1. 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

3. Table of Contents Cross references Job Netplan SCHIDs and triggering
Pred/Succ Netplan
Critical Path

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

5. XINFO and CA-7
The CA7-Interface reads Ca-7 VSAM files and analyzes following data:
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)

6. CA-7 Selection Cross reference for CA7-Jobs
Cross reference for CA7-JCL
Resources
Documentation
Netplans

7. Search for jobs by using job attributes

8. Search for jobs by using job attributes
Search all jobs with Owner = H*
And EXEC = N

9. Result – Job Information
The jobs meeting your selection criteria

10. Result – Job Information
Double click on a line brings up a detailed view including all 59 (!) attributes

11. Search for jobs by using schedule definitions
Select Schedule Definition

12. Search for jobs by using schedule definitions
All parameters can be used as selection criteria

13. Search for jobs using trigger parameters
Select Job Triggering

14. Search for jobs by using trigger parameters
Search all jobs that are triggered by datasets named *CA*

15. Result – Job triggering
The jobs meeting your selection criteria

16. Search for jobs by using pred requirements

17. Search for jobs by using pred requirements
Search all jobs with pred DSN SYSH.CA7*

18. Result - Requirements Example:
Here you can check if the correct DSN are set to „permanent“
The jobs meething your selection criteria

19. CA-7 JCL DSN cross reference

20. Usage of Virtual Resources

21. CA-7 – Job Netplan

22. CA-7 – Job Netplan
Specify selection
criteria

23. CA-7 – Job Netplan Job Pred.Req. DSN-Trigger not parallel Trigger
USR-Req.

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

25. SCHIDs and triggering in CA-7 Netplans
The jobchain for SCHID = 001
The jobchain for SCHID = 002

26. SCHIDs and job predecessor requirements
Similar to CA-7
All Schids are linked

27. SCHIDs and job predecessor requirements
As an alternative XINFO allows to show links only within the same schid – the netplans are easier to read

28. CA-7 – Job Netplan - Right mouse
The right mouse menu offers useful functions, e.g.
“Pred/Succ netplan“ limited by level

29. CA-7 – Pred/Succ Netplan
Specify desired level

30. CA-7 – Pred/Succ Netplan
The successors of the job

31. CA-7 – Job Netplan - Right mouse
From here you can access all relevant data, e.g. SMF job runtimes, JCL, output definitions etc.

32. CA-7 – Job Netplan - Browse JCL

33. The job netplan offers various search functions, e.g. “Critical Path”
CA7 – Critical Path
The job netplan offers various search functions, e.g. “Critical Path”

34. 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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