Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Workload Automation. The documentation has been updated for HCL Workload Automation Version 10.1 Fix Pack 5.
Use the agent for z/OS to schedule work from HCL Workload Automation on the JES2 or JES3 subsystem of z/OS.
This chapter describes the tasks you need to complete to download, install, and configure the agent for z/OS software on the target z/OS system.
The first time the agent for z/OS connects with HCL Workload Automation, it is automatically given a computer name.
In the Dynamic Workload Console and in composer, the agents for z/OS® are listed as workstations of type agent.
agent
Like you do for all other HCL Workload Automation jobs, you can define jobs for an agent for z/OS from either the composer command line or from the Dynamic Workload Console.
How to define the JCL.
All agent for z/OS jobs can be either part of a job stream and be submitted in a plan, or be submitted at any time using the conman submit commands or proper Dynamic Workload Console panels.
conman submit
You can include variables in your job definition.
You manage jobs submitted to an agent for z/OS with the same commands available for all HCL Workload Automation jobs.
The agent uses the JES/SMF exits to track the status changes for all the jobs submitted through it.
Viewing the logs of jobs submitted through the agent for z/OS.
You can use z/OS® system commands to start, stop, cancel, or modify the agent for z/OS.
This section describes the mechanism that keeps the agent for z/OS connected to your HCL Workload Automation network when you switch to a backup manager.
This chapter documents potential problems and reference information.