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Elevate the value of your mainframe investments: say hello to HCL Workload Automation for Z
“Mainframe essentially keeps the world running."
It may sound bold but it’s true. The quote above, which is from an IBM executive , Philip MacLochlainn, is indeed supported by stunning figures: “85% of all credit cards, 29 billion ATM transactions per year, 92 of the top 100 banks ... 12 billion passenger flights are booked” thanks to mainframe. And it makes no wonder to whom is familiar with mainframe’s history and the story of workload scheduling and management. |
Mainframe modernization: why is it so relevant?
In the last few years there is a lot of focus around “Mainframe modernization” … and there are multiple reasons for this focus and great benefit for the enterprises that will embrace this journey. In the journey to Cloud, the market is entering in a new chapter, while in the initial phase, that we call chapter 1, the focus and the plan was to migrate existing workload and application to Cloud, with a modernization of the IT and build new application as Cloud-ready.
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Workload Automation and SAP: all you need to know about Dynamic SAP R/3 Jobs and Associated Return Codes
There are fundamentally 3 ways to define SAP R/3 Batch Jobs in IWS :
Defining Jobs directly in SM36 and referencing the SAP Job IDs on IWS Side. Defining SAP Job by directly picking the ABAP, Variant, Step User etc at runtime through DWC, this connects to SM36 and creates the Job on SAP Side. Dynamically define the SAP Job on IWS Side by defining the Steps on IWS Side itself and at runtime , the Job Instance gets created at SAP end Automatically. |
Delegate administrative tasks to other users in your Workload Automation on Cloud subscription folder
LET’S INTRODUCE what’s new
Get familiar with the new concepts introduced by Workload Automation on Cloud that leverage the 9.5 Fix Pack 1 on-premise version, released in July: Subscription folder: to increase business agility and enforce the security of your subscription, Workload Automation on Cloud introduces workflow folders for job streams and jobs. |
