The Pennsylvania State University - Administrative Information Services, a unit of Information Technology Services

Enterprise Services

In order to provide services to faculty, staff, and students across the entire University, from department to department and from campus to campus, Administrative Information Services (AIS) enables a variety of University applications to seamlessly access University data, ensuring the reliability and availability of various systems.

Services

Batch Processing (Production Control & Operations)

Batch processing is a service provided by Administrative Information Services (AIS) Production Control and Operations. Production Control and Operations serves to facilitate three key elements of work which interface with Enterprise Systems:

  • Production Control coordinates implementation and performs first-level troubleshooting of batch processes that meet Administrative Information Services (AIS) standards by moving new or updated batch processes from test status to production status when accompanied by an approved change request from development offices. Additionally, Production Control also serves to coordinate the removal of batch processes and associated information from the system when accompanied by an approved change request from the owner or steward of the batch process.
  • Production Scheduling establishes a frequency for batch process execution based on requirements provided by Production Control and documented within an approved batch process implementation request.
  • Production Monitoring by Computer Operations staff ensures that batch processes are run on the schedule of submission to Enterprise Systems and reports to Production Control when batch processes do not meet scheduled run times or when they fail to run. Additionally, monitoring by Computer Operations goes beyond batch processing and extends to systems and peripherals as documented and requested by AIS infrastructure.
Database Administration - Enterprise Systems (DBA-ES)

Database Administration - Enterprise Systems (DBA-ES), which operates within Administrative Information Services (AIS), manages the software and procedures that ensure the availability, reliability, and recoverability of all corporate data supporting the ISIS, IBIS, and ADIS systems. This includes not only database administration but also data documentation, programming language, TP Monitor, and supporting functions.

DBA-ES manages Penn State's enterprise data from its conception to its testing and from its production implementation to, if needed, its recoverability in the event of a catastrophe. Penn State functions each day with the assurance that its business-critical data will be there.

Content Questions: AIS Webmaster