Alessio Fioravanti, [email protected]
Silvano Lutri, [email protected]
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DWC FP1 Enhancements
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DWC 9.1 FP1 Enhancements
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Direct Query: Monitoring task query for jobs, job streams, and workstations
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Direct Query on archived plans (only on Fixpack 1 and not available with the LA version)
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Quick submit for jobs and job streams from the Workload Designer
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Only available using TWS 9.1 engines:
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List of predecessor jobs preventing a job or job stream from running
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Asynchronous batch operations *
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New columns added to Monitor Jobs view
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Show All dependencies: Not only “not satisfied dependencies” but also “the satisfied
dependencies”
* Not a UI based feature, only to increase the performance of batch operations
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Other DWC 9.1 FP1 Enhancements
Other enhancements…
 TDWCGlobalSettings.xml Global Settings file available also on local installation
 Changed syntax for backupConfig and restoreConfig wastools
 Customizable number of objects retrieved from the Database and shown on TDWC
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Known Defects
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APARs
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DWC Installation
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Dynamic Workload Console 9.1 architecture
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Dynamic Workload Console
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Zconnector
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JazzSM 1.1 (FP 2 and FP3 supported)
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Dash 3.1 (FP 2 and FP3 supported)
Dynamic
Workload
Console
JazzSM
Profile
DASH
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WebSphere 8.5.0.1
WebSphere
Application Server
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Upgrade DWC from 8.5.x, 8.6.x to 9.1
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Install the DWC Prerequisites:
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WebSphere Application Server 8.5.0.1
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WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition 7
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Jazz for Service Management Extension for WebSphere 8.5
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IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub 3.1
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Perform a DWC 9.1 Fresh installation
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Use the script tdwcUpgrade.bat/sh embedded in the DWC 9.1 installation
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<installation_path>/TDWC/scripts
The DWC old instance settings (users / properties/ settings) will be exported and then re-imported in
the installation
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Update DWC from 9.1 to 9.1 FP1 / 9.2
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Use the Update feature of Installation Manager
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It is possible to use the scripts embedded in the installation media:
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setupDWC.bat/sh will install the DWC 9.1 and DWC 9.1 FP1
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update.bat/sh will set Installation Manager to update an existing instance of DWC
The installation process will update the DWC (and Zconnector) packages and the files embedded in
the DWC instance
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TWS 9.1 FP1 Enhancements
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New Time Zone table definitions
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IBMi jobs with z-centric capabilities: to define jobs for IBM System i z-centric using ISPF panels
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New property file for RemoteCommand plug-in: to manually set the timeout of
RemoteCommand jobs to prevent TWS killing them after five minutes
New property in file PamUnixRegistryImpl.properties: When the property
com.ibm.tws.pam.security.registry.nolocalos=yes is set, WebSphere Application Server does not
end abnormally after a failed WebSphere authentication.
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Known Defects
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APARs
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TWS Installation
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Tivoli Workload Scheduler 9.1 architecture
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Tivoli Workload Scheduler MDM
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Tivoli Workload Scheduler Agent
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Tivoli Workload Scheduler WebSphere profile
Tivoli
Workload
Scheduler
Profile
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WebSphere 8.5.0.1
WebSphere
Application Server
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Another scenario: DWC and TWS on the same machine
Dynamic
Workload
Console
FP 1
Communication on the same machine
Tivoli
Workload
Scheduler
GA
Profile
JazzSM
Profile
DASH
WebSphere shared
WebSphere
Application Server
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Upgrade TWS from 8.5.x, 8.6.x to 9.1
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Perform a TWS 9.1 Fresh installation
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Select the path of the old TWS instance to upgrade: this path will be requested during the installation
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The installation will perform these steps:
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Retrieve old data configuration
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Backup TWS configuration
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Upgrade TWS Agent
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Upgrade database data
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Migrate TWS Profile on WAS
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Upgrade TWS configuration
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Update TWS from 9.1 to 9.1 FP1 / 9.2
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Use the Update feature of Installation Manager
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It is possible to use the scripts embedded in the installation media:
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setupTWS.bat/sh will install the TWS 9.1 and TWS 9.1 FP1
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update.bat/sh will set Installation Manager to update an existing instance of TWS
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Advantages of the new Installation infrastructure
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Improved installation and recovery procedure: TWS/DWC prerequisite
are separate offerings with their own life cycle.
