XINFO

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XINFO
The IT Information System
CA-7
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 - 0www.horizont-it.com
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XINFO for CA-7 offers

• XINFO Tables for
• Evaluations, queries
• How is what defined (e.g. jobs with EXECNO)
• CA-7 updated values (e.g. last run date/time)
• Cross reference
• Which jobs are using which functions (e.g.
  ressources, DSN-Trigger) with which options?
• XINFO Graphic
• Jobnetplan (flowchart)

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XINFO Tables for CA-7

• Job definitions
• Scheduling definitions
• Trigger
• Requirements
• Job/Step/Program informations (CA-7 JCL)
• Job/DD/DSN informations (CA-7 JCL)
• Virtual resources
• Workload documentation, Prose
• Scheduled overrids (JI, JO from JCL-Scanning)

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CA-7 - Startpanel
Select CA7 from XINFOs startpanel
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CA-7 - Displays
the displays for CA-7
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XINFO Display Job Information
------------------------- CA-7 CPU JOB
DEFINITION -------------------------- FUNCTION
LIST (ADD,DELETE,DD,PURGE,DELPRRN,FORMAT,LIST
,UPD) JOB XXRJANF

GENERAL SYSTEM XXRTAG JOBNET
OWNER UID 0

JCL ID 0 MEMBER XXRJANF
RELOAD N EXEC Y RETAIN-JCL N
LIB
REQUIREMENTS HOLD N JCL-OVRD
N USE-OVRD-LIB N VERIFY N MAINT N
SATISFACTION LEAD-TIME JOB 0 DSN
0 ARFSET

EXECUTION MAINID ALL INSERT-RMS Y
COND-CODE 0 RO 0
DONT SCHEDULE -- BEFORE 00000 0000 AFTER 99999
0000

MESSAGES LTERM REQUIREMENT-LIST
Y PROMPTS Y ERROR
MSGS -- RQMTS NOT USED Y DSN NOT FOUND Y

RESOURCES
REGION 6000 CLOCK-TIME 0001 CPU-TIME 00001
CLASS A PRTY
000 MSGCLASS T
TAPE DRIVES...TYPE1 000 M 000 C
TYPE2 000 M 000 C

PROGRAM SM20 MSG-INDX 00 -- DB.1
-- 03.165 / 101628 MESSAGE
LIST SUCCESSFUL
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XINFO Display Schedule Definition
------------------ CA-7 CPU JOB SCHEDULING
PARAMETER EDIT ------------------ FUNCTION
LIST (ADD,DELETE,EXIT,FORMAT,LIST,REPL,SAVE,S
R,SS) JOB XXRJANF SCHID 10
SCAL ROLL D INDEX 000
DOTM LDTM SBTM
0110
0010 0100





__ X __ DAILY
__ __ WEEKLY
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI
SAT
__
__ MONTHLY JAN FEB MAR APR MAY
JUN JUL
AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
WEEK
DAY-OF-WEEK
RDAY


__ __ ANNUAL DAY


DEFAULT SCAL HO __ __ SYMETRIC START
SPAN SCHID-COUNT 001

PROGRAM SM72
MSG-INDX 00 -- DB.2.1-E -- 03.165 / 100246
MESSAGE LIST FUNCTION SUCCESSFUL
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XINFO Display Job Triggering
--------------------------- CA-7 JOB TRIGGERING
---------------------------- FUNCTION LIST
(FORMAT,LIST,UPD)
PAGE 0001 JOB XXRJANF
OPT SCHID
TRGD-JOB TRGID DOTM QTM LDTM SBTM ----
EXCEPTIONS ---- 010 XXRJJUP
0200 0020
010 XXRJC7L 0200 0010
010 XXRJC7
0200 0010
010 XXRJSMF 0200
0040








OPTIONS AADD,DDELETE,UUPDATE,PROCESSED,?ER
ROR PROGRAM SM75
MSG-INDX 00 -- DB.2.4 -- 03.165 / 103402
MESSAGE LIST FUNCTION SUCCESSFUL
------------------------- CA-7 DATA SET
TRIGGERING ------------------------- FUNCTION
LIST (FORMAT,LIST,UPD)
PAGE 0001 DSN P390K.DSN.TRIGGER
DSNBR 11
OPT SCHID TRGD-JOB TRGID DOTM QTM LDTM SBTM
---- EXCEPTIONS ---- 000 JOB010
010 0200 0020
000 JOB011 010 0200
0020
000
JOB012 010 0200 0020




















