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Centralizing Islandsof AutomationChuck Losinski ● Pat Cameron

September 2, 2015

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Your Presenters

Chuck LosinskiDirector of Automation Technology

Pat CameronDirector of Automation Technology


• Why consolidating job schedules is important

• Automation solutions– Robot

– Skybot

– AutoMate

Today’s Agenda


Why an Enterprise Scheduler?

Do you have…

• Central control over your production job streams?

• Transparency into your schedules?

• Cross-system dependencies?• The ability to forecast jobs

across applications and servers?


Have you…

• Tried to manage disparate systems?

• Ever missed an SLA?• Ever had to rerun month-end

processes?• Endured IT audit

nightmares?• Missed job errors or delays?

Why an Enterprise Scheduler?


Functional Requirements

• Ease of use• Central management• Security requirements• Exception notification• Schedule types• Audit requirements


Web UserInterface

Enterprise Scheduling

Data

With Robot SCHEDULE Enterprise



EnterpriseJob Schedulingfrom IBM i

“We run about a million Robot SCHEDULE jobs a year.In the last year, 984,000 jobs ended normally and 209ended abnormally. I like those numbers—only .02%abnormal is very, very good.”

—Steve Rainone, Data Center Supervisor, Knoll

Solution:


Batch

Robot REPLAY

Robot SCHEDULE Enterprise

Robot SCHEDULE

EnterpriseOne + SAP Interfaces

Interactive

…and FTP

Automated Job Scheduling


• Most of the workload is on IBM i in your data center– And you don’t need to automate distributed systems

• IBM i is the cornerstone of your business– You don’t want to rely on other platforms for task management

• You are IBM i-centric and have distributed systems– Some processes have cross-platform dependencies– There are file transfers to automate between the systems

• You already own Robot SCHEDULE– And want to incorporate Windows, UNIX, and Linux– You want a centralized scheduling and automation tool

Why Robot SCHEDULE andRobot SCHEDULE Enterprise?


Audit trail of job changes, run history and events

Job flow diagrams; mobile/browser interface

Management reporting: audit, history, events and security configuration

Forecasted workflow and critical job monitoring

Scripting language for advanced automation

File event job triggers—no timer jobs needed!

Job overrun, underrun, and latestart (SLA) monitoring; reporting and notification

Automation & Tracking Tools


• Multiple partition view from a single modern interface• Windows/Linux/AIX scheduling view with Enterprise add-on

Enterprise Scheduling from IBM i


Robot SCHEDULERobot REPLAY

1. Learn & Edit 2. Schedule

Batch

Automate Interactive


Live Demo



Web UserInterface


Data



Skybot Scheduler


JOBS

E N T E R P R I S E S C H E D U L I N G

BROWSER

Skybot Scheduler Architecture

AGENTSENTERPRISE / WEBSERVER

v

DailySales Suite

ETLProcess

FileTransfer


Skybot Scheduler


Easy-To-Use Interface

• Browser-based• Point and click• Drop-down menus• Built-in help text• Easy to install


Central Console

• Manage all systems and VMs from your browser• Create jobs on multiple servers• See job history from your browser• Flowchart job dependencies


Automatic Notification

• Job status• Failed, completed,

running, canceled• Job monitor

• Late start, job overrun,job underrun

• Event status• File add, change, delete• Process start or end


Security Features

• Role-based security• Access to specific agents• Access to specific jobs• Change, execute, view, exclude• Base roles on department,

division, location, or customer• Interface with Active Directory

or LDAP server


Skybot Scheduler Demo

• User Interface• Import crontabs• Cross-platform dependencies• Automatic notification• Security• Auditing• Reporting



Web UserInterface


Data



An IT and business process automation platform that allows you to create, manage, and deploy tasks—without writing code.

Use drag-and-drop actions…

…to build managed tasks…

…which run in response to events.

What is AutoMate?


• Windows is your primary application server– You do not have IBM i, UNIX, or Linux

automation needs• You do not want to write scripts or .bat files

– You would like something more efficient• Your Windows automation requirements are

complex– You are looking for a robust Windows

automation toolset

Why AutoMate?


AutoMate BPA Server delivers centralized control for easier implementation and management of automation across yourentire organization

AutoMate BPA Server

Integrate Orchestrate Automate

…to manage the administrationof all automation assets in real time…

Build intelligent tasksand workflows…

…for endless scalable and multi-machine automation.


BPA Server Topology

Server Management Console (SMC)Workflow DesignerTask BuilderAgent Management Process Management TriggersLog EventsUser ManagementReusable Object Repository


Live Demo


Centralizing Islands of Automation

• Determine your requirements• Manage by exception• Many solutions available• Tailor solution to your

environment


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