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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 10.2.2.
Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
Installing and configuring
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.
Updates to SYS1.PARMLIB
The following sections describe the updates to SYS1.PARMLIB necessary for your environment.
Updating z/OS dump options
This section describes how to update the z/OS dump options for the agent for z/OS.

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 10.2.2.
- Planning and Installation
- User's Guide and Reference
- Administration Guide
- Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
  - Overview
    Use the agent for z/OS to schedule work from HCL Workload Automation on the JES2 or JES3 subsystem of z/OS.
  - Installing and configuring
    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.
    - Load the agent for z/OS software
      The first installation step is to download the agent for z/OS software from the repository at https://hclsoftware-fno.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/
    - Run the EELINST installation aid
      EELINST is a CLIST-driven ISPF dialog that helps you setup an Agent for z/OS instance. Set EELINST up as soon as the Agent for z/OS software is installed.
    - Add SMF and JES event tracking exits
    - Updates to SYS1.PARMLIB
      The following sections describe the updates to SYS1.PARMLIB necessary for your environment.
      - Defining subsystems
        You must define the name of every new agent for z/OS subsystem in the active subsystem-name-table member of SYS1.PARMLIB.
      - Authoring the load-module library
        This section explains how to activate the load-module library for the agent for z/OS.
      - Updating SMF parameters
        Updating SMF parameters is necessary to activate the exits used by the agent for z/OS for event tracking.
      - Updating z/OS dump options
        This section describes how to update the z/OS dump options for the agent for z/OS.
      - Updating the z/OS® link-library definition
        This section documents what you should do to update the z/OS® link-library definition if you installed the agent for z/OS in a separate load-module library.
      - Starting the product automatically
    - Update RACF for the agent for z/OS started task
      This section describes how to define the agent for z/OS to your security system.
    - Set up the SSL environment
      This section describes how to set up SSL protection for the connection between your agent for z/OS and HCL Workload Automation.
    - Update SYS1.PROCLIB
      This section describes how to define a JCL procedure for the agent for z/OS address space.
    - Complete the installation
      This section describes the final steps you need to follow to complete and verify the installation of the agent.
    - Recommendations for allocating the job library data set (EELJBLIB)
    - Customization parameters
      The parameters necessary to customize the agent for z/OS are provided in the form of initialization statements. This section documents all the initialization statements required by the agent.
    - Configuring the agent for z/OS exits
      Exits EELUX000, EELUX002, and EELUX004 are called by the agent for z/OS. Your own programs can use the information passed by the exits to perform a variety of functions.
    - Running the agent in a sysplex environment
      This section documents how you can run the agent for z/OS in a z/OS® sysplex.
  - Using the agent for z/OS
  - Troubleshooting and reference
    This chapter documents potential problems and reference information.
- Database Views
- High Availability Cluster Environment
- Driving HCL Workload Automation
- Extending HCL Workload Automation

Updating z/OS® dump options

This section describes how to update the z/OS dump options for the agent for z/OS.

The sample JCL procedure for an agent for z/OS address space includes a DD statement and a dump data set is allocated by the EELRETWT sample created by EELINST. SYSMDUMP is the dump format preferred by the service organization.

Ensure that the dump options for SYSMDUMP include RGN, LSQA, TRT, CSA, and GRSQ on systems where an agent for z/OS address space will run. To display the current SYSMDUMP options, issue the z/OS® command DISPLAY DUMP,OPTIONS. You can use the CHNGDUMP command to alter the SYSMDUMP options. Note that this will only change the parameters until the next IPL is performed.

To dump an agent for z/OS address space using the z/OS® DUMP command, the SDUMP options should specify RGN, LSQA, TRT, CSA, and GRSQ. Consider defining these options as your system default.