ThruPut Manager® AE with PCS Product Overview Printer Friendly Version

ThruPut Manager AE with PCS (Automation Edition with Production Control Services) extends the scheduling goals of CA 7 Workload Automation to the z/OS execution arena.  Unlike standard z/OS, it takes into account the dependencies specified in the CA 7 scheduling database, the critical paths that may change over a production run and the importance of each application compared to any other work running. With ThruPut Manager AE with PCS, z/OS production execution is managed according to the CA 7 schedule and due-out times. Your schedule completes on time and your Production Control staff are freed for more useful tasks. Further information can be found in:

 

Context and Scope

ThruPut Manager AE with PCS runs in a z/OS JES2 environment and its production services are designed to work with CA 7 Workload Automation. However, TM AE PCS understands the total workload of the system, including ad hoc jobs that are outside the control of CA 7 and the resources they are using. TM AE PCS expects the datacenter to have overriding goals and constraints that need to be taken into account. Because TM AE PCS sees the complete picture, it is able to manage production jobs to best meet your scheduling deadlines.

ThruPut Manager AE with PCS automates and optimizes the z/OS system management of production batch. TM AE PCS is not a scheduler, but is designed to work with one. Nor is TM AE PCS an application code, job-stream or scheduling optimizer. Good tools are available for such purposes. Rather, TM AE PCS uses its knowledge of the workload as scheduled, the resources available and the business priorities to process your workload through z/OS and JES2 in the best manner possible.

With TM AE PCS, CA 7 functions as usual. TM AE PCS does not modify CA 7 processing in any manner; rather, its “domain” is that of z/OS batch execution. However, as each job is scheduled by CA 7, TM AE PCS automatically detects the resources it needs, including datasets and tapes. This can alleviate the tedious work of maintaining negative dependencies and keeping VRM information up-to-date in the CA 7 database.