Software compatibility

• |Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Version 8.6 uses only existing |attachment interfaces to other IBM® products.
• Event data sets containing events created by supported previous releases can be used as input to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 8.6.
• A system with a current version of Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS can be used to transmit work to a supported previous release using shared submit/release data set, Network Job Entry (NJE), Network Communications Facility (NCF), cross-system coupling facility (XCF), or by transmitting events on an established session between a current version of Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS and a supported previous release.
• |JES and SMF exits used to create events for a current |version of Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS can also be used to create events for a supported |previous release after upgrading to Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 8.6.
• Existing PIF application programs that work with a supported previous release can be used unchanged with the current version. See Tivoli® Workload Automation: Developer’s Guide: Driving Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS®.