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. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 Fix Pack 2.
Planning and Installation
Installing and migrating HCL Workload Automation for Z
Installing
zos/src_inst/eqqi1installing.html#installing__itasks summarizes the tasks to install HCL Workload Automation for Z and identifies the address space type for each of them. Depending on your configuration, you might not need to perform every task indicated in the table. Skip those sections that are not relevant to your installation.
Step 9. Allocating data sets
Allocating the files and directories
Setting up the Workload Automation Programming Language environment
To create the correct environment to use the Workload Automation Programming Language, ensure that you run the EQQWPLCO sample job.

Product requirements
This section contains links to the HCL Workload Automation Product Requirements.
Detailed System Requirements for HCL Workload Automation, Version 10.2.5
Detailed System Requirements for Dynamic Workload Console, Version 10.2.5
Product Library in PDF format
This section contains links to the PDF versions of all the publications provided in Product Documentation for HCL Workload Automation.
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 10.2.5.
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. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 Fix Pack 2.
- 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
      zos/src_inst/eqqi1installing.html#installing__itasks summarizes the tasks to install HCL Workload Automation for Z and identifies the address space type for each of them. Depending on your configuration, you might not need to perform every task indicated in the table. Skip those sections that are not relevant to your installation.
      - Step 1. Loading tracker software
      - Step 2. Loading controller software
      - Step 3. Loading national language support software
      - Step 4. Using the EQQJOBS installation aid
      - Step 5. Adding SMF and JES exits for event tracking
      - Step 6. Updating SYS1.PARMLIB
      - Step 7. Setting up the RACF® environment
      - Step 8. Securing communications
      - Step 9. Allocating data sets
        Allocating the VSAM data sets
        Allocating Restart and Cleanup VSAM data sets
        Allocating non-VSAM data sets
        Allocating Data Store data sets
        Allocating data sets for the Dynamic Workload Console reporting feature
        Allocating the files and directories
        Setting up to use the DB2 on z/OS for reports on Dynamic Workload Console
        Customize the env.profile file, unloaded in the work directory by EQQPCS08, to use a DB2 on z/OS to run reports from the Dynamic Workload Console without having to install another DB2 on the distributed side.
        Setting up the Workload Automation Programming Language environment
        To create the correct environment to use the Workload Automation Programming Language, ensure that you run the EQQWPLCO sample job.
      - Step 10. Creating JCL procedures for address spaces
      - Step 11. Defining the initialization statements
      - Step 12. Setting up the ISPF environment
      - Step 13. Using XCF for communication
      - Step 14. Activating the network communication function
      - Step 15. Using TCP/IP for communication
      - Step 16. Activating support for the API
      - Step 17. Activating support for the product dialog and programming interface using the server
      - Step 18. Activating support for end-to-end scheduling with z-centric capabilities
      - Step 19. Activating support for Dynamic Workload Console
      - Step 20. Activating support for the Java™ utilities
    - Verifying your installation
    - Migrating
      This topic provides information to help you plan your migration from HCL Workload Automation for Z versions 9.5 and 10.1 to version 10.2.
  - 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

Setting up the Workload Automation Programming Language environment

To create the correct environment to use the Workload Automation Programming Language, ensure that you run the EQQWPLCO sample job.