1. XINFO – Scheduler zOS and DS – Control-M

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Preamble
This presentation gives a comprehensive overview of XINFO´s Scheduler for z/OS and DS for Control-M.
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Cross reference
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3. Table of Contents Cross references Netplans Barchart Job History
Forecast
Export: Excel, HTML, Word
Line Commands
XINFO vs Control-M/Desktop

4. XINFO and Control-M XINFOS's Control-M Interface analyzes following
Control-M/Server data under z/OS, Unix, Windows etc.:
General Job Definitions
Scheduling and Execution Paramters
Resources
Conditions
"ON PGMST", and Steps
SHOUT, and PostProc
IOALOG, the base for Job History
Statistics, Conditions and ctmrpln utility, used for the Forecast

5. Control-M – Selection Cross reference for Control-M data
XINFO is an add-on to Control-M GUI.
XINFO collects data from all Control-M systems, independently from the platform. Therefore XINFO gives you an overview about all systems.
Cross reference for Control-M data
Job History and Forecast
Netplans

6. XINFO Architecture with z/OS and DB2
Control-M Schedule-Librarys
z/OS (MVS)
Unix
Windows
Control-M Schedule-Librarys
Control-M Schedule-Librarys
SQL
Output
Scanner DS
Scanner MVS
Unload Script
Unload Script
Output
Files
SQL
Output
SQL
Output
Graphic + Forecast
Output
Files
Windows PC Client
DB2
TCP/IP

7. XINFO Architecture with Windows and Oracle
Unix/Windows
Control-M Server Database
Unload Script
Unix
Windows
Oracle
SQL
Output
Files
Control-M Server Database
Control-M Server Database
Unload Script
Unload Script
SQL
Output
SQL
Output
Scanner Script/Programs
Windows PC Client
ODBC

8. Control-M – Job Definitions

9. Control-M – Job Definitions
Search all jobs in Tables: T* with Owner: ctm*

10. Control-M – Job Definitions
The jobs, Memname or Filename
Tables T*
Distributed Jobname
Owner ctm*

11. Control-M – Job Definitions
From z/OS Control-M
From distributed Control-M

12. Control-M – Job Definitions, Host (id)
Search all jobs running on "PC11"

13. Control-M – Job Definitions, Host (id)
Jobs
Host, Hostgroup

14. Control-M – Job Definitions
More selection, e.g. "Confirm"
keep for restart
Sysout options
keep archive SYSDATA
Time dependencies
Cyclic jobs

15. Control-M – Scheduling, calendar

16. Control-M – Scheduling, calendar
Search all jobs using a calendar (NOT EMPTY)

17. Control-M – Scheduling, calendar
Jobs
DAILYNAM
More scheduling parameters

18. Control-M – Scheduling, Group function
How often is a calendar used?

19. Control-M – Scheduling, Group function
How often per calendar

20. Control-M – Resources
A left click on “Resource-Name” gives more selection fields
Search all jobs using resource
“TAPE*” or “SYS*”

21. Control-M – Resources
Usage
Jobs
Resources

22. Control-M – DO (Step) Action

23. Control-M – DO (Step) Action
Which jobs are started with FORCEJOB?

24. Control-M – DO (Step) Action
The trigger
The action
The jobs

25. Which jobs are using a "DATE" variable
Control-M – Set Var
Which jobs are using a "DATE" variable

26. ...that are using "Date" variables
Control-M – Set Var
The jobs
...that are using "Date" variables

27. Control-M – Table Netplan
Select tables
Level Predecessor/Successor

28. Control-M – Table Netplan
The tables and the dependencies

29. Control-M – Table Netplan
With right mouse click
to the table's job netplan

30. Control-M – Table- / Job Netplan

31. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Clustered by table
Force Job
Job
Condition
In-Condition without Job

32. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Detailed information via double-click.
Please note that all data can be show within the symbol (e.g. Owner)

33. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Click on Options to change the settings

34. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Adapt colours, shapes,
contents etc.

35. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Group End
(special dummy symbol to show dependencies)
Group start

36. Control-M – Job Netplan, the Symbols
Control-D reports
Control-D Reports

37. Control-M – Job Netplan, The Links
DO-Condition
Condition
OR-Condition
Global condition
(from Control-M to Control-M)
External condition
(from table to table)

38. Control-M – Job Netplan, The Links
DO-Condition
Condition
External condition
(from table to table)
OR-Condition

39. Control-M – Job Netplan, Pred/Succ Level
Show Job Netplan for Table “TABC”
With one additional predecessor/successor level

40. Control-M – Job Netplan, Pred/Succ Level
Selection,
table TABC
Predecessor level 1
Successor level 1

41. Control-M – Job Netplan, Pred/Succ Level
Select predecessor level 2 and successor level 99
Right mouse click,
Pred/Succ netplan

42. Control-M – Job Netplan
2nd level predecessor and "all" successor of the starting job

43. Control-M – Job Netplan
Search function

44. Control-M – Job Netplan
Found jobs, sorted by jobname
A "click" on the list marks the matching job in the netplan

45. XINFO - Job Netplan - Critical Path
To see the the longest path click on “Critical Path”
CTM job netplan has a new search function: Critical Path

46. XINFO - Job Netplan - Critical Path
Based on the “average duration“ XINFO calculates the longest path within the displayed netplan. The total duration is shown on top of the result list.

