Tivoli Workload Automation, Version 8.6

Contents

About this publication

What is new in this release

What is new in this publication

Who should read this publication

Using LookAt to look up message explanations

Tivoli technical training

Support information

Conventions used in this publication

How to read syntax diagrams

Customizing IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS

Defining initialization statements

Specifying the statements

Creating the statements

Storing the statements

Overriding the EQQPARM statements

Choosing the appropriate statements

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Modifying the HTTP destinations

Identifying related initialization-statement parameters

Generating audit information (JT log data)

Determining the success or failure of a job

Restart and cleanup

Job log retrieval

Automatic job recovery

Workload restart

RODM monitoring

Output processing

End-to-end scheduling with fault tolerance capabilities

Network configuration

Job definitions

Regional settings

WLM integration

External monitoring

Implementing security

Planning security implementation

How Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS verifies access authority

Identifying users

Establishing naming conventions for IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS resources

Grouping RACF users and resources

General security considerations

Controlling access to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS

Controlling access to the Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS subsystem

Controlling access to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS fixed resources

Controlling access to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS subresources

Controlling access to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS from APPC

Controlling access to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS using Dynamic Workload Console

Controlling access through TSO commands

Functions and data that you can protect

Access requirements to fixed resources for dialog users

Examples of security strategies

A centralized security strategy

A decentralized security strategy

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS exits

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS user exits invocation

Start/stop exit (EQQUX000)

Job-submit exit (EQQUX001)

Job-library-read exit (EQQUX002)

Application-description-feedback exit (EQQUX003)

Event-filtering exit (EQQUX004)

SYSOUT archiving exit (EQQUX005)

Incident-record-create exit (EQQUX006)

Operation-status-change exit (EQQUX007)

Operation-initiation exit (EQQUX009)

Job-tracking log write exit (EQQUX011)

Job-tailoring prevention exit (EQQUX013)

Time-dependent-operation exit (EQQUX014)

JCL-imbed exit (on FETCH directive)

Variable-substitution exit (on JCL or job definition variable)

Automatic-job-recovery exit (on RECOVER statement)

Daily-planning-report exit (EQQDPUE1)

EQQDELDS/EQQCLEAN catalog exit (EQQUXCAT)

EQQCLEAN GDG resolution exit (EQQUXGDG)

Application-description-validation (EQQUXPIF)

Daily-planning-scheduling environment exit EQQDPX01

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Start/Stop exit (EQQUX000)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Job-submit exit (EQQUX001)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Job-library-read exit (EQQUX002)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Application-description-feedback exit (EQQUX003)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Event-filtering exit (EQQUX004)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

SYSOUT archiving exit (EQQUX005)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Incident-record-create exit (EQQUX006)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Operation-status-change exit (EQQUX007)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Operation-initiation exit (EQQUX009)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Job-tracking log write exit (EQQUX011)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Job-tailoring event exit (EQQUX013)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Time-dependent-operation exit (EQQUX014)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

EQQDELDS/EQQCLEAN Catalog exit (EQQUXCAT)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

EQQCLEAN GDG Resolution exit (EQQUXGDG)

DDPROT/DSNPROT interactions

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Variable-substitution exit (on JCL or job definition variable)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Automatic-job-recovery exit

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Daily-planning-report exit (EQQDPUE1)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Application-description-validation exit (EQQUXPIF)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

System Automation for z/OS user exit (EQQUXSAZ)

Installing the exit

Interface to the exit

Open Systems Integration

Controlling heterogeneous systems

Setting up the environment

Submitting and tracking the workload

An alternate method for controlling VM processing

Reporting events to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS

Supplying event information to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS

General information about Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS subroutines

Using the general Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS subroutine (EQQUSIN)

Invocation requirements

EQQUSIN parameters

Specifying selection criteria

Specifying object fields to update

Return codes and reason codes generated by EQQUSIN

Using individual Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS subroutines