OPTIONS AADD,DDELETE,UUP
DATE,PROCESSED,?ERROR
PROGRAM SM75 MSG-INDX 00 -- DB.2.6 --
03.165 / 105709 MESSAGE LIST
FUNCTION SUCCESSFUL
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XINFO Display Requirements
------------------- CA-7 JOB PREDECESSOR/SUCCESSO
R MENU ------------------- FUNCTION gt




EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS DEFINED BY
1 -
DATA SET PREDECESSORS
2 - CPU JOB PREDECESSORS
OR
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE JOBS (CAN NOT RUN AT
SAME TIME) 4 - INPUT
NETWORK PREDECESSORS OR
OUTPUT NETWORK SUCCESSORS
6 -
USER MEMO-FORM PREDECESSORS
7 - REPORT IDS CREATED













PROGRAM SM60 MSG-INDX
00 -- DB.3 -- 03.165 / 110831
MESSAGE SPECIFY OPTION, TRANSFER OR ENTER A
COMMAND ON THE TOP LINE
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CA-7 - You like to know ...
Which jobs are not running anymore?
Which jobs have EXECN?
Which jobs have lead time gt 1 hour?
Which jobs are triggered by a job?
Which jobs are triggered by a dataset?
Which jobs have user requirements?
Which jobs are using virtual resources?
Which jobs did use a resource between 0100 and
0600?
How to create job flowcharts?
How to get all successors of a job?
How does XINFO work with CA-7 SCHIDs
Whats new with XINFO 2.3?
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CA-7 - Job Information
To search for jobs...
... select Job Information
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CA-7 - Search for Jobs
Which jobs CA are not running anymore since
31.12.2000?
scroll down for more selection criteria
specify last run date and the comparison
operator LE
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CA-7 - Resulting Jobs
Job
Scroll to the right
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CA-7 - Resulting Last Run Dates
Last Run Date
Job
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Find Jobs, e.g. with ExecN
Scroll for more selection-fields
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Result Job Information"
Found jobs
Scroll for more columns
Legend for the Columns
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CA-7 - Job Triggering
To search for triggered jobs...
... select Job Triggering
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Result Job Triggering
Found Jobs
Scroll for more columns
JOB Job Trigger DSN DSN Trigger NW Network
Trigger
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CA-7 - Search for dataset triggers
Which jobs CXX are triggered by
datasets?(NB means NON BLANK)
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CA-7 - Resulting dataset triggers
JOB Job Trigger DSN DSN Trigger NW Network
Trigger
Job
Dataset triggers
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CA-7 - User Requirements
To search for requirements...
... select Requirements/Pred
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CA-7 - Search for User Requirements
Which jobs have user requirements?
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CA-7 - Resulting Jobs
Job
Scroll to the right
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CA-7 - Resulting User Requirements
User Requirements
Job
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Find jobs, e.g. with Lead Time gt 1 h
Scroll for more selection-fields
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Result Schedule Definition
Found Jobs
Scroll for more columns
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XINFO Display Prose
Find any string anywhere in the job
dokumentations
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XINFO Display Scheduled Overrides
The JCL-Scanner interprets JI, JO and resolves
the JCL for all possible SCHIDs and puts in this
table for which SCHID is the JCL-Statement
valid.
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XINFO Displays JOB/PGM/DD
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XINFO Display JOB/PGM/DD
Which Job is using which DSN (Ca-7 DSNBR-Nr. is
available too)
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CA-7 - Search for Virtual Resources
Which jobs are using Virtual Resources DB?
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CA-7 - Resulting Virtual Resources
Job
Resource
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CA-7 - Advanced Search for Virtual Resources

• Q When are virtual resources used, and which
  jobs did use them?
• A There is no standard display in XINFO for
  that, but you can join CA-7 virtual resources
  with SMF job/step information

