Parts and their relationships

IBM Z Workload Scheduler consists of a base product, the agent, and a number of features. You need the base product to track your workload. Hereafter, you see the agent referred to as the tracker and the engine referred to as the controller. One z/OS system in your complex is designated the controlling system and runs the controller feature. Only one controller feature is required, even when you want to start standby controllers on other z/OS systems in a sysplex.

You can also control the workload in other operating environments (UNIX, Windows, IBM i) using the end-to-end scheduling functions provided in IBM Z Workload Scheduler and in IBM Workload Scheduler.

Additionally, national language features let you see the IBM Z Workload Scheduler ISPF dialogs in the language of your choice. These languages are available:
  • English
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish

The rest of this section describes the tracker and controller, their relationship, and how you can configure them.