Tivoli Workload Scheduler: User s Guide and Reference

1 IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler IBM. User's Guide and Reference Version 9 Release 2. SC32-1274-15. IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler IBM. User's Guide and Reference Version 9 Release 2. SC32-1274-15. Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page 799. This edition applies to version 9, release 2, modification level 0 of Tivoli Workload Scheduler (program number 5698-WSH) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2014. US Government Users Restricted Rights Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures .. ix Customizing job processing on a Windows workstation - .. 49. Tables .. xi Running complex commands on Windows FTAs 49. Customizing the MAIL_ON_ABEND section of .. 50. About this publication .. xiii Customizing job processing on a Windows What is new in this release.

2 Xiii workstation - .. 51. What is new in this publication .. xiii Setting up options for using the user interfaces .. 53. Who should read this publication.. xiii Publications .. xiii Chapter 4. Managing the production Accessibility .. xiii Tivoli technical training .. xiv cycle .. 55. Support information .. xiv Plan management basic concepts .. 55. Conventions used in this publication .. xiv Preproduction plan .. 56. Typeface conventions .. xiv Identifying job stream instances in the plan.. 58. Operating system-dependent variables and paths xv Managing external follows dependencies for jobs Command syntax .. xv and job streams .. 58. Production plan .. 68. Understanding carry forward options.. 69. Chapter 1. Tivoli Workload Scheduler Trial plan .. 70. overview .. 1 Forecast plan .. 71. Understanding basic concepts .. 1 Customizing plan management using global options 72. Tivoli Workload Scheduler database objects.

3 1 Creating and extending the production plan .. 76. The Tivoli Workload Scheduler network .. 18 | JnextPlan .. 78. Configuring your Tivoli Workload Scheduler Planman command line .. 79. runtime environment .. 19 Creating an intermediate production plan .. 80. Defining scheduling activities using Tivoli Creating an intermediate plan for a plan Workload Scheduler .. 19 extension .. 82. Controlling job and job stream processing .. 20 Retrieving the production plan information.. 82. Managing production scheduling activities with Creating a trial plan .. 83. Tivoli Workload Scheduler .. 23 Creating a trial plan of a production plan Automating Workload using event rules .. 24 extension .. 84. Tivoli Workload Scheduler user interfaces .. 24 Creating a forecast plan .. 85. Starting production .. 26 Deploying rules .. 86. Unlocking the production plan .. 87. Chapter 2. Understanding basic Resetting the production plan.

4 88. processes and commands .. 29 Removing the preproduction plan .. 89. Issuing commands on Windows operating systems 29 Replicating plan data in the database .. 89. Tivoli Workload Scheduler workstation processes.. 29 Monitoring the replication of plan data in the Starting and stopping processes on a workstation . 34 database .. 91. Starting and stopping the agent .. 36 The stageman command .. 91. Workstation inter-process communication .. 36 Managing concurrent accesses to the Symphony file 93. Tivoli Workload Scheduler network communication 37 Scenario 1: Access to Symphony file locked by Support for Internet Protocol version 6 .. 39 other Tivoli Workload Scheduler processes .. 93. Scenario 2: Access to Symphony file locked by Chapter 3. Configuring the job stageman .. 93. Managing follows dependencies using carry environment .. 41 forward prompt .. 93. Job environment overview .. 41 The logman command.

5 94. Environment variables exported by jobman.. 42 Starting production plan processing .. 96. Customizing date formatting in the stdlist .. 44 Automating production plan processing .. 97. Customizing job processing on a UNIX workstation - jobmanrc .. 45. Customizing the MAIL_ON_ABEND section of Chapter 5. Using Workload service jobmanrc .. 46 assurance .. 99. Customizing job processing for a user on UNIX Enabling and configuring Workload service workstations - .jobmanrc .. 47 assurance.. 100. Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2014 iii Planning critical jobs .. 103 display .. 301. Processing and monitoring critical jobs .. 105 edit.. 305. Workload service assurance scenario .. 107 exit .. 306. extract.. 306. Chapter 6. Customizing your Workload help .. 310. using variable tables .. 109 list .. 311. lock .. 317. Migrating global parameters from previous modify .. 320. versions .. 109. new .. 324. The default variable table.

