over time, but as environments grow, so does the number of validation activities administrators need to monitor.
A single environment may contain multiple replication groups with sync checks scheduled at different intervals. Over time, administrators may need to determine which schedules are active, which have recently executed, when the next validation is expected to run, or whether a schedule requires administrative attention.
Having quick access to this information helps simplify routine administration and provides better visibility into the validation activities supporting an organization's HA/DR strategy.
Bringing Scheduled Sync Checks into iCluster Web
Scheduled sync checks continue to be created and maintained by the iCluster engine. With this release, iCluster Web provides a browser-based interface for viewing and managing those existing schedules.
Accessible through the Monitor page, the Sync Check Scheduler displays scheduled sync checks along with their status, execution details, and timing information. This visibility helps administrators quickly understand what validation activities are configured within their environment.
From a single interface, administrators can:
- View scheduled sync checks created in the iCluster engine.
- Activate and deactivate schedules.
- Delete existing schedules.
- Perform actions on multiple schedules simultaneously.
- Filter schedules based on date ranges and execution history.
- Customize the information displayed in the scheduler view.
1. Manage Scheduled Sync Checks
Routine schedule maintenance should be straightforward.
The Sync Check Scheduler enables administrators to perform common management actions directly from the schedule list, including:
- Activate scheduled sync checks
- Deactivate scheduled sync checks
- Delete scheduled sync checks
Whether a schedule needs to be re-enabled after maintenance or retired after a configuration change, these actions are available directly from the scheduler interface.
Activate and Deactivate with Confidence
Administrators can quickly change the status of a scheduled sync check using dedicated actions within the table. Confirmation dialogs help ensure changes are intentional, while status indicators make it easy to understand the current state of each schedule.
Bulk Actions for Greater Efficiency
In environments with many scheduled sync checks, updating schedules one at a time can become time-consuming.
To simplify administration, multiple schedules can be selected simultaneously and managed using bulk activate, deactivate, or delete operations. This allows administrators to apply common actions across multiple schedules from a single interface.
2. Quickly Locate Relevant Sync Check Activity
As environments grow, the ability to quickly locate relevant schedules becomes increasingly important.
The Sync Check Scheduler includes several filtering options that help administrators focus on schedules relevant to a particular timeframe. Available filters include:
- All
- Today
- This Week
- This Month
- Next Month
- Custom Date Range
Administrators can further refine results by choosing to display:
- Last runs within the selected range
- Next runs within the selected range
- Both views simultaneously
This flexibility helps teams quickly answer operational questions about recent activity and upcoming validation events.
3. Customize the Scheduler View
Not every administrator needs the same information.
Some teams may focus on execution times. Others may be more interested in frequency, duration, synchronization results, or out-of-sync counts.
To support different operational needs, the Sync Check Scheduler includes Column Settings, allowing users to customize the table view by:
- Showing columns
- Hiding columns
- Removing columns
- Reordering columns
This makes it easy to build a personalized view that highlights the information most relevant to your environment.
A Centralized View of Scheduled Validation
The Sync Check Scheduler is designed to provide administrators with a clear view of scheduled validation activity.
From a single interface, teams can:
- Review existing schedules
- Manage schedule status
- Apply bulk actions
- Filter execution history
- Monitor upcoming runs
- Customize displayed information
The result is greater visibility into sync validation activities and a streamlined experience for managing them.
The Bottom Line
Scheduled sync checks have long been an important capability within iCluster, helping organizations validate synchronization between source and target systems.
With Sync Check Scheduler in iCluster Web 9.4.1, administrators can now view and manage those existing engine-defined schedules directly from the browser. Features such as schedule activation and deactivation, bulk actions, flexible filtering, and customizable views provide greater visibility into scheduled validation activities while keeping familiar iCluster workflows intact.
By bringing visibility and management of scheduled sync checks into iCluster Web, administrators gain a clearer view of their validation strategy and greater control over the activities that help keep IBM i environments synchronized and protected.
Product Demo
The following video demonstrates how to view, manage, and filter scheduled sync checks in iCluster Web.
