HORIZONT 1 XINFO ® The IT Information System HORIZONT Software for Datacenters Garmischer Str. 8 D München Tel ++49(0)89 / XINFO Benefits of XINFO in environments with different schedulers

HORIZONT 2 XINFO ® Problem Description Every scheduler has its own dialog The schedulers are installed on different systems There are experts for each scheduler, but nobody for all Somebody may need simple information like how many jobs are running under CA-7, but nobody can help him Because of mergers and acquisitions some companies are running several schedulers, e.g. CA-7, OPC and Control-M. These environments are causing some special problems:

HORIZONT 3 XINFO ® Some Examples CA-7 OPC (TWS) Control-M The next examples show you how to get a simple job list with following schedulers:

HORIZONT 4 XINFO ® Working with different Schedulers You have to logon on several systems, that requires: different userids different password different screens different logon procedures different start commands

HORIZONT 5 XINFO ® CA-7: How to get a job list After somebody told you how to call CA-7, Select 1

HORIZONT 6 XINFO ® CA-7: How to get a job list …if you know the right command… ljob,job=x*

HORIZONT 7 XINFO ® CA-7: How to get a job list Excellent, but how to continue? CA-7 has a command line interface: If you know all commands, Perfect! If you dont know...

HORIZONT 8 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list Ok, looks like CA-7: Select 1 1

HORIZONT 9 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list You simply have to know it: Select 4… 4

HORIZONT 10 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list …then BROWSE APPLICATIONS 1

HORIZONT 11 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list Specify the jobname… X*

HORIZONT 12 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list This is no OPC training, but you should know that OPC does not list jobs, it lists applications: Select an application… S

HORIZONT 13 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list …type another command… OPER

HORIZONT 14 XINFO ® OPC: How to get a job list …and get our job list! OPC has an ISPF interface, but: OPC has its own terminologie OPC has nested panel structures

HORIZONT 15 XINFO ® Control-M: How to get a job list Now we have some experience: Select 2 2

HORIZONT 16 XINFO ® Control-M: How to get a job list Which library? …yes, there is always somebody who helps you after a couple of phone calls… SYSH.CTM600.OPER.SCHEDULE

HORIZONT 17 XINFO ® Control-M: How to get a job list What are tables? This is no Control-M training, but in the meantime you know that Control-M does not list jobs, but tables: Select a table… S

HORIZONT 18 XINFO ® Control-M: How to get a job list Ok, this was not so difficult, wasnt it? But do you really remember everything?

HORIZONT 19 XINFO ® XINFO and different Schedulers One dialog One system (focal point of view) One logon, one userid and one password Functions are available for all schedulers, and the handling is always the same, e.g. shortcuts, keystrokes, menus All data is accessible in the same way, e.g. JCL, PROCs, Job History, Sources, DB2 information etc. The next examples show you how easy it is to get the same job lists with XINFO. Additional advantages are:

HORIZONT 20 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list 1) Logon to ONE system

HORIZONT 21 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list 2) Select Scheduler

HORIZONT 22 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list 3) Select Job Information

HORIZONT 23 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list 4) Specify the jobname… X*

HORIZONT 24 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list 5) The result

HORIZONT 25 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list Identical access to all schedulers

HORIZONT 26 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list Identical information screens…

HORIZONT 27 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list …with identical easy-to-use menus…

HORIZONT 28 XINFO ® XINFO: How to get a job list …and additional information, e.g. the JCL Do you know how difficult it can be to find the JCL and all PROCs for a job? Especially on a system you do not know very good?

HORIZONT 29 XINFO ® Summary One dialog for all data One focal point of view One identical set of functions One database for all kind of information One tool for all tasks, e.g. search, statistics and export XINFO helps all users to access all kind of data from various systems, essential benefits are:

HORIZONT 30 XINFO ® Many thanks for your attention HORIZONT Software for Datacenters Garmischer Str. 8 D München Tel ++49(0)89 / The IT Information System XINFO