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 main characteristics of the fault-tolerant end-to-end scheduling are listed as follows:

The end-to-end server:
  • Acts as an intermediary between the IBM Z Workload Scheduler controller and the IBM Workload Scheduler network
  • Acts as the IBM Workload Scheduler master domain manager
  • Is the focal point for all communication with the IBM Workload Scheduler distributed network
  • Receives the portion of the IBM Z Workload Scheduler current plan that contains the distributed jobs and job streams
  • Runs the IBM Workload Scheduler code in USS (UNIX System Services)
  • Communicates with the IBM Z Workload Scheduler engine using inbound and outbound queues

In fact, the end-to-end server replicates most of the IBM Workload Scheduler native processes.