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CA-7 - Advanced Search for Virtual Resources
Where to get more information about that XINFO
manuals "ISPF Dialog Generator" and "Tips and
Tricks for the Administrator"
DSPLTVRSMF Virtual Resources
Specify fields for SELECT- Panel
Specify fields for TABLE- Panel
JOIN VRJOBNAME ltgt SMFJOBNAME VRSTEP ltgt
SMFSTEPNAME
Generate more Line Commands with XXRJMD3
Define external Line Commands
Define Line Commands
XXRTSMFSMF - Job/Step Information
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CA-7 - Advanced Search for Virtual Resources
All jobs which used resource DB2 between 0100
and 0600
Our new display for resource history
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CA-7 - Resulting Virtual Resources
Jobs, which used Resource DB2
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CA-7 - Job Flowcharts
Go to the end of the display list to activate
XINFO's graphics
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CA-7 - Job Flowcharts
Select CA7 Job Netplan
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CA-7 - Selection for Job Flowcharts
Specify selection criteria
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XINFO Graphic CA-7 Job Netplan
not parallel
DSN Trg Jobs
Predecessor
Job Trg Jobs
All connections with the matching SCHID
USR Requirement
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CA-7 - Using Line Commands
Right mouse click on a job symbolDirect access
to all related information
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CA-7 - Successors of a Job
What happens if a job would fail?
Use the line command "Dep. Level"
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CA-7 - Resulting Successors of a Job
...to find out which jobs would not run!
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How does XINFO get CA-7 data?

• Running CA-7 Batch Terminal
• LJOB,JOB,LISTALL
• XINFO Scanner
• Read SYSPRINT of BTI
• Write the data, prepared to load in XINFO-Tables
• Find out all possible SCHIDs for every Job and
  creates dependencies, to build the graphic
  jobnetplan

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SCHIDs and Triggering within CA-7 Jobnetplan

• The XINFO-Scanner creates one job occurrence for
  each SCHID it is running (scheduled or triggered
  by)
• Example
• JOBA runs Mon with 001 and Tue with 002
• JOBA triggers JOBB with SCHID000
• JOBB triggers JOBC with SCHID000
• JOBA triggers JOBD with SCHID002

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SCHIDs and Triggering within CA-7 Jobnetplan
JOBA triggers with SCHID 000, JOBB inherit 001
JOBC inherit 001 from JOBB
In that chain they inherit 002
JOBA is scheduled with SCHID 001 and once again
with 002
If running on SCHID 002, in addition, JOBA
triggers JOBD
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SCHIDs and Triggering within CA-7 Jobnetplan
XINFO creates one job occurrence for each
JOB/SCHID, to show the different trigger
chains. Cluster by Schedule ID is a useful
Option.
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SCHIDs and Job Predecessor Requirements

• Dependencies within the flowchart are build by
  the scanner program with consideration of the
  SCHIDs. There is no Job with SCHID000 in the
  flowchart. For that, XINFO must decide which
  Jobs/schids are pred/succ. That can be done in
  two different ways
• EXEC PGMXXRIC72,PARM(/ALLREQN
• Bulid dependencies between Jobs, if both Jobs run
  with the same SCHID only.
• EXEC PGMXXRIC72,PARM(/ALLREQY
• Bulid dependencies between Jobs in all
  combination of SCHIDs.
• Please see following Examples

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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Scanner run with ALLREQN
In CA-7, EGJOB0C has Pred EGJOB0B regardless of
the SCHID (0).
You can see the two trigger chains (010 020)
You can see the Req. between the Jobs with the
same SCHID only!
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Scanner run with ALLREQY
Now you can see, EGJOB0C has EGJOB0B as Pred,
regardless of the SCHIDs
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Scanner run with ALLREQY
Another example with one more Job which has
EGJOB0B as pred, too.
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Scanner run with ALLREQN
Same example with less dependencies is more
clear. Trigger-Links are the same, but
requirements between same SCHID only. Many
customers like it, even if its not real CA-7
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Naturally the same behavior if the
Pred/Succ-Function is used
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
If the scanner run with ALLREQN, you can see
requirements between jobs of same SCHID only.
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
If the scanner run with ALLREQY, requirements
between all SCHIDs are presented.
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
Another example, ALLREQN
Job EGJOB11 has EGJOB09 as pred, regardless of
the SCHID and EGJOB05, if running on SCHID 025
Because EGJOB05 runs not on SCHID 025, the
dependency is not shown
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan
If ALLREQY is used, all possible dependencies
are shown.
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SCHIDs and Job-Pred within CA-7 Jobnetplan

