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AboutRMT

§ WorkloadAutomationSoftware,ProfessionalServicesandEducationOrganization

§ Experiencewith:– CAWorkloadAutomationAE(CAWAAE)– CAWorkloadAutomationDE(CAWAdSeries)– CAWorkloadAutomationESPEdition(CAWAESP)– CAWorkloadAutomationCA7Edition(CAWACA7)– CAWorkloadAutomationAutoSys®(CAWAAutoSys®)LifecycleManagement

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Agenda

CAWORKLOADAUTOMATIONAE– BESTPRACTICES

WORKLOADCONTROLCENTER– BESTPRACTICES

SECURITY(EEM)

LEVERAGINGSELF-SERVICE

AGENTUPGRADECADENCEANDBESTPRACTICES

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CAWAAEBestPractices

§ Whereverpossible,trytoutilizeOracleRACorSQLServerClusterstoimproveperformanceandaccomplish99.9%uptime.

§ Trytoavoidtheusageof“nestedboxes”.– Thisreducestheoverheadofrecursivelyevaluatingthestarting

conditionsforthechildjobs/boxes

§ Trytobreakdownboxjobsintosmallchunkssothatworkloadsaremoreefficientlyscheduled

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CAWAAEBestPractices

§ BoxesthathavealotofjobswithoutanystartingconditionsincreasethetimetoprocesstheRUNNINGeventforthebox.Ifpossible,trytoserializethejobsbyprovidingdependenciesbetweenjobs

§ Dropandrecreateindexesfrequently.UsereindexDB.pl

§ Inalargeenvironment,utilizemultipleapplicationserversandjumpserversforaeachCAWAAutoSys instancesothattheappserverprocessontheSchedulerserverisnotboggeddown

SelfServiceHint:– OrganizeinternalusergroupsviaSharepoint toletnewerteamslearnandpublishbest

practices

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WCCBestPractices

§ UseanexternaldatabaseforWCC.DoNOTuseDerbyifitcanbeavoided.

§ SetupWCCinHAmode– ThesameDatabase(OracleorSQLServer)isusedformultipleWCCservers– WCCHAwithSSLissupportedwith11.4SP2+– Canbeloadbalanced(Big-IPorsimilar)

§ SettheAlertdeletionthresholdpropertyinConfigurationtoavaluethatissimilartothealarmmaintenanceinterval(alsounderConfigurationinWCC)

SelfServiceHint:– EnsuringEEMisboundtoLDAP/ADiskeytoenablingaSelfServicemodel.Thisway,

changestoobjectscanbetrackedbytheIDthatmadethechange.

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SecurityBestPractices

§ CreateFunctionalRoles– WhoispartoftheCAWAAutoSys adminteam?– Whoispartofthe24x7OPSteam– Whataccessshould“users”have– SelfServiceHint:Rolebasedaccessfordevelopmentteamsnecessary

§ EnforceNamingstandards– Usingas-job,as-calendar,as-sendevent (new)andas-controlpoliciesonthe

WorkloadAutomationAE applicationcansecuremostoftheCAWAAutosys environment.– UseEEMtoenforcenamingstandards

SelfServiceHint:– JobnamingstandardsarekeyforEEMrollout

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SecurityBestPractices

§ SetupEEMHighAvailability– UseseparateserverstosetupEEM.DonotshareWCCorAEserverstoinstall

EEM.

§ SecureAutoSys(WorkloadAutomationAE)orWCC(WCC0004)orboth?– SecuretheWorkloadAutomationAEapplication.Allsecurityauthorizationsare

providedbytheWorkloadAutomationAEapplicationinEEM.– SecuretheWCC0004applicationtolimitwhattheuserscanvisuallyaccess.For

example:theadministratormaywantaccesstotheConfigurationtabandECLI,buttheUsershavenoneedtotheConfigurationtab.

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StrategicApproachtoCAWAAEusingSelf-Service

§ LeverageSelf-ServiceApproachtoCAWAAE– WorkloadControlCenter

§ Applicationteamsinteractingwiththeirownjobs– CriticalPathMonitoring(CPM)

§ ApplicationteamsmonitoringofSLA’s– LifecycleManagement

§ Applicationteamscreating/editingofownjobs

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StrategicApproachtoCAWAAEusingSelf-Service

§ BenefitsofSelfService:– Reducethecostofownership– Increaseproductivityofstaff– Enterprisewideadoptionofautomationservices– Rapiddeliveryofchangetoproduction– Increasedqualityofservice

§ Deepunderstandingofbusinessrequirements§ ProactivelyreacttoSLAs

– ScalabilitywithminimalimpacttoOperationalExpenditure

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AgentCadence

§ CreateasetcadencetoupgradetheagentsXtimesayear

§ BestPractice:UsetheN+1cadence– IfCAreleasedbuild850oftheSystemAgentinMayandifCA

announcesbuild950oftheagenttoday§ UpgradetheDEVagentstobuild850– whereverpossible.Therewillbeserverswherethisisnotpossible

§ RunthroughthefullcycleoftestsandthenupgradetheTSTagentstobuild850

§ FinishtestingintheTSTenvironmentandthenplanforanupgradeoftheagentstobuild850inPRD

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