Scheduling with Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS

Duration

5 to 6 hours

Overview

Audience

Personnel responsible for creating and maintaining scheduling definitions within Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS.

Prerequisites

• Concepts and general working knowledge of Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS
• Knowledge of your organization's batch processing flows
• Understanding Job Control Language

Objectives

After completing this course the student should be able to:
• Modify JCL to handle Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS variable substitution and automatic restart and recovery
• Create Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS definitions for workstations, resources, calendars and periods.
• Define attributes for applications and associated operations.
• Schedule applications.

Course Content

Working with JCL

Identifying Scheduling Requirements
Working with JCL Variables
Coding Other OPC JCL Statements
Creating Error Code Definitions

Creating Workstation, Resource and Calendar Definitions

Creating and Scheduling Applications

Creating an Application Description
Scheduling Applications
Defining Event Triggered Tracking Criteria

Defining Operation Prerequisites

Creating Operation Predecessors
Assigning Resources to Operations

Creating Operation Definitions

Defining General Operation Attributes
Creating Job Setup, Print and WTO operation definitions

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