IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 9.2 Scheduling and Operations

In this instructor-led course, you learn how to manage batch workloads in z/OS with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS. During the course, you use ISPF panels to create scheduling definitions and perform operational tasks. There is also a brief overview of the end-to-end environment. The course covers creating and controlling planning objects, such as workstations, applications, calendars, and resources. You learn how to schedule these objects into a daily planning cycle and then monitor and manage them. This training class is provided in a classroom environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab practice. The scenarios used in this class are based on IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS version 9.2.0.

This course is intended for schedulers and operators who will schedule and manage jobs in a z/OS environment using IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 9.2.0.

Before taking this course, you should have the following skills:

• A basic understanding of the z/OS operating system
• The ability to move around in ISPF dialogs
• Basic JCL

After you complete this course, you can perform the following tasks:

• Describe the components of Tivoli Workload Automation
• Define the different types of workstation
• Create scheduling objects: calendars, periods, and run cycle groups
• Build and schedule Application Descriptions containing multiple operations
• Managing critical batch
• Create the Long Term and Current plans and manage the batch to completion
• Implement restart and cleanup to simplify the rerun and restart of failed jobs
• Create special resources to further manage and control batch jobs
• Automate JCL editing with JCL variables and directives
• Code automatic recovery statements in JCL to restart failed work
• Take control of unscheduled batch

Introduction

• IBM Tivoli Workload Automation suite
• Architecture
• Concepts and terminology
• Version 9.1.0 differences overview
• Version 9.2.0 differences overview

Workstations

• Workstation overview
• Creating workstation definitions

Calendars, periods, and run cycle groups

• Introduction to calendars
• Periods
• Run cycle groups

Applications

• Applications and operations
• Creating applications
• Timing workloads
• Defining operations
• Job descriptions

Operation submission, throughput, and monitoring

• Operation submission and throughput
• Dynamic feedback overview
• Operation priority
• Critical operations
• Workload Manager scheduling environments
• Advanced ISPF panels

Long-term and current plans

• Data bases and plans overview
• Long-term planning overview
• The current plan

Restart and cleanup

• Introduction to restart and cleanup
• Restart and cleanup options
• Restarting the operation
• Browsing the job log

Special resources

• Special Resource Overview
• Creating special resources
• Using special resources in operations

Automated job tailoring

• Automated job tailoring overview
• JCL directives
• JCL Variables

Automatic recovery

• Automatic recovery

Managing unplanned work

• Managing unplanned work overview
• OPSTAT and SRSTAT commands
• Event-triggered tracking
• Data set triggering
• XML, an alternative method