DFSMSrmm provides sample jobs and procedures that you can modify to set up automation software, such as the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS, to run DFSMSrmm tasks. The sample jobs and procedures are shipped in SAMPLIB.

Recommendation: Before you use the DFSMSrmm-supplied jobs, customize the jobs for your installation. You must make the job control language (JCL) available to the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS for submission. The procedures must be in a procedure library that you use with jobs that are submitted by the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS.

The naming conventions are EDGJxxxx for IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS jobs and EDGPxxxx for IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS procedures. Each EDGJxxxx job contains JCL SET statements for variables that are required for correct JCL generation. For example, you must set the variable RMMPREF to the data set name prefix for use on all output data sets. You can tailor the jobs so you can use the jobs for normal job submission or for recovery or restart. Each EDGPxxxx procedure can be tailored as well. You might have to customize space requirements for the files that are allocated for use as output files.

The supplied jobs support DFSMSrmm tasks that are performed daily, weekly, and monthly and fall into these categories:

1. Scheduled tasks that are run on a regularly scheduled basis.
2. Event triggered tasks that are run on as-needed basis. See Event triggered tracking for descriptions of DFSMSrmm event triggered tasks.