A step by step guide to deploy your workflows with the Workload Automation plugin for IBM UrbanCode Deploy on z/OS Engines

In my previous article I provided a simple guide to implement the deployment of Workload Automation objects using Workload Automation plugin for IBM UrbanCode Deploy. 

Attached to this article I provide a guide containing all the steps to implement a similar process for deployment of Workload Automation objects of z/OS Engines.

It is a bit more complex because it needs to work in conjunction with the step Submit Job of the additional zOS Utility plugin. You need to download and install it separately before you start. The Workload Automation plugin generates a JCL to pass as input variable to the Submit Job which will run it.    

I will guide you through: 

• Create a component to store the definition 
• Create a process for deployment 
• Create an Application for the Component  
• Create an Application Process 

• Create an Environment 
• Customize your Environment to map workload definitions for the target Workload Automation environment 
• Run the deploy process and check the result 

At the end of the guide you will be able to deploy the content of a txt file containing your definitions in WAPPL format into a new Workload Automation environment. 

The only prerequisite of this guide is to have the zOS Utility plugin installed with the Submit Job step working (it requires the job server component) and an IBM UrbanCode Deploy agent installed and running on your target environment, but this is a documented task.

Step-by-step on how to configure IBM Urban Code Deploy To Manage Workload Automation for z/OS Objects

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Maria Elena Massino
Senior Software Engineer
​Workload Automation
mariaelena.massino@hcl.com

Maria Elena Massino is a Software Engineer on the Workload Automation development team located in HCL Rome Hub. She has worked on the WA development team since 2004 and has acquired significant experience on all the different components of the family: Dynamic Workload Console, Workload Scheduler z/OS connector, Workload Scheduler for z/OS and distributed. She is also responsible of the globalization process of these products. Further, Maria Elena worked on the Workload Automation on Cloud offering, initially as the Beta program leader, and later she developed the Applications in the Application Catalog. She has a Math background and she is currently coordinating the HighCreativityLabs project for HCL Italy to teach coding to students of primary and secondary schools.