Controller

The controller is the focal point of your Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS configuration. It contains the controlling functions, ISPF dialogs, databases, and plans. The system that the controller is started on is called the Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS controlling system. Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS systems that communicate with the controlling system are called controlled or tracker systems. You need to install at least one controller for your production systems. This controls the entire Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS configuration, the OPCplex, both local and remote.

You can use the controller to provide a single, consistent, control point for submitting and tracking the workload on any operating environment. Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS provides distributed agents and open interfaces you use to integrate the planning, scheduling, and control of work units such as online transactions, file transfers, or batch processing in any operating environment that can communicate with z/OS®.