6 110. print .. 326. Data integrity for variable tables .. 111. redo .. 326. Locking mechanism for variable tables .. 111. rename .. 327. Variable table security .. 111. replace .. 330. Variable resolution.. 112. system command .. 331. unlock.. 331. Chapter 7. Running event-driven validate .. 334. Workload automation .. 115 version .. 335. The event rule management process .. 118. Using the involved interfaces and commands 120 Chapter 10. Managing Workload Defining event rules .. 122. applications .. 337. Event rule examples .. 124. Resolving the mapping file .. 337. Rule operation notes .. 130. Deploying a Workload application .. 342. Triggered rule elements .. 132. wappman command .. 343. Defining custom events .. 132. Chapter 8. Defining objects in the Chapter 11. Managing objects in the database .. 135 plan - conman .. 347. Setting up the conman command line program .. 347. Defining scheduling objects.

7 135. Setting up the conman environment .. 347. Workstation definition .. 137. Running conman .. 348. Workstation class definition .. 153. Running commands from conman .. 350. Domain definition .. 154. Wildcards .. 351. Job definition .. 155. Delimiters and special characters .. 351. User definition .. 195. Conman commands processing .. 352. Calendar definition .. 200. Selecting jobs in commands .. 352. Variable and parameter definition .. 201. Syntax.. 353. Variable table definition .. 205. Arguments .. 353. Prompt definition .. 207. Selecting job streams in commands .. 361. Resource definition .. 208. Syntax.. 361. Run cycle group definition .. 210. Arguments .. 361. Job stream definition .. 219. Managing jobs and job streams from back-level Job stream definition keyword details .. 224. agents .. 367. Event rule definition .. 264. Conman commands .. 368. Defining Workload applications .. 276. adddep job.

8 370. Creating a Workload application template .. 277. adddep sched .. 372. altpass.. 374. Chapter 9. Managing objects in the altpri .. 375. database - composer .. 281 bulk_discovery .. 376. Setting up the composer command-line program 281 cancel job.. 376. Setting up the composer environment .. 281 cancel sched .. 378. Running the composer program .. 283 checkhealthstatus .. 379. Running commands from composer .. 285 confirm .. 379. Filters and wildcards .. 285 console .. 381. Delimeters and special characters.. 288 continue .. 382. Composer return codes .. 288 deldep job .. 382. Composer commands .. 289 deldep sched .. 384. Referential integrity check .. 290 deployconf .. 385. add.. 294 display .. 385. authenticate .. 296 exit .. 388. continue .. 297 fence .. 388. delete .. 297 help .. 389. iv Tivoli Workload Scheduler: User's Guide and Reference kill .. 390 Promoting jobs scheduled on dynamic pools.

9 493. limit cpu .. 391 Adding dynamic capabilities to existing Tivoli limit sched .. 392 Workload Scheduler jobs .. 494. link.. 393 A business scenario on dynamic capability .. 495. listsym .. 396 Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting recall .. 397 to a dynamic pool .. 496. redo .. 398 Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting release job .. 399 to a pool .. 497. release sched .. 401 Limitations for jobs in USERJOBS job stream in reply .. 402 dynamic scheduling .. 497. rerun .. 403. resetFTA .. 406 Chapter 13. Using utility commands 499. resource .. 407 Command descriptions .. 499. setsym .. 407 at and batch .. 501. showcpus .. 408 cpuinfo .. 503. showdomain .. 414 datecalc .. 506. showfiles .. 416 | datamigrate .. 510. showjobs .. 418 delete .. 512. showprompts .. 434 evtdef .. 513. showresources .. 436 evtsize.. 517. showschedules .. 438 jobinfo.. 519. shutdown .. 443 jobstdl.

10 520. start .. 444 maestro .. 523. startappserver .. 446 makecal .. 523. startbrokerapp .. 447 metronome .. 525. starteventprocessor .. 448 morestdl .. 525. startmon .. 448 parms .. 527. status .. 449 release.. 529. stop .. 449 rmstdlist .. 531. stop ;progressive .. 451 sendevent .. 532. stopappserver .. 452 showexec .. 533. stopbrokerapp .. 454 shutdown .. 534. stopeventprocessor .. 454 ShutDownLwa .. 534. stopmon .. 455 StartUp .. 535. submit docommand .. 456 StartUpLwa .. 535. submit file .. 459 tws_inst_pull_info .. 536. submit job .. 462 version .. 536. submit sched .. 465 Unsupported commands .. 538. switcheventprocessor .. 469. switchmgr .. 470. | Chapter 14. Using utility commands in system command .. 471. tellop .. 472 | the dynamic environment .. 539. unlink .. 472 | Command-line configuration file .. 540. version .. 475 | exportserverdata .. 543. | importserverdata .. 545. | jobprop .. 546. Chapter 12.