Overview

CopyStorm/Director is designed to simplify the management of CopyStorm when an organization has many Salesforce instances:

By managing jobs in a central database, CopyStorm/Director provides solutions to several different problems faced by organizations with many Salesforce instances:

• A single scheduled program (CopyStorm/JobRunner) can be used to launch all CopyStorm jobs.

  • This reduces the complexity of CRON (Linux/Mac) and Windows Scheduler setup and maintenance.

• CopyStorm/Director prevents duplicate jobs from running at the same time.

• Log files from CopyStorm jobs are kept in a central database rather than a difficult to maintain file directory structure.

• CopyStorm/Director automatically analyzes log files and provides reports on jobs that experienced problems.

• When operators reboot a system, jobs that were in progress are automatically restarted after the reboot is complete.

• Different CopyStorm jobs with different purposes can be scheduled on the same Salesforce instance with no risk of job overlap.

• Job description and history is maintained in a documented relational database, allowing third-party reporting if needed.

• CopyStorm/Director management tasks can be accessed via either a native desktop application or a web browser.

Is Copystorm/Director worthwhile if a site has a single Salesforce instance? Yes. Time spent installing CopyStorm/Director will be paid back many times by its ability to manage and analyze log files. Not all Salesforce API hiccups are equal, and CopyStorm/Director knows which are important.

Next Steps

• Read the Architecture Overview guide to become familiar with the core components of CopyStorm/Director.

• Read the Getting Started articles. They will guide you through the installation and setup of CopyStorm/Director.