complements will get you everywhere: how do ca workload automation idash and ca workload automation...
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ComplementsWillGetYouEverywhere:HowDoCAWorkloadAutomationiDashandCAWorkloadAutomationAESP4ComplementEachOther?JackMcCarrick – ECLAROInc.– WLA(AutoSys)&iDash Admin– CanonUSA
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MAINFRAMEANDWORKLOADAUTOMATION
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Abstract
JointhissessiontolearnhowsomeofthefeaturesinSP4(andSP3)ofCAWorkloadAutomationAEwillboostyourperformanceandefficiencywhencoupledwithCAWorkloadAutomationiDash.Hearhowaleadingproviderofconsumer,business-to-businessandindustrialdigitalimagingsolutionsusesbothtogainefficiencyandreducethetimeandcostofmanagingmission-criticalworkloads.
JackMcCarrick
SeniorITConsultanteClaro,Inc.
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MyBackground
eClaro,Inc.– ECLARO isaBusinessandTechnologyConsultingfirm
headquarteredinNewYorkCitywith14officesacrosstheUnitedStates,CanadaandthePhilippines.
WorkingthroughECLARO since1998atalargetechnologycompany(headquarteredinLongIsland,NY)
IcameoutoftheIBMMainframeera!Startedin1974withOS/360andprogressedonwards!
JackMcCarrick
SeniorITConsultant,ECLARO
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MyBackground(continued)
IDMSDatabase– DBA1998(1982)thru2014ontheMainframe
– Systemsupport(sameperiod);MainframeScheduler(“homegrown”)
”CAWorkloadAutomationAE(CAWLAAutoSys®)”Admin– Since2004
– Release3.4,4.5,11.0,11.3.6– Running R11.0and R11.3.6inProduction
Terma JAWSAdmin(former)and CAWLAiDashAdmin
JackMcCarrick
SeniorITConsultant,ECLARO
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Agenda
“IFYOUUSECAWLAIDASH……”
“WAITAMINUTE!”
CLOSING
SERVERSTATS/LATENCY
“FLOWS”
REPORTING
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DoYouUseCAWLAiDash?
§ Ifso,youwillbefamiliarwithscreenslikethese…..
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YoumayrunaJOBRUNReport?
AndgetOutputSimilartotheFollowing……
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THEN……
§ YouUpgrade!YouApplyServicePacks:
– SP3 (WCC)andSP4 (CAWLAAutoSys)– …….or(betteryet)…– SP4 (WCC)andSP5 (CAWLAAutoSys)– (servicepacksarepaired;SP4,SP5aremostrecent)
§ Now,yousee……
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NewREPORTTab:
“ReportTemplates”VariousTypes
areAvailable
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WhatDoWeHave?
“After we had already bought (licensed) CA WLA iDash, is CA now giving us the ‘same stuff ‘ for free?”
ArewegettingaBargainhere????
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“COMPLEMENTS”(“AreAlwaysWelcome!”)
§ Yes,thereisSOME overlap.WesimplyranJOBRunReports.
§ BUT…….– Eachproductisdesignedwithdifferent butrelatedgoals– CAWLAiDash hasgreatfeaturesandReportingability– Thenew,SP4,LevelofCAWLAAutoSys (WCC)hasfeaturestoaddto
yourCAWLAiDashexperience
§ Let’sexaminesomegeneralareas…
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“Complementary”Areas
§ LATENCY/PERFORMANCEdiagnosis
§ “FLOWS”(youknow..Charts!)
§ REPORTING (ahugefunction)
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“LATENCY/PERFORMANCE”ServerStats Report:§ Good,quickwaytoviewoverallCAAutoSysPerformance
§ Startgettingcluestoany‘bottlenecks’§ AsAdmin,youcansay:
– “yes,wehadsomeLATENCY”2hoursago!– “no,thingslookOK”(meaningotherfactors– network,etc)
§ Eitherway,youwilllookGOOD (aHero again?)
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§ Youseea‘spike’wherethereisLatency§ Startgettingcluestoany‘bottlenecks’§ Todelvefurther,gointoCAWLAAutoSys (SP4+)!
– lookattheServer Statsvia“Throughput”Report
§ Trytopinpoint individualMACHINES
“LATENCY/PERFORMANCE”
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”FLOWS”CAWLAiDash DisplaysJobFlows!
SLAJobandallCritical
PathPredecessors
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”FLOWS”CAWLAAutoSys isnotLimitedtoPredecessors:
ShowswhateverisintheVIEWyouarequerying
Get“FULL
PICTURE”
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”FLOWS”
§ CAWLAiDash:CriticalPath§ CAWLAAutoSys (SP4):seeALL jobs§ Purposes:
– CAWLAiDash helpsyouseewhatMUST runtoreadadeadline– CAWLAAutoSys givesyoutheFULL view,allinter-dependencies
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REPORTING:
§ Firstofall,CAWLAiDash isDESIGNED toprovideReports– INTERACTIVELY (viaGUI)– BatchMode(CommandLineInterface,“CLI”)– (thisiscoveredinothersessionsforCAWLAiDash)
§ ButwhatgivesCAWLAAutoSys thisnewReportingfeature?
– Somethingcalled..– “THE ALLIGATOR” !!
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THEALLIGATOR”!!????!!
§ No….it’scalled
§ The“AGGREGATOR”– notnewtoCAAutoSys– youcanrunthe‘aggregator’commandeveninRelease11.0!– ButyoudoitManually orviaaScheduled job(forexample)
§ RunsAUTOMATICALLY asofSP4andhigher!
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AGGREGATOR:
§ Lookinpath$AUTOUSER/out ontheWAAEserver
§ (samepathwhereevent_demon.ACE filesarelocated)
§ Youwillsee…..
Look Inside one of these
files..
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Statisticsbeing‘Aggregated’Hourly,Daily
Automatic aggregationofStatsempowers theREPORTS (Templates)providedinSP4 andhigher
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ThesearetheREPORTS readilyAvailableinCAWLAAutoSys
(SP4)
TheydoNOT existinCAWLAiDash
The‘complement’whatCAWLAiDash has:(nextslide)
Reports
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TheseiDash REPORTS addressdifferentinformation
requirementsthanthatofCAWLAAutoSys (SP4)
TheiDash REPORTS canbetailoredwithawidesetof
parameters.(evenmore flexibilityinRelease
12.0.02)
Reports
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CLOSING
§ 30minutesisnotenoughtimetocoverthistopic!
§ LatestversionofCAWLAAutoSys COMPLEMENTS thevastReportingcapabilityofCAWLAiDash
§ Usingbothproducts,youcan‘covermuchground’– Indiagnostics– InReporting– InanalysisaimedtowardsimprovingyourManagementofWorkLoad
Automation