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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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Allow DWC to use certificates from RACF keyring

DWC certificates, for example to secure browser SSL/TLS connection to DWC are stored in java key store and trust store. On z/OS platform it's possible/desirable to store certificates in RACF database.Idea is to allow use certificates from RACF dat...
about 7 hours ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Report of zCentric Agents

Ability to run a report from z Workload Scheduler that produces a list of zCentric agent details including version, destination details and OS. This is helpful for version control and monitoring.
7 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted
159 VOTE

TWS High Availability

We are working with high availability in the customer's datacenter, so tests were done with TWS simulating an lpar outage where TWS was active in a sysplex. The standby controller takes over work correctly for new jobs that are submitted, but jobs...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Add additional variables to EMAIL and INCIDENT features

Some key variables are missing from the EMAIL and INCIDENT features. OHHMM - The input arrival time of the failed job (absolutely key to uniquely identify the failing operation) OJJSTEP - Job step of failed job (can save time to resolution, avoidi...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

ROUTOPS PROXY support for Remote Workstations on IWA/d

When setting up a remote workstation on IWS/z, where the agent is on IWS/d in Kubernetes, it is often front ended by a Kubernetes Ingress. This restricts the number of open ports to communicate with applications within the containerised world. Thi...
3 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

DWC Widget for EQQ* Messages

Currently, we use DWC dashboards for Operations staff to monitor multiple controller error queues and agent workstations for offline status. We handle late alerts by capturing the EQQE027I messages, which SA then picks up and sends to another cons...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Under review

Dynamicaly request the usage value of Network OCC IDs

We are monitoring the EQQMC03I message and this is not a seldom event in our environment. So we want to monitor the usage of the NWK OCC IDs value.
5 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

The max value (65535) of Network OCC IDs is too small in huge environments

We run into dataloss situations when the usage of NetWork OCC IDs is 100%. We are monitoring the EQQMC03I message and we got this event very often at night before we schedule a daily planning job (e.g. CP Replan). In a situation when we have to av...
5 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

Add the work station (&WSID) to message EQQ8006I (job status change message).

This would add additional informational data useful for monitoring and tracking job statistics and durations.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

Enable SSL connections to Db2 z/OS for DWC

Security policy requires TCP/IP connections to Db2 for z/OS to be encrypted. Db2 systems may be customized with SECPORT only (no TCPPORT). Currently, configureDB.sh with RDBMS=DB2Z does not support DB_SSL_CONNECTION=true.
5 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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