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 10.2.1.
This section contains links to the IBM® Workload Scheduler Download Documents, System Requirements, and Release Notes.
This section contains links to the PDF versions of all the publications provided in IBM Documentation for IBM Workload Automation.
Use the agent for z/OS to schedule work from IBM Workload Scheduler on the JES2 or JES3 subsystem of z/OS.
This chapter describes the tasks you need to complete to download, install, and configure the agent for z/OS software on the target z/OS system.
This chapter provides information to help you plan your migration from IBM Workload Scheduler Agent for z/OS version 8.6 to 9.4
The first time the agent for z/OS connects with IBM Workload Scheduler, it is automatically given a computer name.
In the Dynamic Workload Console and in composer, the agents for z/OS® are listed as workstations of type agent.
agent
Like you do for all other IBM Workload Scheduler jobs, you can define jobs for an agent for z/OS from either the composer command line or from the Dynamic Workload Console.
How to define the JCL.
All agent for z/OS jobs can be either part of a job stream and be submitted in a plan, or be submitted at any time using the conman submit commands or proper Dynamic Workload Console panels.
conman submit
You can include variables in your job definition.
You manage jobs submitted to an agent for z/OS with the same commands available for all IBM Workload Scheduler jobs.
The agent uses the JES/SMF exits to track the status changes for all the jobs submitted through it.
Viewing the logs of jobs submitted through the agent for z/OS.
You can use z/OS® system commands to start, stop, cancel, or modify the agent for z/OS.
This section describes the mechanism that keeps the agent for z/OS connected to your IBM Workload Scheduler network when you switch to a backup manager.
This chapter documents potential problems and reference information.
The latest versions of the IBM® Z Workload Scheduler documentation is V10.1. See the related documentation here: HCL Workload Automation for Z v10.1.