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).
Managing the Workload
You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
Planning and scheduling
Learn how to organize your workload while it runs, and the dependencies among its parts.
Creating Workstations
Guidelines for creating workstations
Which workstation types are needed?

Which workstation types are needed?

Although you must create at least one workstation to enable IBM Z Workload Scheduler to run, you do not need all workstation types. Create the workstation types that fit the workload that runs at your installation. For example, if certain operations are dependent on the completion of prints produced by other operations, use a printer workstation. However, if the production of prints does not have any great impact on the running of the rest of your workload, you probably do not require a printer workstation.

Because the main function of IBM Z Workload Scheduler is to control jobs and started tasks, at least two computer workstations will probably be required at any installation running IBM Z Workload Scheduler: one for jobs and one for started tasks.

Use a remote engine workstation if you need to define dependencies from jobs running on a differentIBM Workload Scheduler environment to accomplish your tasks.