Class TWS4 Details: Administrators

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Executive Summary

The experience from this instructor-led course prepares administrators for all aspects of Workload Scheduler planning, installation, deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Step-by-step introduction of concepts are immediately reinforced by frequent hands-on labs. The labs are an intensive series of exercises taking you inside Workload Scheduler so the "why" is learned as well as the "how". By the end of the course, an entire scheduling network will be created from scratch. Many lab activities will require some system administration knowledge and proficiency using the command line.

Duration:
 2 days
Price:
 US$900 per attendee, call 888-247-4384 to schedule a class


Objectives
 
  1. Plan a scheduling network, understand the factors in designing a scheduling network.
  2. Learn the purpose of the Tivoli Framework, install a standalone Tivoli Framework for Workload Scheduler, configure an existing Tivoli Framework for Workload Scheduler.
  3. Install Workload Scheduler as a master domain manager, FTA, XA.
  4. Learn how to update Workload Scheduler.
  5. Create a domain and add a domain manager.
  6. Learn the locations and names of key files and directories.
  7. Learn the role of Connector servers, install and configure Connector servers.
  8. Understand all phases of the production day start (Jnextday).
  9. Working with time zones in Workload Scheduler.
  10. Describe all the job states, job stream states, and internal states.
  11. Describe all daemons and programs used by Workload Scheduler in production processing.
  12. Understand the regular maintenance procedures and learn how to perform them manually.
  13. Learn how to customize Workload Scheduler through global options, local options, standard configuration script, and local configuration scripts.
  14. Fail a scheduling network over to a backup domain manager, understand the constraints of failing over and how to remove them, and fail back a backup domain manager to a master domain manager.
  15. Design and implement a security file.
  16. Learn how to enable and use schedule auditing.
  17. Learn how to configure SNMP/NetView integration.
  18. Troubleshoot using MAESTRO log, autotrace, JSC traces, command line interface (for network recovery).
  19. Efficiently working with IBM Support. Using IBM and non-IBM sources of information (manuals, online manuals, Redbooks, user group, mailing list).
  20. Site-specific coverage of Workload Scheduler features for administrators.

 
Audience

Primary: scheduling administrators, scheduling managers.

Secondary: consultants, senior technical staff, systems administrators.

Prerequisites

TWS2: Operators and TWS3: Schedulers, system administration knowledge of Windows and/or Unix (depending upon which systems use Workload Scheduler at attendees' sites).


Lesson Plan

  1. Unit 01: Basic administration concepts: scheduling network, factors involved in the design of a scheduling network.
  2. Lab 01: Given a set of user requirements for batch scheduling, design a scheduling network.
  3. Unit 02: Basic administration concepts: relationship between Tivoli Framework and Tivoli Workload Scheduler.
  4. Lab 02: Install a standalone Tivoli Framework and configure for Workload Scheduler. Configure an existing Tivoli Framework for Workload Scheduler.
  5. Unit 03: Basic administration concepts: Installation prerequisites for Unix and Windows.
  6. Lab 03: Install a master domain manager on Unix. Install a master domain manager on Windows (optional).
  7. Unit 04: Basic administration concepts: Using the customize program.
  8. Lab 04: Update or refresh a Workload Scheduler installation.
  9. Unit 05: Basic administration concepts: domains, domain managers.
  10. Lab 05: Design, install and configure a domain in a scheduling network.
  11. Unit 06: Basic administration concepts: key files and directories of Workload Scheduler, key environment variables.
  12. Lab 06: Given a set of user requests for information, use key files and directories to fulfill requests. Modify display of Workload Scheduler on the command line interface through environment variables.
  13. Unit 07: Intermediate administration concepts: role of Connector servers.
  14. Lab 07: Install and modify Connector servers.
  15. Unit 08: Intermediate administration concepts: start of day processing (Jnextday).
  16. Lab 08: Manually perform start of day.
  17. Unit 09: Intermediate administration concepts: time zones.
  18. Lab 09: Enable time zones in Workload Scheduler. Given a set of jobs on two separate workstations, predict when each will launch, then observe the actual release of the jobs. Given a set of user requests, implement jobs across two different time zones and workstations.
  19. Unit 10: Intermediate administration concepts: job states, job stream states, internal states.
  20. Lab 10: Given a set of jobs and job streams, force the expression of various states in the JSC and observe the corresponding internal states.
  21. Unit 11: Intermediate administration concepts: daemons and programs used by Workload Scheduler.
  22. Lab 11: Diagram which programs and daemons are started or executed during Jnextday, and which are used when a job is executed.
  23. Unit 12: Intermediate administration concepts: maintenance of Workload Scheduler.
  24. Lab 12: Manually perform the maintenance procedures for Workload Scheduler, then automate one of the steps.
  25. Unit 13: Intermediate administration concepts: global options, local options, standard configuration script, and local configuration scripts.
  26. Lab 13: Given a set of user requests to configure the behavior of Workload Scheduler, implement the requests using global options, local options, standard configuration script, or local configuration scripts where appropriate.
  27. Unit 14: Advanced administration concepts: master domain manager failover.
  28. Lab 14: Perform procedures to fail over a master domain manager to a backup domain manager, perform procedures to make the failover permament, perform procedures to fail back.
  29. Unit 15: Advanced administration concepts: security configuration.
  30. Lab 15: Given a set of user requirements, implement a security file then test the implementation through the JSC.
  31. Unit 16: Advanced administration concepts: auditing.
  32. Lab 16: Navigate to and inspect the audit files.
  33. Unit 17: Advanced administration concepts: SNMP/NetView integration.
  34. Lab 17: Enable SNMP/NetView integration.
  35. Unit 18: Advanced administration concepts: troubleshooting resources.
  36. Lab 18: Given a broken scheduling network, debug and correct the source of the problem.
  37. Unit 19: Advanced administration concepts: support and information resources.
  38. Lab 19 (Optional, requires Internet access): File a PMR online, visit online resources.
  39. Unit 20: Advanced administration concepts: coverage of site-specifc administration features.
  40. Lab 20 (Optional): Use site-specific administration features.


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