Automatic prerequisite discovery: One UI manage deployment of all
IBM components, included DB2.
Install/ Remove/
Upgrade a single
component
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Advantages of the new Installation infrastructure
 Simplified electronic images installation: TWS, DWC and all its prerequisites can be
installed using Passport Advantage
 Simplified maintenance: All iFix and fix packs can be installed directly from Fix
Central.
 Improved serviceability: HTML logging integrated into the tool
 Improved user interface: better navigation,
real time validation, help online
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Direct Query
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Direct Query – Introduction
 A new monitoring entry, Direct Query, has been added into
DWC portfolio;
 Direct Query can be used by TWSWEBUIAdministrator and
TWSWEBUIOperator
 Direct Query provides a single entry point for different DWC
monitoring tasks:
– Job
– Job Stream
– Workstation
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Direct Query – Introduction
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Direct Query – Approach
 Zero-click plan queries. The page can launch automatically on user login: user can immediately run a
query with no intermediate steps;
 Plain text format. Easily copy & paste queries, send them by email, print, etc. It's very accessible too;
 GUI / CLI hybrid approach. The system keeps the query and UI synchronized in real time: no need to
remember conman's syntax or read the documentation!
 Leverage existing skills. Direct Query use a conman-like syntax, conman users will be able to type
and run queries immediately.
DWC users will be able to keep using a familiar UI to specify the query filter: just using the UI a correct
query is automatically generated.
After a while, users will learn the query syntax without even noticing;
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Direct Query – Approach
 Recent Queries history. A collection of last queries is stored into DQ Query dropdown list; This value
is configurable from TDWCSettings.xml file;
 Direct Query ported into Monitoring Pages. When a query is launched by the Direct Query portlet (or
an external launcher, such as a bookmarked query), Monitoring pages are enhanced with Direct Query
CLI field;
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Direct Query – Monitoring
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Quick Submit
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Quick submit for jobs and job streams
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Create a Job / JS in workload editor.
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Come back to Dash
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Connect to the engine where we created the Job/Job stream
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Search For the Job/JS
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Then perform the submit operation
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Create a Job / JS in workload editor.
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Then perform the submit operation.
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Quick Submit: Job Stream
 “Submit Job Stream into Current Plan” option appears in the “Select an Action” drop down of a Job
Stream in Workload editor.
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Quick Submit: Job Stream
 After clicking on “Submit Job Stream into Current Plan”, the Job Stream gets submitted to the current
Plan.
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Quick Submit: Job
 “Submit Job into Current Plan” option is shown in the “Select an Action” list of a Job in the Workload
Editor.
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Quick Submit: Job
 When clicking on “Submit Job into Current Plan”, the following pop up panel appears:
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Quick Submit: Job
 There are two options for the user to submit the Job.
– The user can click on “submit” button, without associating it to a JS (May or may not specify an
alias)
• In this case the Job is submitted to JOBS JS present in the WS where the Job is created.
• If Alias is not specified an auto-generated alias is used.
– The user can click on the search button and select a JS. The Job Stream textbox and workstation
textbox in the popup will be populated. Then the user can click on submit button. (May or may not
specify an alias)
• In this case the JOB is associated with the searched JS and submitted to it.
• If Alias is not specified an auto-generated alias is used
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Quick Submit: Job
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Quick Submit: Job
 We can check in Monitor Jobs page in dash, to monitor the Job that we have submitted from Workload
Editor.
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LDAP
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LDAP Configuration – Graphical Mode
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It is possible to configure LDAP using WebSphere Administrative Console
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LDAP Configuration – Command line mode
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backupConfig.sh
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(in case of problems run restoreConfig.sh)
cd %INSTALLATION_DIR%/wastools
stopWas.sh -user %user% -password %password%
./changeSecurityProperties.sh ldapSecurityFile
./startWas.sh
Configure group Roles
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LDAP Configuration
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Q&A
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