How many workstations of each type?

Your installation configuration influences the number of workstations you need. Normally, you should have two computer workstations for each z/OS® system in your complex (one for started tasks and one for jobs). Make the computer workstations available when the z/OS® system they represent is available. If you are working in a shared spool environment with one job queue for several systems, you might consider having only two computer workstations for all systems in the JES complex.

Also consider the potential benefits that could be gained by creating further computer workstations to represent a single z/OS® system. For example, you could create a computer workstation for IMS™-related batch processing and another for CICS® processing. Specifying your operations in this way can give you significantly more control when handling both planned and unexpected outages that do not affect the z/OS® system.

If you create individual computer workstations for the unique components of your z/OS® batch workload, you have access to the HCL Workload Automation for Z controlled shutdown function to facilitate an orderly shutdown for planned outages. In the event of an online system failure and subsequent extended recovery facility (XRF) takeover, you can restart and reroute the workload to the specified alternate system even in situations where the z/OS® system remains operational.

Because a remote engine workstation is assigned to an HTTP destination mapping a remote scheduling environment, use one remote engine workstation for each HCL Workload Automation engine you need to interoperate with.