Parts and their relationships

IBM Z Workload Scheduler consists of a base product, the agent, and a number of features. You need the base product to track your workload. Hereafter, you see the agent referred to as the tracker and the engine referred to as the Z controller. One z/OS system in your complex is designated the controlling system and runs the Z controller feature. Only one controller feature is required, even when you want to start standby controllers on other z/OS systems in a sysplex.

You can also control the workload in other operating environments (UNIX, Windows, IBM i) using the end-to-end scheduling functions provided in IBM Z Workload Scheduler and IBM Workload Scheduler.

Additionally, national language features let you see the IBM Z Workload Scheduler ISPF dialogs in the language of your choice. These languages are available:
  • English
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish

The rest of this section describes the tracker and Z controller, their relationship, and how you can configure them.