Hey bkenyon,
The machine JIL attribute machine_method should be exposed in the version of AutoSys that you are running. What I have found is that older clients will allow you to modify the field via a JIL update but will not display it when looking at the machine JIL.
To change:
update_machine: test_vhost
machine_method: roundrobin
I go to a machine with the SP4 client I do not see the machine_method attribute in the machine JIL:
autorep -qM test_vhost
/* ----------------- test_vhost ----------------- */
insert_machine: test_vhost
type: v
machine: realmachine
factor: 1.00
...but if I do the same thing on our scheduler (running 11.3.6 SP7):
autorep -qM test_vhost
/* ----------------- test_vhost ----------------- */
insert_machine: test_vhost
type: v
machine_method: roundrobin
machine: realmachine
factor: 1.00
You can see the additional attribute listed.
Unfortunately my implementation of autotrack does not display changes to machine definition JIL while on autotrack level 1 - otherwise I would suggest you use this to check while on older clients to see which of your changes to the machine_method attribute were successfully applied.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Scott