Browsing a job log with IBM Tivoli Output Manager
If you run IBM Tivoli Output Manager Version 3.0 or later in your enterprise, you can use it to view the job logs of operations run with HCL Workload Automation for Z.
To do so, enter the
Browse joblog via ITOM (LJ)
command
that is available in the ISPF panels where the Browse joblog
(L)
command is available. The panels are those related to
browsing or modifying operations in the current plan; that is:- MODIFYING OPERATIONS IN THE CURRENT PLAN (EQQMMOPL, EQQMOPRL, and EQQMOPRR)
- HANDLING OPERATIONS ENDED IN ERROR (EQQMEE1L, EQQMEE2L, EQQMEP1L, and EQQMEP2L)
- LIST DEPENDENCY STATUS CHANGE (EQQMOSTL)
- RERUNNING AN OCCURRENCE IN THE CURRENT PLAN (EQQMROCL)
- OPERATIONS IN THE CURRENT PLAN (EQQMOPRV or EQQSRCLP)
- OPERATION IN THE CURRENT PLAN (EQQSOPSD - Operation menu)
Attention: If Tivoli Output Manager is
not installed in your system, or if it is incorrectly configured,
the following message is displayed in the panel where you launched
the LJ command:
CALL OF ITOM INSTANCE ITOMINST HAS FAILED.
where ITOMINST is
the name of the command that starts Tivoli Output Manager in
your environment.To view a job log with Tivoli Output Manager:
- Enter the LJ command next to an operation listed in one of the
panels mentioned above.The following Tivoli Output Manager window is displayed.where the
Archive Name
field shows the string that identifies the requested job log in the form application_ID operation_number input_arrival (for example,DEVAPP 020 1311050201
). - Press Enter.The next window displays all the logs available for that operation.
- There are several options for viewing a job log. The B (Browse)
command is used in this example: Entering B next to the chosen archive name and pressing Enter displays the job log as shown here:
The integration between HCL Workload Automation for Z and Tivoli Output Manager is
based on a string made up by the following data that identify an operation
in HCL Workload Automation for Z:
- Application ID
- Operation number
- Input arrival date and time
To set up the integration, you must complete the configuration steps described in the next sections.