• If you need all dependencies, simple change job
  XXRJC7Vn, step XXRIC72.
• It could be a good idea to run the scanner two
  times (ALLREQY/N).
• Use different Subsys-Names and create
  Views/Displays
• Or load the data into two Tables/Displays

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Problems with the Batch-Terminal

• Long duration ca. 90 min. / 10.000 Jobs
• Without JOB/PGM/DD-Table and LJOB,JOB,LISTNODD
• Duration 40 min. / 10.000 Jobs
• One terminal occupied (you can avoid this using
  CCI, performance is slightly better)
• CA7-Batch-Terminal-Output-File has to be
  allocated new, with large space amount (requires
  CA-7 stop/start)

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Whats new with XINFO 2.3

• No more dependent on Batch Terminal, the scanner
  reads now CA7-VSAM files. Duration 3 min. /
  10.000 Jobs
• Creator job of trigger DSN are shown as
  predecessors in the netplan. Info is based on
• JCL (table JCL - DSN)
• CA-7 JCL (table sStep/DD Information)
• U7SVC command (Tabelle JCL - SYSIN)
• Jobs which are planned by using BTI or U7SVC
  command DEMAND or RUN are displayed
  graphically in the netplan. Info is based on
• Table JCL - SYSIN
• Table JCL - EXEC

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CA-7 Job Netplan, DSN Trigger
Job creates Trigger-DSN
DSN triggers Job
JCL and/or CA7 Info of the jobs must be
available to XINFO
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CA-7 Job Netplan, BTI DEMANDs

• If you use Batch Terminal and CA-7 commands to
  demand Jobs

//CA7STEP1 EXEC CA7BTI //SYSPRINT
DD SYSOUT //SYSIN DD
/LOGON
DEMAND,JOBDJOB011,JCLID0,SCHID10 /LOGOFF
The JCL has to be scanned by XINFO
... //SYSIN DD /LOGON
RUN,JOBTESTXXX,JCLID001
/LOGOFF
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CA-7 Job Netplan, SVC DEMANDs

• If you use CA7SVC and CA-7 commands to demand
  Jobs

// EXEC CA7SVC,PARM'/LOGON
DEMAND,JOBDJOB061' //CA7DATA DD
DEMAND,JOBDJOB062
DEMAND,JOBDJOB063/LOGOFF /
DD-Name CA7DATA has to be defined as SYSIN in
the JCL scanner parameters.
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CA-7 Job Netplan, REXX DEMANDs

• If you use CA7REXX and CA-7 Commands to emand
  Jobs

//CA7TSO01 EXEC PGMIKJEFT01
//STEPLIB DD DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAILIB,DIS
PSHR //SYSPROC DD DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CA
ICLIB,DISPSHR //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT
//SYSTSIN DD
EX
'SYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB(CA7REXX)'
'DEMAND,JOBTJOB01' /
XINFO recognizes that command...
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CA-7 Job Netplan, REXX DEMANDs

• If you use your own REXX

//CA7TSO01 EXEC PGMIKJEFT01
//STEPLIB DD DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAILIB,DI
SPSHR //SYSPROC DD
DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB,DISPSHR
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT
//SYSTSIN DD
EX 'SYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB(DJOB
051)' /

But in this case XINFO has a problem The
commands are not in the JCL
EDIT SYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB(DJOB051) - 01.02
Command gt

Top of Data 000001 / REXX /
000002
000003 ADDRESS
TSO 000004
"CALL 'SYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAILIB(U7SVC)'
000005 '/LOGON DEMAND,JOBDJOB051 /LOGOFF'
"
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CA-7 Job Netplan, REXX DEMANDs

• If you use your own REXX and CA-7 commands to
  demand Jobs

//CA7TSO01 EXEC PGMIKJEFT01
//STEPLIB DD DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAILIB,DI
SPSHR //SYSPROC DD
DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB,DISPSHR
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT
//SYSTSIN DD
EX 'SYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB(DJOB
051)' /
//SYSIN
DD DSNSYSH.CA7.V3R3.CAICLIB(DJOB051),DISPSHR
XINFO can alnalyze REXX if the source is
specified in the SYSIN statement.
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Job Netplan with DEMAND-Job
demand job
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XINFO
The IT Information System
Many thanks for your attention
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 - 0www.horizont-it.com