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Page 2Configuring AutoSys and CA-7 for Cross-Platform CommunicationDescriptionIn today’s IT environment there are many architectural possibilities for enterprise and nonenterprisescheduling needs. Shops with existing scheduling products may have purchasedmultiple engines based on business, IT, or political needs. Datacenters that are in the process ofpurchasing new or additional scheduling engines are doing this for essentially the same reason.This document is intended for users already running Unicenter AutoSys, Unicenter CA-7, and/orconsidering a purchase of either tool with the intention of running either of the products in peerto-peermanager scenario. This scope of this document is to provide a cookbook approach onhow to configure AutoSys and CA-7 to work together. It assumes that the user has alreadyinstalled the products mentioned within this document in their environment and confirmed viaSupportConnect or Technical Support that they are running the minimum release levels andapplicable patches needed to support the configuration. The CA Unicenter scheduling enginesand options that will be discussed in this document are:‣ AutoSys – Industry leader distributed scheduling tool. The AutoSys server software canbe installed on either UNIX or Windows platforms. Lightweight AutoSys agents and ERPadapters allow AutoSys to connect, schedule, and monitor to any number of differentdistributed and mid-range platforms along with ERP applications such as SAP, PeopleSoftor Oracle Financials.‣ CA-7 - Industry leader mainframe scheduling engine. CA-7 not only handles themainframe environments but it also has agent capabilities that allow it to extend todistributed and mid-range platforms along with ERP applications.‣ AutoSys Connect – Optional product that allows AutoSys to converse directly with theCA-7 instance to allow seamless dependency posting between the 2 engines. AutoSysConnect can also be used against other mainframe scheduling engines in a similarcapacity.In addition Unicenter Enterprise Job Manager is CA’s new Java based User Interface thatallows a single ‘pane of glass’ view to manage and monitor both AutoSys and CA-7 instances.This is of tremendous benefit to scheduling administrators, management, and end-users. Foradministrators it allows ease of use an overall control by having a centralized view over thescheduling environment. Management and End-users can monitor mission critical workflow fromthe centralized view and be alerted for exception conditions. In addition, AutoSys Connect willalso be discussed for those sites that currently own or are considering purchasing AutoSysConnect to work with CA-7 or possibly other 3 rd party engines. This document is a livingdocument, which implies that periodic updates may be made. This document should be used asa supplement to the other documentation for the cross platform configuration.Page 2 of 22
Page 3ArchitectureDeciding how the architecture should be implemented is based on many site-specific factors.Consideration should be given to the following areas:‣ Workload architecture to support the business direction‣ Workload configuration to support IT structure or Line of Business requirements‣ Political correctnessTo ultimately determine what scheduling architecture is correct for your site please contact yourlocal CA representative. They can assist in engaging the correct resources to help you puttogether a vision to ensure job management success. The Computer Associates UnicenterEnterprise Job Management solutions offer a full complement of features necessary to managecross-system workload and dependencies.Example 1: High-level cross platform scheduling architecture using CA-7, AutoSys, and possiblyAutoSys Connect to different platforms. The AutoSys server could also run on Windows if sodesired.AutoSysThe Connect Enterprise-based on architecture of today’s IT business environment requires thatmanyz/OS,disparate systems participate in the sharing and maintenance of information.OS/390This results in many types of dependencies such as files, file updates and transfers,task execution, and event notification. The Computer Associates Unicenter EnterpriseJob Management solutions offer a full complement of features necessary to managethese cross-system dependencies. This document provides some guidelines forplanning, implementing, and maintaining your cross platform job managementenvironment. This best practice document is a living document, which implies thatperiodic updates may be made. This document should be used as a supplement tothe other documentation for the cross platform agents. It is targeted to individualsplanning and implementing a distributed scheduling environment.UniversalScheduling AgentonAS/400CA – 7onz/OS, OS/390Cross Platform communicationsuses CCI (IP) between platformsUniversal Adapter forSAPArchitectureAutoSys ServeronUnixUniversalSchedulingAgent forWindowsThe cross platform agent is a lightweight application, which is installed on distributedPage 3 of 22
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