Welcome
HCL Workload Automation for Z
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation for Z documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product.
Planning and Installation
Installing Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector
How to install, upgrade, configure, and uninstall the Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector, which is automatically installed with a Dynamic Workload Console instance.
Installing the Dynamic Workload Console
Install the Dynamic Workload Console to manage your static and dynamic workload by using a web interface.

Product requirements
This section contains links to the HCL Workload Automation Product Requirements.
Overview
Mobile Applications Userʼs Guide
Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide
AI Data Advisor (AIDA) User's Guide
Scheduling Job Integrations with HCL Workload Automation
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 10.2.3.
HCL Workload Automation for Z
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation for Z documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product.
- Program Directory
- Dynamic Workload Console Readmes
  For the latest information about a Dynamic Workload Console fix pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
- Planning and Installation
  - About this publication
  - Planning
  - Installing and migrating HCL Workload Automation for Z
  - Installing Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector
    How to install, upgrade, configure, and uninstall the Dynamic Workload Console and Z connector, which is automatically installed with a Dynamic Workload Console instance.
    - Preparing the installation
      To install and use the Dynamic Workload Console, perform the following procedure.
    - Installing the Dynamic Workload Console
      Install the Dynamic Workload Console to manage your static and dynamic workload by using a web interface.
      - Installing WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base
        WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is required on all workstations where you plan to install the master components and the Dynamic Workload Console.
      - Encrypting passwords (optional)
        How to encrypt passwords required by the installation, upgrade, and management processes.
      - Creating and populating the database
        Before you install the Dynamic Workload Console for the first time, ensure you have a supported database installed. You can choose to use any of the supported relational database management systems (RDBMS).
      - Database configuration - configureDb script
        The configureDb script is typically used by the database administrator for creating and populating the HCL Workload Automation database.
      - Installing a Dynamic Workload Console server
        You can choose between installing a Dynamic Workload Console version 10.2.1 or later, or a Dynamic Workload Console version 10.2.0 or earlier. The main differences among the versions are described hereafter.
      - Defining a z/OS engine in the Z connector
        To define a z/OS engine, perform the following steps.
      - Defining a z/OS engine in the Dynamic Workload Console
        Steps to create a z/OS engine connection in the Dynamic Workload Console
      - Encrypting the connection between the Z connector and the server started task
        An overview of encrypting the connection between the Z connector and the server started task.
      - Navigating the Dynamic Workload Console
        An overview to the Dynamic Workload Console.
      - Starting and stopping the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base
      - Installation log files
        The type of log files you find on your system depends on the type of installation you performed.
    - Configuring the Dynamic Workload Console
      Some links and pointers on configuration tasks that are needed for the Dynamic Workload Console.
    - Upgrading the Dynamic Workload Console
      This section describes how to upgrade the Dynamic Workload Console from v 9.5.x to 10.2.x.
    - Uninstalling the Dynamic Workload Console
  - Deploying with containers
    Docker is a state-of-the-art technology that creates, deploys, and runs applications by using containers. Packages are provided containing an application with all of the components it requires, such as libraries, specific configurations, and other dependencies, and deploy it in no time on any UNIX, Windows, and Linux on Z workstation, regardless of any different settings between the source and the target workstation.
  - Deploying AI Data Advisor
    You can deploy AI Data Advisor (AIDA) by using Docker or Kubernetes.
  - Installing HCL Workload Automation Agent (z-centric)
    The following topics describe how to install, migrate, and uninstall the HCL Workload Automation Agent (also known as z-centric agent).
  - Installing HCL Workload Automation Agent on IBM i systems
  - Integrating Workload Automation with Zowe™
    Zowe™ is an open source project that enables you to interact with z/OS through modern interfaces. You can issue Workload Automation commands through the Zowe command-line interface (CLI), and access Workload Automation REST APIs through the Zowe API Mediation Layer (ML).
  - Sample library (SEQQSAMP)
    The SEQQSAMP library contains samples to help you install and customize HCL Workload Automation for Z.
  - Invoking the EQQEXIT macro
  - Invoking the EQQLSENT macro
- Customization and Tuning
- Managing the Workload
  You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
- Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities
- Quick Reference
- Diagnosis Guide and Reference
- Workload Automation Programming Language for z/OS User's Guide and Reference
- Driving HCL Workload Automation for Z
Messages and Codes
Glossary
Notices

Installing the Dynamic Workload Console

Install the Dynamic Workload Console to manage your static and dynamic workload by using a web interface.

By default the Dynamic Workload Console installation process also installs the Z connector component.

The following scenario shows a fresh typical installation of the Dynamic Workload Console at the latest product version.

This picture describes the steps required for installing the Dynamic Workload Console, which are: Installing Liberty, Encrypting passwords (optional), Creating and populating the database, Installing DWC servers, and Defining z/OS engine in Z connector.

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