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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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protect requests of EQQUSIN%

If a user requests a modify action against the mcp via EQQUSIN% (OPSTAT,SRSTAT,OPINFO,EQQEVCMD,EQQEVPGM), for example doing a job complete, his action is not checked against RACF like it is done when the user does the similiar action via ISPF or P...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Reduce CLNO errors by adding a parameter to cause the retries to be done over a reasonable time interval, instead of all within one second

Currently, if there is high activity in the datastore task, the 10 retries done when trying to retrieve the joblog all occur within one second, if a slight wait were introduced, the CLNO error could be avoided. For example from the case mentioned:...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Please add Jobname to message EQQ8006I

Hi Development team. Please can you include the Jobname in the message EQQ8006I for the CDP Integration. When people look at alerts they reconcilethe Jobname, and not application id and operation number. Only TWS requires this for it's key.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Special Resource at Application Level

This RFE is opened in conjunction to the old and declined RFE #78363. Special Ressources (SRs) should also be connectable to whole applications (occurences) and not only at operation level.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Change WS name of job(s) on a CP through a batchjob.

The possibility in ZWS to change specific WS name of job(s) on a CP through a batchjob. (as mass update on ZWS DB). If an application id can be selected with a wildcard would be great. We want to remove a WS on the current plan (option 5.5) but th...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Improve the interface between zWS and CDP so that CDP continues to work with zWS if the USS filesystem is moved or restarted on a different LPAR (AUTOMOVE)

There are 3 inter-related requests here all for CDP/zWS interface (parameter CDP(YES): (1) a command to force a SWITCH of the CDP logs (similar to what is available for the SWITCHMLOG) (2) a command to force the CDP interface to start up again (wi...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Cross Dependency: "Real Time" status in shadow Job

If we use automatic recovery statements (e.g. to insert a new application as new predecessor) the workstation status of shadow jobs don't change from E to W. IWS changes the status of the shadow job after the recovery action is completed (the new ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

TWS IEFACTRT (EQQACTR1) should also show ZIIP usage in Joblog statistics

We are using TWSz to schedule production and test jobs. TWSz includes a IEFACTRT (EQQACTR1) which also writes statistics in the joblog. Among the statistics is CPU usage. For users to see the real usage of CPU resources the user also needs to know...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Enhanced JCCQ monitoring

IBM zWS issues message EQQZ106W for JCCQ, for example EQQZ106W 012 % OF QUEUE JCCQ IN USE If the trend is increasing, zWS will issue more EQQZ106W messages, but if it's decreasing or dropped below the threshold, we never know. There needs to be a ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Create POST Query via JOBNAME in REST API Offering for IBM zWS

The REST API for zWS needs a POST command query that is primarily driven by the JOBNAME as in PANEL ID EQQASELP. This query should present all the properties/attributes of the job.
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration