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:

 

Critical Path Management

This is the heart of ThruPut Manager AE with PCS. It monitors the jobs in the critical path, and uses various techniques and algorithms to favor these jobs. It also monitors the other application jobs and the slack time in the schedule to determine if the critical path has actually shifted to another path. TM AE PCS then raises the priority of the jobs in the new critical path and begins to favor them. The overall objective is to complete all applications before their due-out time.
Critical Path

How the Critical Path changes during a Production Cycle

At the beginning of the production cycle the critical path for this application is shown by the yellow line; when job Y is delayed, the critical path shifts to the orange line and priority shifts to Y1 and Y3; When Z is sufficiently delayed, the critical path shifts again to the red path and Z1 is favoured over both X3 and Y3, resulting in T completing in the earliest time then possible.