Supplying event information to HCL Workload Automation for Z

You can report event information to HCL Workload Automation for Z, both manually and automatically, by establishing procedures that use HCL Workload Automation for Z TSO commands and HCL Workload Automation for Z subroutines. You can:
  • Request a backup of an HCL Workload Automation for Z data set using the BACKUP TSO command, or EQQUSIN or EQQUSINB subroutine.
  • Make a special resource available or unavailable using the SRSTAT TSO command, or EQQUSIN or EQQUSINS subroutine.
  • Change the status of an operation using the OPSTAT TSO command, or EQQUSIN or EQQUSINT subroutine.
  • Update the user data field of an operation in the current plan using the OPINFO TSO command, or EQQUSIN or EQQUSINO subroutine.
  • Generate a workstation status event for a current plan workstation that specifies a user-defined destination using the WSSTAT TSO command, or EQQUSIN or EQQUSINW subroutine.

If you plan to issue the TSO commands many times per day from a long-running non-TSO address space, for example NetView®, it is recommended that you use an HCL Workload Automation for Z subroutine instead. When you issue the commands from TSO or as input to the EQQEVPGM program, a TSO environment must be established each time, and some of the resources remain allocated until the task ends, which might lead to a storage shortage if the commands are issued many times.

For more information about HCL Workload Automation for Z TSO commands, refer to Managing the Workload The remainder of this chapter describes how you use HCL Workload Automation for Z subroutines.

Diagnosis Guide and Reference describes in detail how events are created and then processed by HCL Workload Automation for Z.