Welcome
IBM Z Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM Z Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 SPE (Revised April 2025).
Customization and Tuning
Customizing IBM Z Workload Scheduler
Identifying related initialization-statement parameters
Recovery

Product requirements
This section contains links to the IBM® Workload Scheduler Download Documents, System Requirements, and Release Notes.
Product Library in PDF format
This section contains links to the PDF versions of all the publications provided in IBM Documentation for IBM Workload Automation.
Considerations for GDPR readiness
Overview
Mobile Applications Userʼs Guide
Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide
AI Data Advisor (AIDA) User's Guide
Scheduling Job Integrations with IBM Workload Automation
IBM® Workload Scheduler
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 10.2.4.
IBM Z Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM Z Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 SPE (Revised April 2025).
- Memo to Users
- Program Directory
- Dynamic Workload Console Readmes
  For the latest information about a Dynamic Workload Console fix pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
- Planning and Installation
- Customization and Tuning
  - About this publication
  - Customizing IBM Z Workload Scheduler
    - Defining initialization statements
    - Identifying related initialization-statement parameters
      - Configuration
      - Security
      - SSL connection
      - Generating audit information (JT log data)
        These parameters determine the amount of auditable information that IBM Z Workload Scheduler produces.
      - Generating extended-auditing information (DB log data)
        These parameters determine the amount of auditable information that IBM Z Workload Scheduler produces.
      - Determining the success or failure of a job
        These parameters specify how IBM Z Workload Scheduler determines the next status of an operation when the job or started-task ends.
      - Recovery
        Restart and cleanup
        Job log retrieval
        Automatic job recovery
        Workload restart
      - Performance
      - Reporting
      - RODM monitoring
      - Output processing
      - WLM integration
      - External monitoring
    - Implementing security
      This chapter explains how you use IBM Z Workload Scheduler security features to protect IBM Z Workload Scheduler functions and data.
    - IBM Z Workload Scheduler exits
      Read the following information to understand General-use Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information. It describes exits that are called by IBM Z Workload Scheduler. Your own programs can use the information passed by the exits to perform a variety of functions.
    - Open Systems Integration
    - Reporting Events
    - Using the Job Completion Checker
    - Using the data store
    - Miscellaneous customization
  - Data integrity
  - Tuning
  - IBM Z Workload Scheduler macros
  - Sample library (SEQQSAMP)
- Managing the Workload
  You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
- Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities
- Quick Reference
- Diagnosis Guide and Reference
- Workload Automation Programming Language for z/OS User's Guide and Reference
- Driving IBM Z Workload Scheduler
Messages and Codes
Glossary
Notices

Recovery

IBM Z Workload Scheduler can perform recovery actions for job and started-task failures and for system failures. You can use these recovery functions in IBM Z Workload Scheduler:

Restart and cleanup
Automatic job recovery
Workload restart