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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Abstract

JointhissessiontolearnhowsomeofthefeaturesinSP4(andSP3)ofCAWorkloadAutomationAEwillboostyourperformanceandefficiencywhencoupledwithCAWorkloadAutomationiDash.Hearhowaleadingproviderofconsumer,business-to-businessandindustrialdigitalimagingsolutionsusesbothtogainefficiencyandreducethetimeandcostofmanagingmission-criticalworkloads.

JackMcCarrick

SeniorITConsultanteClaro,Inc.


MyBackground

eClaro,Inc.– ECLARO isaBusinessandTechnologyConsultingfirm

headquarteredinNewYorkCitywith14officesacrosstheUnitedStates,CanadaandthePhilippines.

WorkingthroughECLARO since1998atalargetechnologycompany(headquarteredinLongIsland,NY)

IcameoutoftheIBMMainframeera!Startedin1974withOS/360andprogressedonwards!

JackMcCarrick

SeniorITConsultant,ECLARO


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


Agenda

“IFYOUUSECAWLAIDASH……”

“WAITAMINUTE!”

CLOSING

SERVERSTATS/LATENCY

“FLOWS”

REPORTING

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DoYouUseCAWLAiDash?

§ Ifso,youwillbefamiliarwithscreenslikethese…..


Dashboard:


SLA list:


REPORT list:


YoumayrunaJOBRUNReport?

AndgetOutputSimilartotheFollowing……


SampleHTMLoutput

NOW….HOLDTHATTHOUGHT!!......


Let’sLookatCAWLAAUTOSYS......(viaWCC)


REPORTINGTabhasnoContents:

“BaseRelease”

11.3.6


THEN……

§ YouUpgrade!YouApplyServicePacks:

– SP3 (WCC)andSP4 (CAWLAAutoSys)– …….or(betteryet)…– SP4 (WCC)andSP5 (CAWLAAutoSys)– (servicepacksarepaired;SP4,SP5aremostrecent)

§ Now,yousee……


NewREPORTTab:

“ReportTemplates”VariousTypes

areAvailable


So,Let’srunaJobRunREPORT


WAIT!!ItlookslikeCAWLAiDashREPORT:


WhatDoWeHave?

“After we had already bought (licensed) CA WLA iDash, is CA now giving us the ‘same stuff ‘ for free?”

ArewegettingaBargainhere????


“Well……. In a word …..

YES !


“COMPLEMENTS”(“AreAlwaysWelcome!”)

§ Yes,thereisSOME overlap.WesimplyranJOBRunReports.

§ BUT…….– Eachproductisdesignedwithdifferent butrelatedgoals– CAWLAiDash hasgreatfeaturesandReportingability– Thenew,SP4,LevelofCAWLAAutoSys (WCC)hasfeaturestoaddto

yourCAWLAiDashexperience

§ Let’sexaminesomegeneralareas…


“Complementary”Areas

§ LATENCY/PERFORMANCEdiagnosis

§ “FLOWS”(youknow..Charts!)

§ REPORTING (ahugefunction)


“LATENCY/PERFORMANCE”ServerStats Report:§ Good,quickwaytoviewoverallCAAutoSysPerformance

§ Startgettingcluestoany‘bottlenecks’§ AsAdmin,youcansay:

– “yes,wehadsomeLATENCY”2hoursago!– “no,thingslookOK”(meaningotherfactors– network,etc)

§ Eitherway,youwilllookGOOD (aHero again?)


OVERALLPerformance


§ Youseea‘spike’wherethereisLatency§ Startgettingcluestoany‘bottlenecks’§ Todelvefurther,gointoCAWLAAutoSys (SP4+)!

– lookattheServer Statsvia“Throughput”Report

§ Trytopinpoint individualMACHINES

“LATENCY/PERFORMANCE”


EXAMPLE:

RuntheTHROUGHPUT

Report


SelectALL

MACHINES


MAYBE????


”FLOWS”CAWLAiDash DisplaysJobFlows!

SLAJobandallCritical

PathPredecessors


”FLOWS”(continued)

GotoCAWLAAutoSys (SP4orhigher)…..


”FLOWS”CAWLAAutoSys isnotLimitedtoPredecessors:

ShowswhateverisintheVIEWyouarequerying

Get“FULL

PICTURE”


”FLOWS”

§ CAWLAiDash:CriticalPath§ CAWLAAutoSys (SP4):seeALL jobs§ Purposes:

– CAWLAiDash helpsyouseewhatMUST runtoreadadeadline– CAWLAAutoSys givesyoutheFULL view,allinter-dependencies


REPORTING:

§ Firstofall,CAWLAiDash isDESIGNED toprovideReports– INTERACTIVELY (viaGUI)– BatchMode(CommandLineInterface,“CLI”)– (thisiscoveredinothersessionsforCAWLAiDash)

§ ButwhatgivesCAWLAAutoSys thisnewReportingfeature?

– Somethingcalled..– “THE ALLIGATOR” !!


THEALLIGATOR”!!????!!

§ No….it’scalled

§ The“AGGREGATOR”– notnewtoCAAutoSys– youcanrunthe‘aggregator’commandeveninRelease11.0!– ButyoudoitManually orviaaScheduled job(forexample)

§ RunsAUTOMATICALLY asofSP4andhigher!


AGGREGATOR:

§ Lookinpath$AUTOUSER/out ontheWAAEserver

§ (samepathwhereevent_demon.ACE filesarelocated)

§ Youwillsee…..

Look Inside one of these

files..


Statisticsbeing‘Aggregated’Hourly,Daily

Automatic aggregationofStatsempowers theREPORTS (Templates)providedinSP4 andhigher


ThesearetheREPORTS readilyAvailableinCAWLAAutoSys

(SP4)

TheydoNOT existinCAWLAiDash

The‘complement’whatCAWLAiDash has:(nextslide)

Reports


TheseiDash REPORTS addressdifferentinformation

requirementsthanthatofCAWLAAutoSys (SP4)

TheiDash REPORTS canbetailoredwithawidesetof

parameters.(evenmore flexibilityinRelease

12.0.02)

Reports


CLOSING

§ 30minutesisnotenoughtimetocoverthistopic!

§ LatestversionofCAWLAAutoSys COMPLEMENTS thevastReportingcapabilityofCAWLAiDash

§ Usingbothproducts,youcan‘covermuchground’– Indiagnostics– InReporting– InanalysisaimedtowardsimprovingyourManagementofWorkLoad

Automation


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