Software requirements and optional software

Installing and maintaining Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS requires one of the following:

• | z/OS® (5694-A01) |Version 1.10 or later.
• IBM® SMP/E for z/OS Version 3 Release 4 (program number 5655-G44) or later.

Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS requires the functions provided by a z/OS control program running on a z/OS system. The Job Entry Subsystem might be either JES2 or JES3.

Controlling system

The following IBM licensed programs are required on the Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS controlling system:

• |Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Version 8.6 (program number |5698-A17). Both the base product (the tracker) and the controller |feature are required.

Controlled z/OS systems

On each z/OS system that is controlled by Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS, one of the following IBM licensed programs is required:

• Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS (program number 5698-A17). Only the base product (the tracker) is required.

Optional software

The following Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS functions require specific IBM programs:

• Tracking resource availability requires the Resource Object Data Manager (RODM) in Tivoli® NetView® (program number 5697-B82).
• Graphical view of jobs and their dependencies using ISPF panels requires GDDM®.
• z/OS Communication Server Version 1 Release 6 or later is required for TCP/IP Communications.
• Tivoli NetView (5697-B82) is required to enable Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS to schedule generic alerts as defined by that NetView release and to specify an alert receiver ID other than the default receiver.
• User-authority-support functions require z/OS Security Server RACF® (5694-A01) Version 1.6 or later.
• z/OS DFSMS (5694-A01) with Hierarchical Storage Management component is required for the catalog management function to recall migrated data sets.
• IBM DB2® Universal Database Version 8 or later for Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS history functions.
• The Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Control Language tool and the Dynamic Workload Console reporting feature require either the IBM Compiler Library for REXX/370 (5695-014) or the IBM Alternate Library for REXX on zSeries®, which can be downloaded from http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=960&uid=swg24006107.
• The Dynamic Workload Console reporting feature requires IBM DB2 WSE Version 9 Release 5 or later.
• For scheduling end-to-end in the distributed environment, see the Tivoli Workload Scheduler Release Notes®.