Installing the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent (z-centric)
You install the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent (z-centric) to run workload from the mainframe to distributed systems with a low cost of ownership.
With the z-centric agent you can run your workload:
- Statically
- To run existing job types, for example scripts, on a specific IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent. In this case, you install the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent on the distributed systems and connect it to the z/OS system through the IBM Z Workload Scheduler controller.
- Statically including job types with advanced options
- In this case, you install the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent on the distributed systems adding the Java™ run time, and connect it to the z/OS system through the IBM Z Workload Scheduler controller.
- Dynamically
- To run existing job types allowing the product to assign them to the
workstation that best meets both the hardware and software requirements
needed to run them. In this case, you install the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent on the distributed systems adding the dynamic capabilities, and
connect it to the dynamic domain manager.
For a detailed description about how to install a dynamic domain manager
for a Z controller, see the IBM Workload Scheduler: Planning and Installation.
During the installation of the dynamic domain manager for a Z controller, you must provide the master domain manager and IBM Workload Scheduler Netman port values.
- Dynamically including job types with advanced options
- To run existing job types and job types with advanced options allowing
the product to assign them to the workstation that best meets both the
hardware and software requirements needed to run them. In this case, you
install the IBM Z Workload Scheduler Agent on the distributed systems adding the dynamic capabilities and the
Java run time, then connecting
it to the dynamic domain manager. For a detailed description about how
to install a dynamic domain manager
for a Z controller, see the IBM Workload Scheduler: Planning and Installation.
During the installation of the dynamic domain manager for a Z controller, you must provide the master domain manager and the IBM Workload Scheduler Netman port values.
For information about how to use the z-centric agent, see IBM Z Workload Scheduler: Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities.