Hybrid scheduling environment

Hybrid Workload Automation allows you to use a common User Interface to manage both on premises and on Cloud engines. Manage Workload Automation on Cloud or On premises, or choose a mixture of both. You can monitor and run actions in plan on the following objects: job, critical job, workstation, resource, prompt, job stream, file, and domain.

A solution for you
The same workload efficiently managed in an on premises environment can be scheduled to run in a cloud environment. Workload Automation on Cloud reduces IT infrastructure costs and is a solution for using resources only when you have a business need to run your workload. You can transfer your workload from your on premises environment to your Workload Automation on Cloud by using a simple import procedure. The workload is instantly reproduced and is ready to be employed on your agents. Handling your workload in a cloud environment is a more cost effective way of using resources in the cloud only when you need them without relying on an on premises infrastructure.
How to work with hybrid scheduling environment
To work with the on Cloud engine from the on premises environment, define the engine connection in the Dynamic Workload Console by using port 443. This setting allows you to work with the REST APIs needed for managing Hybrid Workload Automation.

To transfer your on premises workload to the Workload Automation on Cloud environment, complete the following steps:

  • Create a workload application template.
  • Export the workload application template.
  • Import the workload application template into the Workload Automation on Cloud environment.
Create a workload application template containing the job streams that you want to transfer and define some general information about the template, such as a name and description. Select the job streams, each containing one or more jobs, that you want to add to your template. Select the export action and save the template in a compressed file format. The compressed file contains all the files and information required to enable the workload to run in the new cloud environment with some minimal customization to adapt the workload to the cloud environment.

From the Workload Automation on Cloud dashboard, add the template to your on Cloud environment by selecting Import a custom application access point and sign in with your IBM ID. Upload the compressed workload application template file and select the agent on which to import it. You need only adjust two objects to adapt the workload to cloud environment: the prompt definition and the variable table. You must rename both of these objects by prefixing their names with your Workload Automation subscription environment ID. When the import process completes, the workload application is ready to be used in the on Cloud environment.