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HCL Workload Automation
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 10.2.
User's Guide and Reference
Managing dynamic scheduling
This section explains how you can manage dynamic scheduling capabilities in your environment to schedule both existing HCL Workload Automation jobs and job types with advanced options, both those supplied with the product and the additional types implemented through the custom plug-ins.
Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting to a pool
In this scenario, you need to run an inventory update script, therefore you create a pool, grouping workstations where the required program is installed, and a job to run the script. You select the target system for the job from the invadmin pool.

HCL Workload Automation
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 10.2.
- Planning and Installation
- User's Guide and Reference
  - HCL Workload Automation
  - Understanding basic processes and commands
  - Configuring the job environment
  - Managing the production cycle
  - Using workload service assurance
    Workload service assurance is an optional feature that provides the means to flag jobs as mission critical for your business and to ensure that they are processed in a timely manner. Using this function benefits your scheduling operations personnel by enhancing their ability to meet defined service levels.
  - Customizing your workload using variable tables
    This chapter introduces the concept of variable tables to group global parameters, from now on called variables, to customize your workload.
  - Condition-based workload automation
  - Running event-driven workload automation
  - Defining objects in the database
  - Managing objects in the database - composer
  - Managing workload applications
    Workload applications can be created and then exported so that they can be shared with other HCL Workload Automation environments. In the new environment, the workload application can be subsequently updated, replaced, or deleted.
  - Managing objects in the plan - conman
  - Using Orchestration Query Language from command line
    You can use the essential Orchestration Query Language keywords and syntax to effectively write queries from command line.
  - Orchestration CLI
  - Monitoring HCL Workload Automation
    Using internal and third-party tools to monitor HCL Workload Automation
  - Extending HCL Workload Automation capabilities
    You can extend HCL Workload Automation capabilities by integrating with third-party products. This integration allows you to easily start HCL Workload Automation jobs on external products, while using HCL Workload Automation scheduling capabilities. HCL Workload Automation also provides jobs that perform everyday operations, such as file transfer and web services, and utility jobs that automate and simplify operations, such as the job stream submission.
  - Managing dynamic scheduling
    This section explains how you can manage dynamic scheduling capabilities in your environment to schedule both existing HCL Workload Automation jobs and job types with advanced options, both those supplied with the product and the additional types implemented through the custom plug-ins.
    - Dynamic capability: a business scenario
      This section demonstrates a sample business scenario which outlines the advantages of job types with advanced options and dynamic capability.
    - Scenario: Creating a job definition using a dynamic pool
      In this scenario, you define the requirements for running the job when creating the dynamic pool, for example you can include in the dynamic pool all workstations with Windows operating system and DB2 installed and maximum CPU utilization at 50%. The dynamic pool is then populated with the workstations which match your requirements and is ready for the job to be submitted.
    - Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting to a pool
      In this scenario, you need to run an inventory update script, therefore you create a pool, grouping workstations where the required program is installed, and a job to run the script. You select the target system for the job from the invadmin pool.
    - Defining file dependencies in dynamic scheduling
      You can manage file dependencies with dynamic agents, pools, and dynamic pools
    - Promoting jobs scheduled on dynamic pools
      This section explains how to promote a critical job scheduled on a dynamic pool. A promoted job can run on a larger number of dynamic agents in the dynamic pool than a non-promoted job. This ensures that an important job runs before other jobs that are less important.
    - Limitations in dynamic scheduling
      Features and properties partially or not supported in dynamic scheduling
  - Using utility commands
  - Using utility commands in the dynamic environment
  - Getting reports and statistics
  - Managing time zones
  - Defining access methods for agents
  - Managing internetwork dependencies
  - Applying conditional branching logic
    With HCL Workload Automation you can define jobs to run when and as often as necessary. Sometimes some jobs might have to wait for other jobs to finish successfully before they start. Add even more flexibility to your job flows by choosing which job to run depending on the result of the job status or output of a previous job. Whenever you have conditions that specify whether or not a segment of your job flow should run, then that is a conditional dependency.
  - Defining and managing cross dependencies
  - Managing an IBM i dynamic environment
  - Event-driven workload automation event and action definitions
  - Quick reference for commands
  - Accessibility
- Administration Guide
- Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
- Database Views
- High Availability Cluster Environment
- Driving HCL Workload Automation
- Extending HCL Workload Automation

Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting to a pool

In this scenario, you need to run an inventory update script, therefore you create a pool, grouping workstations where the required program is installed, and a job to run the script. You select the target system for the job from the invadmin pool.

About this task

To create a pool and submit a job to it, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Log in to the Dynamic Workload Console.
From the Design menu, select Workload Designer
Select an engine and click Create new Workstation.
Select Pool from the list .
Name the pool invadmin and complete the required fields.
Select the workstations you want to add to the pool. Select the workstations where the required program is installed.
Click Save to save the pool.
Create a job and define general information about it:
1. From the Design menu, click Workload Designer page, and then select the engine.
2. In Explore area, click Create new + and select Job.
3. Click the Executable job.
4. In General Info, in Folder, select IT_operations.
5. In General Info, in Name, type UPGRADE_JAVA_VERSION.
6. In General Info, in Workstation, select BK_server.
7. In General Info, in Description, type Java upgrade to version 11.
8. In Task, in Command text or script name, type apt install --only-upgrade openjdk-11-jre-headless -y.
Specify an engine name, either distributed or z/OS
The Workload Designer opens. Job types and characteristics vary depending on whether you select a distributed or z/OS engine.
Select New > Job Definition > Native > Executable.
Specify a name for the job.
In the Workstation field, specify the invadmin pool you previously defined.
Browse to the Task tab and select Command.
Type the name and path to the executable file you want to run, located on each workstation in the pool.
Click Save to save the job.
From the navigation toolbar, click Planning > Workload Submission > Submit Predefined Jobs .