47. XINFO prints netplans on all devices (printers, plotters etc.)
XINFO – Print Netplans
XINFO prints netplans on all devices (printers, plotters etc.)
XINFO
print preview

48. XINFO – CTM Barchart
Selection criteria

49. The result in a barchart
CTM Barchart - Result
The result in a barchart

50. Control-M Barchart
The left column in the jobruntime barchart can display now Jobname, Application, Group or Table
XINFO.INI:
[GRAPHCTMRUNTIME]
FIELDS="APPLICATION;GROUP;TABLE;JOB"

51. XINFO – Batch Interface
XINFO.EXE /CMD=BATCH.BIF
/*********************************************************************/
/* */
/* Logon-Parameter */
CLOSE=ALL
LOGON='C:\PROGRAMME\XINFO\LOGON_USER_MAX.LGN'
/* Input and Output files */
LOAD_PRED=99
LOAD_SUCC=99
SELECTION_FILE='C:\PROGRAMME\XINFO\Selection_UC4.TXT'
CREATE_JPG_FILE='C:\TEMP\GRAFIK_1.JPG'
EXIT /* Exit XINFO */
LOGON data
encrypted
Selection
Output
The batch interface allows you to export data automatically, e.g. netplans as JPEGs, tables as HTML files and so on.

52. Control-M – Job History
When did all maintenance jobs run in April?
When did all maintenance jobs run in April?

53. Control-M – Job History
The jobs
Start / End
Status, Return code,
duration, etc.
You may use the runtime data as a base for statistics

54. Control-M – Job History
Detailed information per double-click

55. Control-M – Job History, IOALOG
Basis is the log from all Control-M systems (distributed and z/OS)

56. Control-M – IOALOG
You can search easily and fast for strings, e.g. messages or a certain userid

57. Control-M – IOALOG
Timestamp
Jobs
Message

58. Control-M – Forecast “ctmrpln” gives us the jobnames,
XINFO knows the sequence and
the start times,
Based on average duration XINFO calculates the planned end times for a couple of days.
Page:   2     Period: ,   Calendar:Yes.
                Daily Job Order Report For Folder SampleServiceBIM, Job *                                                              
                ====================================================================
Job Name                      Application     Sub Application Cint From Untl Hostgrp Description                   Type Folder
SampleSLA                 SampleResources SampleJobs                                                             DMY SampleServiceBIM
CONTROL-M 8.0.0                                BMC Software, Ltd.
Page:   3     Period: ,   Calendar:Yes.
                Daily Job Order Report For Folder Samples, Job *                                                              
ctmagcln Control-M_House Post_Newday                                                                                CMD  Samples
ctmruninf Control-M_House Post_Newday                                              Purge data from the Statis CMD  Samples
ctmcontb Control-M_House Post_Newday                                                                                          CMD  Samples
ctmdbcheck Control-M_House SystemChecks&Ma     1100                                                                   CMD  Samples
manconds Control-M_House SystemChecks&Ma                                                                                CMD  Samples
addconds Control-M_House SystemChecks&Ma                                                                                DMY  Samples
ctmjsa Control-M_House Reporting                                                                                 CMD  Samples
ctmlog Control-M_House Reporting                                                                                 CMD  Samples
ctmdiskspace                 Control-M_House SystemChecks&Ma     1000                                                                   CMD  Samples
netstat                            SampleAppl      SampleJobs                                                                                              JOB  Samples
ListAutoEditVariable    SampleAppl      SampleJobs                                   List Global Variables        CMD  Samples

59. When are the maintenance jobs planned for July?
Control-M – Forecast
When are the maintenance jobs planned for July?

60. Control-M – Forecast
Planned duration
The jobs
Planned Start/End

61. Control-M – Job-Statistic
The average duration, taken from Control-M statistic tables and files

62. With “Export" all data can be exported
XINFO – Data Export
With “Export" all data can be exported

63. txt, csv, html, xls, xlsx, u.v.w.
XINFO – Data Export
Select file type:
txt, csv, html, xls, xlsx, u.v.w.

64. XINFO – Export Data to Excel
Export to Excel

65. XINFO – Exported Data as HTML
HTML-File in Firefox

66. XINFO – Graphic Export, e.g. as JPG to Word

67. XINFO – Line Commands
Line commands allow you to "jump" directly from any record to related data

68. e.g. from job definitions to job history...
XINFO – Line Commands
e.g. from job definitions to job history...

69. XINFO – Line Commands
e.g.
Browse JCL (z/OS only)

70. XINFO vs- Control-M Desktop
useful to define and maintain jobs, but can you use that to create a documentation?
Confusing layout!

71. XINFO vs. Control-M Desktop
...bad print function

72. XINFO vs. Control-M Desktop
XINFO gives you a clear view, even for complicated definitions

73. XINFO vs. Control-M Desktop
XINFO is a useful extension to Control-M GUI.
XINFO loads data from various Control-M systems to give you a general overview, independent from the target platform
Cross reference for Control-M data
Job history and Forecast
Netplans

74. Many thanks for your attention!
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