Contents
TWSzOS Overview
What TWSzOS is, what it does and how it does it.
TWSzOS Databases
What?; When?; Where?; How?; Planning.
Calendar and Period Databases
Calendar Database; Period - Processing Cycles.
Workstation Database
The Workstation Database; Workstation Types; Workstation Tasks and Status Changes; Automatic Reporting Workstation; Manual Reporting Workstation; Non Reporting Workstation; WTO General Workstation; Automatic General Workstation; Workstation Resources; Workstation Open Intervals.
Practical Session - Calendar & Workstation Databases
What this laboratory is about; What you will be able to do; The Calendar; Update the Calendar; Creating a Workstation; Close all Workstations.
Application Database
Application Database; Application Description; Application Description Graphic; Defining Operations; Operation Details (Optional); Scheduling Instructions; Free Day Rules; Job Description Database.
Practical Session - Application Descriptions
What this laboratory is about.; What you will be able to do.
Practical Session - Long Term Plan
What this laboratory is about; What you will be able to do; Method.
Practical Session - Current Plan
What this laboratory is about; What you will be able to do; Method; When jobs fail; Operation in A or R Status.
Managing the Current Plan
Occurrence Status Codes; Operation Status Codes; Status A R & S - what they really mean; Operation Status Codes - less often seen; Status I & U - what they really mean; Extended Status Codes: for status S, for status codes A * R, for status codes R & E; Status Change Sequence; Application status: W, W and S, S, S and C; Managing Work; What you can do in the Current Plan; Ended in Error List; Special Resource Monitor; Status Code Quiz.
Planning
The Long Term Plan; Extending the Long Term Plan; Daily Planning; Current Plan Extend and Long Term Plan; Keeping the Current Plan up to date.
Special Resources
Using Special Resources; Special Resource Database; Operation Special Resource Requirements; Special Resource Monitor.
Unplanned Work
OPSTAT; Coding an OPSTAT Command; SRSTAT; Coding an SRSTAT Command; Event Triggered Tracking; ETT Triggers; ETT - SRSTAT trigger; ETT - Job Name Trigger.
Practical Session - Special Resources & Unplanned Work
What this lab is about; What you will be able to do; How you will measure your progress; Managing Special Resources; Creating and using a Special Resource; UnplannedwWork; The OPSTAT command; The SRSTAT command; ETT and SRSTAT trigger; ETT Jobname trigger.
Automatic Recovery
Automatic Recovery functions; Recovery actions; Automatic Job Recovery; Recovery statements: Selection criteria, Rebuild & Recovery, Sysplex Recovery.
Practical Session - Automatic Recovery
What this lab is about; What you will be able to do; How you will measure your progress.
Restart & Cleanup
What Cleanup does; Restart & Cleanup options; Operation details; Ended in Error List Options; Operation Restart; Step Restart Dialog options; Modifying Cleanup Actions dialog panel; Automatic Cleanup Check Dialog panel; Other Cleanup functions; Cleanup Actions for data set dispositions in a Job.
Practical Session - Restart & Cleanup
What this laboratory is about; What you will be able to do; Job & Step Restart without Data Set Cleanup; Job Restart failed job with Data Set Cleanup; Step Level Restart with Data Set Cleanup; Job Level Restart of Completed Job with Data Set Cleanup.
JCL Automation
JCL tailoring; Including and Excluding JCL; JCL variables; Naming variable tables; Precedence of variable tables; Recognising variables; When variable substitution takes place; Variable types; Variables prefixed with %; Variables prefixed with &; Variables prefixed with ?; Dependency and validation; Variable format; JCL directives; Coding JCL directives; Introduction: SCAN directive, BEGIN and END, FETCH, SEARCH, SETFORM, SETVAR, TABLE, COMP Keyword on BEGIN and FETCH directives.
Practical Session - JCL Automation
What this lab is about; What you will be able to do; How you will measure your progress; JCL exclusion; Fetching in JCL; Variable table; Compound variable; OPC supplied variable; Job Setup variable; Verification; Variable dependencies; Dependency exercise; OPC supplied variables, and the COMP statement.
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