Using the Job Completion Checker

JCC message tables

Incident logging function

Defining message tables using EQQJCCT

Using the data store

Installing the data store

Running EQQJOBS to create installation samples

Estimating the size of data store VSAM data files

Secondary index

Characteristics of the local data store

Allocating data store VSAM

Secondary index

Initializing data store VSAM files

Secondary index

Post-installation actions on data store VSAM files

Configuring the data store

Data store initialization statements

Set UP controller/tracker initialization statements

Considerations about RCLOPTS statements

Activating the data store

Miscellaneous customization

Customizing Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS messages

Customizing Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS panels

Customizing ended-in-error-list and ready-list default layouts

Invoking hiperbatch support

Customizing GMT clock

Monitoring special resources through RODM

Creating case-code-definition modules

Invoking the data set deletion utility

Customizing Tivoli Workload Scheduler for messages in end-to-end with fault tolerance capabilities environment

Backup and recovery of data sets

Backup procedures

How Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS manages recovery of the current plan

Current-plan recovery principles

Current-plan recovery processing

Current-plan processing at Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS startup

Avoiding corruption of the current plan backup

Restoring a damaged Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS file from backup

Restoring the Workstation Description (WS) data set

Restoring the Application Description (AD) data set

Restoring the Operator Instruction (OI) data set

Restoring the Special Resource Description (RD) data set

Restoring the Side Information (SI) data set

Restoring the Long-term Plan (LTP) data set

Restoring the JCL Repository (JS) data set

Re-creating the current plan from the long-term plan

Re-creating the current plan from the new-current-plan and the JT archive log

Recovering from errors on the job-tracking log

Dual JT log data set problems

Recovering from errors on the JT archive log

Recovering from errors on the checkpoint data set

Recovering from errors on event data sets

Recovering from errors on a submit/release data set

Recovering from errors on the current-plan-extension data set

Automatic recovery from controller failures

Notification of controller failures

Re-creating the symphony file from the current plan

Cleanup and recovery of data store data sets

Deleting data from the database

Exporting data to a backup file

Importing data from a backup file

Recovering from failure

What to do when data files fill up

Cleanup subtask

Disaster recovery planning

Designing your Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS DRP

Secondary-center options

Standardizing the environment

Implementing your Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS DRP

Recovery to start-of-day processing

Recovery to a predefined recovery point

Recovery to point-of-failure

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Considerations about testing disaster recovery in an end-to-end environment

Analyzing performance

Setting performance objectives

Measuring performance

Performance Reporter for MVS and Tivoli Decision Support for OS/390

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS performance data

Basic tuning activities

System resources

Processor storage

Indicators for performance-related problems

Preventing bottlenecks

Tuning the controller and the tracker

Tuning the controller

Dialog response

Background batch processing

Recognizing the indicators

Recommendations

Tuning the tracker

Event creation and communication

Factors influencing performance

Restart and cleanup

Appendix A. NetView generic-alert vectors

Subsystem-failed alert

Subtask-failed alert

Operation-in-error alert

Late-operation alert

Long-duration alert

Queue-threshold-exceeded alert

Appendix B. Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS macros

Appendix C. Sample library (SEQQSAMP)

EQQUSIN samples

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS exits

Start or stop exit

Job-submit exit

Job-library-read exit

Event-filtering exit

SYSOUT archiving exit

Incident-record-create exit

Operation-status-change exit

Operation-initiation exit

JCL-variable-substitution exit

Job-tracking log write exit

EQQDELDS/EQQCLEAN catalog-exit

EQQCLEAN GDG resolution exit (EQQUXGDG)

Application-description-validation exit

DP batch scheduling environment exit

Job-tailoring prevention exit

Time Dependent Operation user exit

Open Systems integration

Tracker for OS/2

Tracker for AIX

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS audit package

Viewing output from the ended-in-error list

NetView samples

Deadline WTO message

Responding to WTO operations

Changing operation status from NetView

z/OS hiperbatch support

Deleting data sets based on JCL disposition and catalog status

Miscellaneous samples

MASS update samples

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