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 July 2025).
Planning and Installation
Planning
Overview
The installation process
zos/src_inst/eqqi1instprocess.html#instprocess__judy1 shows the various stages to install IBM Z Workload Scheduler.

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.
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).
- 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
  - About this publication
  - Planning
    - Overview
      - Hardware requirements
      - Software requirements and optional software
      - Related software
      - Parts and their relationships
      - Configurations
      - Subtasks
        An IBM Z Workload Scheduler address space (subsystem) consists of many z/OS subtasks. Some of these subtasks are always attached when the subsystem is started, others are conditionally attached according to initialization parameters specified for the scheduler options (OPCOPTS) statement in the IBM Z Workload Scheduler parameter library.
      - Relationship between the Scheduler and z/OS system
      - Using the Program Directory
      - Sample library
      - The installation process
        zos/src_inst/eqqi1instprocess.html#instprocess__judy1 shows the various stages to install IBM Z Workload Scheduler.
    - Planning your configuration
      When planning the configuration for your installation, consider the areas explained in the following topics, which describe the connections between the IBM Z Workload Scheduler systems and provide some examples of basic configurations.
    - Planning your installation
      During the planning stage of your IBM Z Workload Scheduler project, consider carefully how you want to install the scheduler to control your production workload. The installation consists of installing the tracker and Z controller in combinations to suit your processing environment, and connecting them using one or more of the communication methods described in zos/src_inst/eqqi1planyrconfig.html#planyrconfig. Later, you can customize your IBM Z Workload Scheduler systems to include more functions.
  - Installing and migrating IBM Z Workload Scheduler
  - Installing Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector
    How to install, upgrade, configure, and uninstall the Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector, which is automatically installed with a Dynamic Workload Console instance.
  - Deploying with containers
    Docker is a state-of-the-art technology that creates, deploys, and runs applications by using containers. Packages are provided containing an application with all of the components it requires, such as libraries, specific configurations, and other dependencies, and deploy it in no time on any UNIX, Windows, and Linux on Z workstation, regardless of any different settings between the source and the target workstation.
  - Deploying AI Data Advisor
    You can deploy AI Data Advisor (AIDA) by using Docker or Kubernetes.
  - Installing IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent (z-centric)
    The following topics describe how to install, migrate, and uninstall the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent (also known as z-centric agent).
  - Installing IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent on IBM i systems
  - Integrating Workload Automation with Zowe™
    Zowe™ is an open source project that enables you to interact with z/OS through modern interfaces. You can issue Workload Automation commands through the Zowe command-line interface (CLI), and access Workload Automation REST APIs through the Zowe API Mediation Layer (ML).
  - Sample library (SEQQSAMP)
    The SEQQSAMP library contains samples to help you install, migrate, and customize IBM Z Workload Scheduler.
  - Invoking the EQQEXIT macro
  - Invoking the EQQLSENT macro
- Customization and Tuning
- 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

The installation process

Stages summarizing the IBM Z Workload Scheduler installation process shows the various stages to install IBM Z Workload Scheduler.

After you have installed the product, you might want to include more functions. For details, see IBM Z Workload Scheduler: Customization and Tuning.

Table 1. Stages summarizing the IBM Z Workload Scheduler installation process
Stage	Description	For more information ...
1	Plan your configuration. You might create a diagram of your own IBM Z Workload Scheduler configuration to refer to during the installation process.	Planning your configuration gives examples of common configurations.
2	Plan your product installation.	Planning your installation describes considerations for installing IBM Z Workload Scheduler and provides a checklist for the installation tasks.
3	Install the product.	Installing describes the installation tasks in detail.
4	Verify your installation.	Verifying your installation describes how you can verify that IBM Z Workload Scheduler is correctly installed.