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XINFO – Scanner zOS – CA7

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Preamble

This presentation gives a comprehensive overview of XINFO´s Scheduler for CA7.

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Cross references

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Table of Contents

Cross references

Job Netplan

SCHIDs and triggering

Pred/Succ Netplan

Critical Path

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XINFO and CA-7

• Easy-to-read job netplans to analyze and optimize your jobflow definitions.

• Fast search functions. All attributes can be used in queries, e.g.- Which jobs didn´t run for a while- Which jobs have EXEC=N

• Control your naming conventions and standards automatically- e.g. check if JCL ID is correct

• Allows „non-experts“ easy access to CA-7 definitions

XINFO is an Add-on to CA-7 and offers:

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XINFO and CA-7

• Job Definitons• Job Scheduling Parameter• Job and Dataset Triggering• Job Execution Requirements• Job/Step/Program information (CA-7 JCL)• Job/DD/DSN information (CA-7 JCL)• Virtual Resource usage• Workload Documentation, Prose• In addition to that XINFO´s JCL scanner delivers information about

Scheduled Overrides (#Jl, #JO)

The CA7-Interface reads Ca-7 VSAM files and analyzes following data:

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CA-7 Selection

Resources

Documentation

Netplans

Cross reference for CA7-JCL

Cross reference for CA7-Jobs

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Search for jobs by using job attributes

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Search for jobs by using job attributes

Search all jobs with Owner = H*And EXEC = N

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Result – Job Information

The jobs meeting your selection criteria

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Result – Job Information

Double click on a line brings up a detailed view including

all 59 (!) attributes

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Search for jobs by using schedule definitions

Select Schedule Definition

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Search for jobs by using schedule definitions

All parameters can be used as selection criteria

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Search for jobs using trigger parameters

Select Job Triggering

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Search for jobs by using trigger parameters

Search all jobs that are triggered by datasets

named *CA*

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Result – Job triggering

The jobs meeting your selection criteria

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Search for jobs by using pred requirements

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Search for jobs by using pred requirements

Search all jobs with pred DSN SYSH.CA7*

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Result - Requirements

Example:Here you can check if the correct DSN are set to „permanent“

The jobs meething your selection criteria

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CA-7 JCL DSN cross reference

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Usage of Virtual Resources

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CA-7 – Job Netplan

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CA-7 – Job Netplan

Specify selection criteria

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CA-7 – Job Netplan

Trigger

Job

DSN-Trigger

USR-Req.

Pred.Req.

not parallel

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SCHIDs and triggering in CA-7 Netplans

• JOBA runs Monday with 001 and Tuesday with 002

Following triggers are definded:• JOBA SCHID = 000 -> JOBB• JOBA SCHID = 000 -> JOBC• JOBA SCHID = 002 -> JOBD

XINFO CA-7 generates a variant for every job and every schid. See example below and the matching netplan (next slide).

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SCHIDs and triggering in CA-7 Netplans

The jobchain for SCHID = 001

The jobchain for SCHID = 002

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SCHIDs and job predecessor requirements

Similar to CA-7All Schids are linked

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SCHIDs and job predecessor requirements

As an alternative XINFO allows to show links only

within the same schid – the netplans are easier to read

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CA-7 – Job Netplan - Right mouse

The right mouse menu offers useful functions, e.g. “Pred/Succ netplan“ limited by level

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CA-7 – Pred/Succ Netplan

Specify desired level

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CA-7 – Pred/Succ Netplan

The successors of the job

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CA-7 – Job Netplan - Right mouse

From here you can access all relevant data, e.g. SMF job

runtimes, JCL, output definitions etc.

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CA-7 – Job Netplan - Browse JCL

Browse JCL

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CA7 – Critical Path

The job netplan offers various search functions,

e.g. “Critical Path”

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CA7 – Critical Path

Based on “Clock Time“ XINFO calculates the longest path through the network

Based on “Clock Time“ XINFO calculates the longest path through the network

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