Welcome
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 10.2.5.
Administration Guide
Data maintenance
Maintaining the file system

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 10.2.5.
- Quick Start Guide
- Planning and Installation
- User's Guide and Reference
- Administration Guide
  - Customizing and configuring IBM Workload Scheduler
  - Configuring the Dynamic Workload Console
  - Configuring user authorization (Security file)
  - Configuring authentication
  - Network administration
  - Configuring secure communications
    IBM® Workload Scheduler ensures your business operations are always secure with robust, authenticated, and encrypted connections powered by the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
  - Data maintenance
    - Backing up and restoring the database
    - Reorganizing the DB2 database
    - Maintaining the file system
    - Administrative tasks - DB2®
    - Administrative tasks - Oracle
    - Customizing your RDBMS server
    - Connecting the master domain manager to a new database
      Connecting the master domain manager to a new database involves reconfiguring the system to recognize and interact with the new database. This process typically includes updating connection strings, ensuring database drivers are compatible, migrating relevant data, and validating connectivity. This ensures the master domain manager can continue to perform its tasks without interruption, leveraging the new database resources and capabilities.
    - Auditing facilities
      Describes the audit facilities to track changes in the database and the plan, as well as those that track changes to objects involved in dynamic workload scheduling.
    - Collecting job metrics
  - Administrative tasks
  - Administering IBM i dynamic environment
    On overview on how to administer the IBM Workload Scheduler IBM i dynamic environment.
  - Performance
  - Availability
  - License Management in IBM License Metric Tool
- Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
- Database Views
- High Availability Cluster Environment
- Troubleshooting
- Driving IBM Workload Automation
- Extending IBM Workload Automation
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 July 2025).
Messages and Codes
Glossary
Notices

Maintaining the file system

Some of the file systems and directories need periodic maintenance. The details are given under the following topics: