Welcome
IBM® Z Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM® Z Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product.
Scheduling End-to-end with Fault Tolerance Capabilities
Overview
An overview of end-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities.
End-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities environment
End-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities environment.
Distributed agents
A distributed agent is a computer that is part of an IBM Workload Scheduler network on which you can schedule jobs from IBM Z Workload Scheduler.

Product requirements
This section contains links to the IBM® Workload Scheduler Download Documents, System Requirements, and Release Notes.
Fix Pack readmes
For the latest information about a Fix Pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
Product Library in PDF format
This section contains links to the PDF versions of all the publications provided in IBM Documentation for IBM Workload Automation.
Considerations for GDPR readiness
Overview
Mobile Applications Userʼs Guide
Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide
AI Data Advisor (AIDA) User's Guide
Scheduling Job Integrations with IBM Workload Automation
IBM® Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM® Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use IBM Workload Scheduler. The documentation has been updated for IBM Workload Scheduler Version 10.1 Fix Pack 6.
IBM® Z Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM® Z Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product.
- Memo to Users
- Program Directory
- Dynamic Workload Console Readmes
  For the latest information about a Dynamic Workload Console fix pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
- Planning and Installation
- Customization and Tuning
- Managing the Workload
  You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
- Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities
- Scheduling End-to-end with Fault Tolerance Capabilities
  - About this publication
  - Overview
    An overview of end-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities.
    - End-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities environment
      End-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities environment.
      - The IBM Z Workload Scheduler end
        The main characteristics of the fault-tolerant end-to-end scheduling on the IBM Z Workload Scheduler system is the addition of the end-to-end server, a started task on the mainframe that works closely with the controller.
      - The IBM Workload Scheduler end
      - Distributed agents
        A distributed agent is a computer that is part of an IBM Workload Scheduler network on which you can schedule jobs from IBM Z Workload Scheduler.
        Distributed agent installation
      - IBM Workload Scheduler domains
        An IBM Workload Scheduler network consists of at least one domain, the master domain, in which the master domain manager is the management hub.
      - End-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities architecture
        End-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities architecture.
    - End-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities functions
      Some actions that can be performed with end-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities.
    - Integration with IBM Workload Scheduler
    - The Symphony file
      In a native IBM Workload Scheduler network, the Symphony file, also known as the production control file, is the daily plan. The Symphony file contains the scheduling information needed by the production control process named batchman. It is typically created during the pre-production phase before the start of each new planning period by a process named Jnextplan on the master domain manager.
    - Basic server configuration example
      Example of a basic server configuration of IBM Z Workload Scheduler. IBM Z Workload Scheduler connects distributed agents to the server through TCP/IP.
    - Functional comparison between end-to-end and single scheduling environments
      Functional comparison between end-to-end and single scheduling environments
    - Terminology mapping
      Because of legacy reasons, the two scheduling engines and the Dynamic Workload Console use different names for the same scheduling objects or attributes.
  - Installing
  - Customizing
  - Managing end-to-end scheduling
  - Changing the topology of the network
- Quick Reference
- Diagnosis Guide and Reference
- Workload Automation Programming Language for z/OS User's Guide and Reference
- Driving IBM Z Workload Scheduler
Messages and Codes
Glossary
Installing IBM® Workload Scheduler
How to monitor your IBM® Workload Scheduler using the Dynamic Workload Console
How to create your scheduling environment using the Dynamic Workload Console
Notices

Distributed agents

A distributed agent is a computer that is part of an IBM Workload Scheduler network on which you can schedule jobs from IBM Z Workload Scheduler.

Distributed agents are:

Domain Manager: The management hub in a domain. All communications to and from the agents in a domain are routed through the domain manager.
Backup Domain Manager: A fault-tolerant agent capable of assuming the responsibilities of its domain manager.
Fault-tolerant Agent (FTA): A workstation capable of resolving local dependencies and of launching its jobs in the absence of a domain manager connection.
Standard Agent: A workstation that launches jobs only under the direction of its domain manager.
Extended Agent: A logical workstation you use to launch and control jobs on other systems and applications, such as JES2 or JES3, or IBM Z Workload Scheduler, CA7, Peoplesoft, Oracle Applications, and SAP R/3.

Distributed agents replace tracker agents in IBM Z Workload Scheduler. Using the distributed agents you can schedule on non-z/OS systems with a more reliable, fault-tolerant, and scalable agent.

In the IBM Z Workload Scheduler plan, the logical representation of a distributed agent is called a fault-tolerant workstation.