Control-M for Micro Focus

Micro Focus Windows enables you to run Job Control Language (JCL) files on mainframe environments on Windows.

Control-M for Micro Focus Windows enables you to do the following:

• Execute JCL job streams in Micro Focus JES via the Micro Focus Batch Scheduler Integration JCL (MFBSIJCL) utility, add the SYSOUT to output, and re-execute JCL job streams from (and to) specific steps that you define.
• Manage Micro Focus credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any Micro Focus endpoint.
• Integrate Micro Focus jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of Micro Focus jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your Micro Focus jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Micro Focus including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Run 50 Micro Focus jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Micro Focus Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Micro Focus plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.20.200
Control-M/Agent	9.0.20.200
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.20.200
Control-M Automation API	9.0.20.250

Control-M for Micro Focus is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining-Control-M-Installation-Files.

Setting up Control-M for Micro Focus

This procedure describes how to deploy the Micro Focus plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a Micro Focus job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
2. Download the Micro Focus plug-in from one of the following download pages in the EPD site:
   • Control-M for Micro Focus Linux download page
   • Control-M for Micro Focus Windows download page
3. Install the Micro Focus plug-in via one of the following methods:
   • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
     1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
     2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
        • Linux: ctm provision image MFL_plugin.Linux
        • Windows: ctm provision image MFW_plugin.Windows
   • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Use the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
4. Create a Micro Focus connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Micro Focus Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Micro Focus
5. Define a Micro Focus job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with Micro Focus Job parameters
   • Automation API: Job:Micro Focus

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
Micro Focus Linux 1.0.01	Changes applied to Output Handling.