Batch service management product
ThruPut Manager
AE (Automation Edition) is a software product that optimizes the total z/OS JES2 batch workload, by automating and streamlining batch job processing, providing service-oriented automation and tools, and reducing manual intervention.
The influence of
ThruPut Manager
AE extends from submission of a job to the end of execution of that job. It makes sure the jobs are processed efficiently and automatically, reacting to processing shortages and other problems as they arise. Further,
ThruPut Manager
AE has influence over the entire batch workload. Accordingly, it is able to minimize any interference of your critical production applications by non-production or lower priority production jobs.
ThruPut Manager
AE is comprised of the automation engine as well as many, mostly independent, features that can be deployed as appropriate. The subset that includes the automation engine and the features needed to make it functional in a normal datacenter environment are referred to as the essential features; all the other features are referred to as the elective features. The features of the original
ThruPut Manager
are now known as ThruPut Manager SE (Standard Edition).
ThruPut Manager AE supports two models of batch automation and management. The Production Services model is similar in many respects to the General Services model that has been available with ThruPut Manager AE for several years. Comparing the two models, it is evident that Production Services is more suitable for managing production batch and General Services more suitable for managing non-production batch.
It has been common for z/OS installations to separate production and non-production batch, even to the extent of running them in separate LPARs or JESplexes. TM AE allows an installation to logically separate their production and non-production batch by supporting two queues within a JESplex: the General Services queue which current
ThruPut Manager
AE users are familiar with, and the Production Services queue to further differentiate your production workload. Datacenters benefit from the logical separation of batch that this provides, while TM AE benefits from the broader span of importance values and service goals and is thereby able to achieve better batch throughput while meeting the batch service level objectives.
In addition to separating production and non-production batch into the Production Services queue and the General Services queue, there are now two types of
ThruPut Manager
AE Service Groups: General Service Groups are the original Service Groups (Version TM7R1-7108 and earlier) renamed, and Production Service Groups with features that are oriented to production batch automation and management.
Existing users of
ThruPut Manager
AE who are running both production and non-production batch under General Services can continue to do so. The Production Services model is available to implement at their convenience.