Installing

This chapter describes the tasks you perform to install IBM Z Workload Scheduler.

Before beginning these tasks, determine the IBM Z Workload Scheduler configuration you want to create and the functions you want to use (for details, see Planning your configuration). The section IBM Z Workload Scheduler installation tasks summarizes the installation tasks and identifies the address space type for each task. Depending on your configuration, you might not need to perform every task indicated in the table. Skip those sections that are not relevant to your installation.

Note: To generate the skeletons that are appropriate to the current version, you are required to run EQQJOBS. For details, see Step 4. Using the EQQJOBS installation aid.
Table 1. IBM Z Workload Scheduler installation tasks
Installation task Perform for
tracker Controller Server Standby controller Data Store Dialogs
Step 1. Loading tracker software ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 2. Loading controller software ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 3. Loading national language support software ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 4. Using the EQQJOBS installation aid ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 5. Adding SMF and JES exits for event tracking ✓
Step 6. Updating SYS1.PARMLIB ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 7. Setting up the RACF environment ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 8. Securing communications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 9. Allocating data sets       ✓ ✓
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Step 10. Creating JCL procedures for address spaces ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 11. Defining the initialization statements ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 12. Setting up the ISPF environment ✓
Step 13. Using XCF for communication ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 14. Activating the network communication function ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 15. Using TCP/IP for communication ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 16. Activating support for the API ✓ ✓
Step 17. Activating support for the product dialog and programming interface using the server ✓ ✓
Step 18. Activating support for the end-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 19. Activating support for end-to-end scheduling with z-centric capabilities ✓ ✓ ✓
Step 20. Activating support for Dynamic Workload Console ✓ ✓
Step 21. Activating support for the Java utilities ✓
Verifying your installation        
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