Course Description

In the IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler Suite 8.3 Administration course students will study network planning, installation, maintenance, configuration, and problem solving. This course includes an in-depth look at the background processes, the TWS production cycle and production processing. The network planning discussion will include the different types of TWS workstations, advantages of domains and designing a network to meet the needs of your organization. We will discuss configuration options available for an individual workstation and configuring the entire network. This includes how to effectively use TWS security. We will look at common TWS problems, how to identify what is wrong and how to resolve them.

Course labs will include planning a network, defining a workstation and domain, installing a new TWS workstation and TWS components, among other exercises.

This training is done in a classroom environment with multiple opportunities to practice concepts by performing student lab exercises using real-world scenarios.

Class Length
2 days

Objectives

• Overview of the extended agent architecture
• Describe the TWS processes, their functions and interaction
• Customize job execution
• Locate critical files and directories in the TWS directory structure
• Describe the shift from the current TMF infrastructure, used to provide remote access connectivity from the GUI to both the TWS distributed and the TWS z/OS engines, to a new WAS based remote communication infrastructure
• Describe and demonstrate the two new components: the TWS Modeling and Planning connector and the TWS Plan Mgmt connector
• Demonstrate WAS configuration
• Install and configure TWS network and the individual workstations, including the time zone
• Demonstrate how to manually install WAS and configure the new TWS 8.3 J2EE applications in an existing WAS environment
• Demonstrate how you install, configure and run these two applications on an existing WAS environment
• Describe how to install TWS and JSC fixpacks
• Describe and demonstrate how to migrate JSC 1.4 to JSC 8.3 and TWS 8.2 to TWS 8.3 and migrating the Mozart database in TWS 8.2 to the DB2 database used by TWS 8.3
• Demonstrate the migration utility
• Migrate TWS to the latest version
• Manage TWS security
• Change the start of the day
• Configure the auditing feature
• Create a Symphony file
• Generate reports using TWS and TDW
• Create workstation and domain definitions in the TWS database, including the time zone
• Determine which TWS components need to be installed on workstations
• Determine which TWS workstations need Framework installed
• Update an installation of TWS
• Configure Framework for TWS
• Perform maintenance functions
• Backup the master domain manager
• Install, configure, and implement Fault Tolerant Switch Manager
• Describe how to switch workstation domain managers using the switchmgr and Fault Tolerant Switch Manger feature
• Troubleshoot problems in the TWS network

Who will benefit from this course
This course is intended for the following:
New Tivoli Workload Scheduler users seeking proficiency in the TWS 8.3 environment on UNIX and Windows platforms.

Existing schedulers, operators and their supervisors/managers at sites converting from previous versions of Tivoli Workload Scheduler (Maestro) to Tivoli Workload Scheduler Suite 8.3.

Anyone who needs detailed guidance on how to create Plans, monitor workload status, adjust workload parameters or submit Job Streams or Jobs to execute under the control of Tivoli Workload Scheduler Suite 8.3.

Anyone needing a refresher course and introduction to the Job Scheduling Console.

Required Skills Knowledge
The following skills and areas of knowledge are required.

• Knowledge of TWS scheduling and operations.
• Working knowledge of the UNIX operating system.
• Proficient editing capabilities using vi would be helpful.
• Knowledge of current job management methodology in local environment.
• Knowledge of TWS network in local environment.

Before attending this course, you should attend the following courses or possess equivalent expertise:

• Completion of IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler Suite 8.3 Scheduling and Operations.
  

Prerequisites
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.3 - Scheduling and Operations

Course Outline

• Overview
• Network Planning
• Database Definitions
• Background Processes
• Installation
• Configuration
• Updating and Patching TWS
• Security
• Production
• Backup Master
• Maintenance
• Best Practices and Troubleshooting