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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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TWS job status missing when tracker is down

Problem: TWS job status might be lost when tracker is restarted. This impact production batch and business. Request: TWS should recheck all the running jobs status during tracker is down when tracker is restarted again.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Add Description field in Monitor Critical Jobs in DWC 9.3

Add a feature to select "Description field" for operation in Monitor Critical Jobs in DWC 9.3 report as already in workload job monitoring.I 'll attach a file to show it.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

The interface to update Special Resources from System Automation uses high CPU

When we do changes to System Automation and refresh the system automation policy, TWS users excessive CPU updating the special resources STATUS (message EQQQ504I). Please can you review the code and make the interface more efficient.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 3 Future consideration

Check on Jobclass parameter in operation details

Unfortunately there is no check if the value defined in the Jobclass field in the operation details of an operation with a Computer (CPU) Workstation is empty or incorrect. A solution will be that there will be a check if the jobclass value will m...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Refreshing the subsystem of a controller after a new release

After the installation of a new release, the customer must either do an IPL or restart the controller on EACH lpars to upgrade the subsystem.For instance, on a productive system with 12 lpars and 3 IWS instances, the controllers must be restarted ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Avoid writing over unarchived JT files after message EQQN180W is issued by controller

In the subject PMR 65928,L6Q,000 (the files for which are available under internal PMR 53795,999,000 ) the JTARC filled up (B37) after which all the JT files were used but could NOT be copied to the JTARC file. This resulted in EQQZ045E for normal...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Workload Service Assurance

Workload Service Assurance: When the Estimated Start Time or optionally the Estimated End Time of a critical job has past and the job has not started, automatically recalculate new Estimated Start and End Times for the critical job. Even with RECC...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

PIF support for StepLevel Awarness

StepLevel Awareness (STEPINFO(YES)) brings benefits for operation problem solving via dialog - but in huge environments (millions of OPs) and a big disaster this way over dialog is not useful. So StepLevel Awareness should be provide a PIF interfa...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Request to change the operation when purged the job log

TWS not status update before Tracker start (152799) As requested in, the CP status may be "S" even though the job was completed during host maintenance. In this state, if the job log is purged ($ HASP250 output), EQQE036I will be output by TWS and...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Add SPACES delimiter in WAPL VARSET WORD

On the Bell Canada account, in the WAPL code used to migrate a Z batch scheduler to IZWS 9.5, we are using the VARSET WORD command to parse the syntax of a scheduling interface. The original syntax of the scheduling interface allows the use of mul...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration