Creating the IBM Workload Scheduler administrative user

Instructions to create the IBM® Workload Scheduler administrative user

IBM Workload Scheduler administrative user

The IBM Workload Scheduler administrator creates the administrative user (wauser). The administrative user is the user for which the product will be installed in the subsequent steps. This implies that this user has full access to all scheduling objects.

The user name can contain alphanumeric, dash (-), and underscore (_) characters; it cannot contain national characters. The first character of the user name must be a letter.

The following considerations apply:

On Windows operating systems:
  • If this user account does not already exist, it is automatically created at installation time.
  • If installing on a Windows™ server in a domain, do not define a domain and local ID with the same user name.
  • If you specify a domain user, define the name as domain_name\user_name.
  • If you specify a local user, define the name as system_name\user_name. Type and confirm the password.
On UNIX and Linux operating systems:
This user account must be created manually before running the installation and must be enabled to login to the machine where the master domain manager is going to be installed. Create a user with a home directory and group. Use the appropriate UNIX and Linux operating system commands to create the user.
Important: Group names that contain a "/" (forward slash) character can cause permissions to not be set correctly. When IBM Workload Scheduler retrieves credentials from WebSphere Application Server Liberty, it parses the returned list of groups names assuming they are saved in the format <realm_name>/<group_name>. If the group name, the realm name, or both contain a "/" character, the parsing fails.
You can also install IBM Workload Scheduler using a user different from the root user. This installation method is known as no-root installation and applies to all IBM Workload Scheduler components. Note that if you choose this installation method, only the user who performs the installation can use IBM Workload Scheduler. For this reason, the typical installation scenario described in this section uses the root user.

For more information, see IBM Workload Scheduler user management.

What to do next

You can now proceed to Upgrading the database for the server components.