Who should attend
This course is designed for operators and schedulers who perform duties that are related to batch workload automation.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, make sure that you can use an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox and perform basic shell commands in a terminal emulator such as PuTTY or xterm. This course is designed for operators and schedulers who perform duties that are related to batch workload automation. This basic course is for the following audiences: - New IBM Workload Scheduler users who are seeking proficiency in IBM Workload Scheduler version 9.3 job scheduling and operations - Existing operators, schedulers, supervisors, and managers who are converting from previous versions to version 9.3 - Anyone needing guidance in managing plans, monitoring workloads, or submitting jobs and job streams - Anyone needing a refresher course and introduction to the Dynamic Workload Console graphical user interface
Course Objectives
This course is suitable for IBM Workload Scheduler versions 9.3 users. This course introduces IBM Workload Scheduler features, environment, and terminology. You learn about the features in IBM Workload Scheduler for distributed environments and how to use both the Dynamic Workload Console and command-line interfaces to manage Workload Scheduler. You also learn how to monitor production workflow, and to plan, implement, and manage Workload Scheduler objects to create a production day plan. Production workflow consists of job and job stream instances, which are designed by using plan objects such as job definitions, prompts, dependencies, and recovery options. You manage changes to objects, plan, jobs, events, and job streams. You also learn how to optimize production workflow and troubleshoot.
Course Content
This course is suitable for IBM Workload Scheduler versions 9.3 users. This course introduces IBM Workload Scheduler features, environment, and terminology. You learn about the features in IBM Workload Scheduler for distributed environments and how to use both the Dynamic Workload Console and command-line interfaces to manage Workload Scheduler. You also learn how to monitor production workflow, and to plan, implement, and manage Workload Scheduler objects to create a production day plan. Production workflow consists of job and job stream instances, which are designed by using plan objects such as job definitions, prompts, dependencies, and recovery options. You manage changes to objects, plan, jobs, events, and job streams. You also learn how to optimize production workflow and troubleshoot.