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Working with Workload Objects › z/OS Jobs › Define a z/OS-Regular Job

Define a z/OS-Regular Job

You can define a z/OS-Regular job to schedule a z/OS job.

Note: To run these jobs, your system requires CA WA Agent for z/OS.

To define a z/OS-Regular job

  1. Open the Application that you want to add the job to in the Define perspective.

    The Application appears in the workspace.

  2. Select the z/OS-Regular job from the z/OS group in the Palette view, and drag the job to the workspace.

    The z/OS-Regular icon appears on the Application workspace view.

  3. Right-click the z/OS-Regular icon, and select Edit from the pop-up menu.

    The Basic page of the z/OS-Regular dialog opens.

  4. Complete the following required fields:
    Name

    Defines the name of the job that you want to schedule.

    Limits: 128 alphanumeric characters, plus the special characters commercial at (@), pound (#), dollar sign ($), underscore (_), square brackets ([]), brace brackets ({}), and percent sign (%) as a symbolic variable introducer character.

    Note: The name must match the name on the jobcard.

    Agent name

    Specifies the name of the agent where the mainframe workload runs.

    JCL Library

    Specifies the library name containing the JCL for this job.

    Example: cyber.prod.jcllib

    z/OS user ID

    Specifies the z/OS user ID that owns the job on z/OS.

  5. (Optional) Specify the following additional information:
    JCL member

    Specifies the member name the JCL resides in for this job.

    Default: Job name

    CopyJCL library

    Specifies the copy JCL library that stores an editable working copy of the JCL you submitted.

    Note: In case of a job failure, you can modify the working copy of the JCL and resubmit the job without affecting the JCL source. When you work with the JCL copy, the server automatically resolves all the variables.

  6. Click OK.

    The z/OS-Regular job is defined.

Example: Store a Working Copy of the JCL that You Submitted

Suppose that the agent ZOS1 submits the JCL in member CYBDL01A in the CYBDL01.JCLLIB library. If the job fails, you can modify a working copy of the JCL in the CYBDL01.COPY.JCLLIB data set, and resubmit the job without affecting the JCL source.

To store a working copy of the JCL that you submitted

  1. Enter the following information in the Basic page:
  2. Click OK.