IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 9.2 Scheduling and Operations (TM405G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introduction

  • IBM Tivoli Workload Automation suite
  • Architecture
  • Concepts and terminology
  • Version 9.1.0 differences overview
  • Version 9.2.0 differences overview

Workstations

  • Workstation overview
  • Creating workstation definitions

Calendars, periods, and run cycle groups

  • Introduction to calendars
  • Periods
  • Run cycle groups

Applications

  • Applications and operations
  • Creating applications
  • Timing workloads
  • Defining operations
  • Job descriptions

Operation submission, throughput, and monitoring

  • Operation submission and throughput
  • Dynamic feedback overview
  • Operation priority
  • Critical operations
  • Workload Manager scheduling environments
  • Advanced ISPF panels

Long-term and current plans

  • Data bases and plans overview
  • Long-term planning overview
  • The current plan

Restart and cleanup

  • Introduction to restart and cleanup
  • Restart and cleanup options
  • Restarting the operation
  • Browsing the job log

Special resources

  • Special Resource Overview
  • Creating special resources
  • Using special resources in operations

Automated job tailoring

  • Automated job tailoring overview
  • JCL directives
  • JCL Variables

Automatic recovery

  • Automatic recovery

Managing unplanned work

  • Managing unplanned work overview
  • OPSTAT and SRSTAT commands
  • Event-triggered tracking
  • Data set triggering
  • XML, an alternative method