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
Planning
Overview
Using the Program Directory

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
    - Overview
      - Hardware requirements
      - Software requirements and optional software
      - Related software
      - Parts and their relationships
      - Configurations
      - Subtasks
        An HCL Workload Automation for Z address space (subsystem) consists of many z/OS subtasks. Some of these subtasks are always attached when the subsystem is started, others are conditionally attached according to initialization parameters specified for the scheduler options (OPCOPTS) statement in the HCL Workload Automation for Z parameter library.
      - Relationship between the Scheduler and z/OS system
      - Using the Program Directory
      - Sample library
      - The installation process
        zos/src_inst/eqqi1instprocess.html#instprocess__judy1 shows the various stages to install HCL Workload Automation for Z.
    - Planning your configuration
      When planning the configuration for your installation, consider the areas explained in the following topics, which describe the connections between the HCL Workload Automation for Z systems and provide some examples of basic configurations.
    - Planning your installation
      During the planning stage of your HCL Workload Automation for Z project, consider carefully how you want to install the scheduler to control your production workload. The installation consists of installing the tracker and Z controller in combinations to suit your processing environment, and connecting them using one or more of the communication methods described in zos/src_inst/eqqi1planyrconfig.html#planyrconfig. Later, you can customize your HCL Workload Automation for Z systems to include more functions.
  - 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.
  - 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

Using the Program Directory

The HCL Workload Automation for Z: Program Directory contains instructions for downloading the product and might include technical information that is more recent than the information provided in this publication.

In addition, the Program Directory describes the program temporary fix (PTF) level of the HCL Workload Automation for Z licensed program that you receive.

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