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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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    Insert JOB ID (from agent) in the message "PROCESSED 2E"

    The JOB ID doesn't appear in the message line "PROCESSED 2E" written in the audit related to an error in jobs executed via agent. In zCentric Agents this JOB ID information is present
    9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

    Enable RFRDEST command to be issued against standby controllers

    In our main Production sysplex, we have an active controller running on 1 LPAR and 2 hot standby controllers running on other LPAR's. If we add remote destinations dynamically using the RFRDEST command, it only reflects on the active controller. I...
    9 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

    Increase default MAXREL size for EQQADDS and EQQLTDS

    The MAXRECL default for the AD ( EQQADDS) and LT (EQQLTDS) has been 131072 for a long time. Some customers already need to increase the MAXRECL size and if more fields are added to support new functionality, the current MAXRECL sizes may become in...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

    CPBPLIM should not be allowed to exceed 50% and ALL DEPS nesting level default should be less than 99

    The CPBPLIM parameter can have values up to 99 which means 99% of memory is reserved for current plan buffers and 1% is available for everything else. This leads to memory related abends such as S878. Similarly the "NUMBER OF NESTINGS" in panel EQ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

    Enhance Long Duration Alert Message Information for Usability

    The Long Duration alert message should be enhanced to provide additional information that will assist in quicker assessment and analysis. Additional information requested to add to the message:* Run Cycle * Job start time* Jobs estimated duration*...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

    EQQAUDIT should include records if operation is manually hold

    Manually HOLD option or NOP'ed are not logged properly or displayed correctly in the EQQAUDIT report IF change has been done by modify of the operation using 5.3 (M.3). Same issue if operation is updated using 5.2 and modify of the application is ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

    Enhance description on the number of occurrences

    ** Context **My customer consolidated ZWS controller from 20 to 1 for improving operability. With the consolidation, the number of occurrences in one CP became 20 times larger, specifically from 30,000 occurrences per CP to 600,000 occurrences in ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

    Removal of the limitation of predecessor in the current plan

    On complex network (our production system 'UPLEX1? run mother than 300000 operation/day)the limitation of predecessor to 1000 may cause some operation to be started too early and to fails.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

    Provide Execute command for WTO workstations

    There's no way to start an operation on a WTO workstation if submit is deactivated. Other operations (CPU-jobs) could be started using the Execute command. So we need a similar solution for WTO operations.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

    DYNAMICDEL(YES) should be default and warning message needed if EQQCXDS is too large

    As mentioned in the Customization Guide under the DYNAMICDEL parameter:Note: It is strongly recommended that DYNAMICDEL(YES) be specified by all users who use significantly the dynamic addition of special resources. If the records dynamically adde...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

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