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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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EAV Support to the Datastore UDF repositories

We are asking that HCL/IBM consider our request to add much-needed functionality and scalability to the IWS Datastore by adding VSAM Extended Format (which implies multi-volume) and EAV Support to the Datastore UDF repositories. Please refer to In...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

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

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

Operation duration set to 00:00:01 in CP during daily plan extend when WS changed from reporting to non-reporting.

Current IWS Functionality. When the workstation is changed for an operation (job) in the AD from reporting to non-reporting, the duration of the operation in the CP is set to 00:00:01 during the daily plan extend. I would like the same function...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

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

Value of the %{jobStatChgEvt1.ActualStart} variable

The variable %{jobStatChgEvt1.ActualStart} that is used in Event Rule Action, Generic action, timeout actions doesn't retune start time in correct format.Example: it return this value 2018-03- 01T22:00:18Z/Australia/Perth While job logs shows like...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Persistent sessions HTTPS between TWS Z-centric agent and TWS Z/OS

We would like an evolution of the TWS Z-centric agent in the management of HTTPs sessions between the server and its TWS Z/OS controller. Currently, each time a TWS Z/OS controller job submits a job on a TWS Z-centric agent, 2 new TCP sessions are...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

ZWS Support for SMF Exit IEFU86

z/OS 2.3 introduced SMF Exit IEFU086, which is being recommended to use in place of IEFU83, IEFU84, and IEFU85 since it can handle the new extended SMF record header. IEFU86 is currently not documented nor is a customized sample version shipped wi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Ability to Submit Group Thru DWC (Dynamic Workload Console)

Currently, the DWC does not allow a Group to be submitted. It only submits the application you demand in but not the others in the group. It should prompt to run a the group or specific application within the group. This functionality is available...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

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