Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management
Training Courses

Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management™ - Release 9.1
Training Course Selection

 Administrator Training (3 days)        Advanced Training (2 days)      Release 9.1 Differences Training (2 days)  

Operational Training (1 day)            CA-Driver (2 days)           Cross Platform Scheduling Supplement (1 day)
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    * Release 9.1 - Administrator Training      Duration:    3 days
     Instructor: Kent Herald

Course Description:
This course is designed to teach all administrator functions of CA-Scheduler™ Release 9.1 from the system generation parameters to integration with other products and platforms. Students will learn implementation procedures, how to define and maintain datetables, schedules, jobs, email definitions, and cross platform jobs.  The second phase on the training will include schedule and job tracking, criteria language, scheduling techniques, system internals, daily maintenance procedures with the CA-Datacom™ database and security set-ups.

Audience:
The audience consists of the CA-Scheduler™ Administrators, Senior Operators, and Production Control Staff.

Customize the Training:
Custom courses are available on this product. Please contact our training center for additional information at:  training.center@ techsystemsps.com

Administrator Course Outline
 

Overview
Introduction to CA-Scheduler™
Administrator System Defaults
Implementation - Defining the Schedules and Jobs
Documentation Facilities
Using VRM (Virtual Resource Manager)
Tracking and Controlling Schedules and Jobs
CA-Driver™ Overview
Reporting Facilities
Operator Commands & Procedures
CA-Datacom™ DBUTILITY functions
Scheduling Techniques
Installation Options
Upgrading to Release  9.1 from prior releases
 

     * Release 9.1 - Advanced Training       Duration:     2 days
     Instructor: Kent Herald

Course Description:
The advanced course is for those who administer the product and have at least 6 months experience using the product or took the CA-Scheduler™ Administrator Course. Primary areas covered in this course are: Advanced scheduling techniques,  integrating with other platforms, using automation products with CA-Scheduler™, advanced criteria language coding, setting up email alerts and using VRM. Other areas that will be covered are the Critical Path Monitor, Autoscan command file usage, making mass database changes using the unload/upload procedure and the CA-Driver™ interface.

Audience:
The audience consists of the CA-Scheduler™ administrators and production control staff

Customize the Training:
Custom courses are available on this product. Please contact our training center for additional information at:  training.center@ techsystemsps.com

Advanced Training

Implementation Procedures review
Using more than one Datetable
How to use Accounting Prefixes with Datetables
Advanced Scheduling Techniques with Criteria Language
Tips on how to use VRM (Virtual Resource Manager)
Using email definitions to send alerts
Using the database Unload/Upload Procedure
Cross Platform scheduling with or without agents
Creating Flows for Critical Path Monitor
Supplement available: Using CA-Scheduler with CA-AutoSys
 

    * Release 9.1 - Release Differences Training       Duration:     2 days
     Instructor: Kent Herald

Course Description:
This course is designed to refresh the students with the basics of CA-Scheduler™ and to teach the new revisions for Release 9.1, including the system generation parameters to integration with other CA Products. Students will learn implementation procedures, maintaining datetables, schedule and job tracking, criteria language, advanced scheduling techniques, system internals, daily maintenance procedures, and how to use email alerts.

Audience:
The audience consists of the CA-Scheduler™ administrators and production control staff

Customize the Training:
Custom courses are available on this product.

Differences Training

Overview of new features for Release 9.1
Upgrading to 9.1 from any release
Screen Changes for 9.1
New Installation Options
Using the database Unload/Upload Procedure
Cross Platform scheduling with or without agents
Refreshing Filters, Email Groups, Flows and VRM
 

     * CA-Scheduler™ - Release 9.1 - Operational Training               Duration:     1 day
     Instructor: Kent Herald

Course Description:
This course is designed to teach all Operational Functions of CA-Scheduler™ Release 9.1 from  Signing on to integration with other CA Products. Students will learn start-up/shutdown procedures, tracking and controlling schedules and jobs, as well as rerunning or restarting production jobs with or without CA-11™. The students will also learn the details of the daily autoscan function and recovery procedures from a system failure or crash.

Audience:
The audience consists of the CA-Scheduler™ operational staff, all senior operators, and production control.

Customize the Training:
Custom courses are available on this product. Please contact our training center for additional information at:  training.center@ techsystemsps.com

Operational Training Course Outline

Overview
Introduction to CA-Scheduler™
Staging and Modifying JOB JCL
Tracking and Controlling Schedules and Jobs
Operator Commands & Procedures
Daily Functions
Revisions for Release 9.1
Overview of the CA-Datacom™ database
New Start-up and Shutdown procedures
 

    * CA-Scheduler Release 9.1 Cross Platform Training Supplement         Duration: 1-2 Days (customized)
 Instructor: Kent Herald

Course Description:
This course is designed to teach Installation Options and Administrator Functions on the scheduling of Cross Platform (remote agent) jobs using CA-Scheduler™ Release 9.1.  Installation setups for OS/390/z/OS and Non-mainframe platforms are covered along with the CAICCI (Common Communications Interface) required setups. Students will learn how to define and track remote agent jobs (cross platform) to the CA-Scheduler™ database, how to implement and integrate remote jobs into the mainframe schedules, and how to re-rerun/restart remote agent jobs from CA-Scheduler™.

Audience:
The audience consists of the CA-Scheduler™ administrators and production control staff

Customize the Training:
Custom courses are available on this product. Please contact our training center for additional information at:  training.center@ techsystemsps.com

Cross Platform Scheduling Supplement

Overview of Cross Platform Scheduling with Remote Agents
CAICCI Installation and Connection Setups for OS/390
CAICCI Installation and Connection Setups for Non-OS/390 (Unix, Windows, etc)
Installation parameters for Cross Platform Scheduling & Tracking (CAIJGEN Options)
Cross Platform External Tracking Setups for Jobs
Tracking files (Events) on Windows/UNIX for predecessors in CA-Scheduler
Tracking files on Unix and Windows for CA-Scheduler Predecessors
Interfacing with CA-Unicenter TNG™
Setting up the XPS Router and Monitor Names
Defining Remote Jobs to CA-Scheduler™
How to Rerun/Restart Remote (cross platform) Jobs
Job Types
Remote Node Names
Remote Command Syntax
Specifying Domain Names in Windows
User ID ‘s and Passwords
Cross Platform Job Definition Hands-on Lab