Integration with IBM Workload Scheduler
Integration with IBM Workload Scheduler
is provided by activating either of the following features:
- End-to-end scheduling with z-centric capabilities
- This feature is designed to let you schedule and control workload from the mainframe to
distributed systems through z-centric agents, in a very simple architecture of the end-to-end
scheduling framework. IBM Z Workload Scheduler becomes the single
point of control, providing you with all the mainframe capabilities to manage distributed
workload. Communication between the z-centric agents and IBM Z Workload Scheduler controller is direct,
through the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. This feature enables dynamic scheduling of jobs (by
connecting a dynamic domain manager to
the controller) as well as scheduling of job types with advanced options (file transfer,
database, web services, J2EE, and more).
For detailed information about z-centric end-to-end scheduling, see Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities.
- End-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities
- This feature is based on the Common Agent Technology and it enables IBM Z Workload Scheduler to be the master of an
IBM Workload Scheduler distributed
network. This configuration is implemented by connecting an IBM Workload Scheduler domain manager directly
to IBM Z Workload Scheduler.
IBM Z Workload Scheduler receives events from the IBM Workload Scheduler distributed network and updates the current plan (CP) according to these events. Conversely, every time the current plan is updated, an event is sent to the distributed network to update local plans on the distributed agents.
Being fault-tolerant, the distributed agents can independently continue scheduling when communications with IBM Workload Scheduler are interrupted due to network problems. At the same time, the distributed agents are prevented from acting on IBM Z Workload Scheduler jobs because these are viewed as running on the Master, the only node authorized to operate on those jobs. A CPU type named fault-tolerant workstation logically defines on IBM Z Workload Scheduler each IBM Workload Scheduler agent that will be running jobs for IBM Z Workload Scheduler. For detailed information about end-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities, see Scheduling End-to-end with Fault Tolerance Capabilities.