How your production workload is managed

How your production workload is managed

The scheduler builds operating plans from your descriptions of the production workload.

The scheduler consists of a base product, the tracker and a number of features. All the systems in your complex require the base product. The tracker is the link between the system that it runs on and Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS controller.

One z/OS system in your complex is designated the controlling system and runs the controller feature. From this system, you can automatically plan, control, and monitor your production workload. Only one controller feature is required, even when you want to start standby controllers on other z/OS systems in a sysplex.

The end-to-end scheduling lets you centrally manage the workload on supported operating systems from the controlling system, such as UNIX and Windows NT. For a list of the supported operating systems, see the Tivoli Workload Scheduler Release Notes at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=672&uid=swg27041032.