Attending
ASAP 2010 TWS User Education
has never been more critical to your organization's scheduling performance.
This year it is all about making the Quantum LEAP to 8.5 / 8.5.1.
Course Schedule Updated: 10 April 2010.
Learn. Explore. Achieve. Perform.
URGENT Actions Required: Changes to Daylight Saving Time (DST) will affect IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler and Job Scheduling Cons
Posted by kwargo on
Friday, March 5, 2010 08:15 AM EST
I am writing to remind you that urgent action is required due to changes in daylight savings time which will affect TWS and JSC. Please see the IBM notice below.
Information about the impact of the US Energy Policy Act of 2005 which changes the effective dates of US Daylight Saving time (DST) in 2007 for US. Actions is required to address this issue in IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler and Tivoli Job Scheduling Console. Similar DST changes taking place in Canada, Bermuda, Brazil, and Mexico in March are covered by the fixes listed in this Technote at this time
The Energy policy Act changes the effective dates of DST. Beginning in 2007, DST start and end dates will be as follows for the US:
Start Date: Second Sunday of March (11 March 2007)
End Date: First Sunday of November (4 November 2007)
Systems or applications that process dates and times could be affected by this change. If not addressed,time and date calculations could be incorrect.
Don't Miss the Executive Briefing Opportunity with the IBM Director of Workload Automation
Posted by kwargo on
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 06:51 AM EST
Tivoli Workload Scheduler Executive Briefing
hosted by
Kendall Lock, IBM Director of Workload Automation Development
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 11:00 AM ET 
As we move through the challenging financial times of 2009, we hear a lot of the same talk we are used to hearing within IT: "we need to be more efficient...," "we need to help drive more revenue..," "we need to standardize our multiple teams and acquisitions...." Everything is either about making money, saving money, or proving compliance with some necessary standard.
Nothing lasts forever and these challenging economics will also change in time. In 2010 your company will continue to focus on IT cost efficiency but will need to be ready to ride the opportunity of the economic recovery. The key is to strongly leverage your automation strategy to survive the squeeze and to help your business find ways to thrive and grow!
How well do your executives know what your workload automation efforts are doing to drive your business successes? How well do your executives know the emerging trends in workload automation technology? Are you trying to gain your executive's support to attend the ASAP user education event in 2010?
If you would like your executives to know more, get ready to invite them to an invitation-only discussion about workload automation benefits, strategies, and customer successes that will be hosted by Kendall Lock, IBM Director of Workload Automation Development on Tuesday, March 9 at 11:00 AM ET.
This briefing is designed to provide senior IT and line of business (LOB) executives with information about the value of workload automation and its role in the business. If you would like to nominate a senior IT or LOB executive to participate, please respond to this newsletter submitting the following information1 to MeetingWorks included in the ASAP Executive Briefing Nomination RSVP. Information about the logistics for joining the briefing will be sent in a confirmation email.
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Kendall Lock, is currently the Director of the Rome Lab, responsible for products in the Tivoli Automation family as well as Support and Services across all five SWG brands. Kendall has held a wide variety of positions in his IBM career, starting as a developer and later becoming a key architect in IBM's Workgroup products. He was part of the team that succeeded in acquiring Lotus, and then went to join Lotus as a new manager, bringing group scheduling into Lotus Notes as well as connectivity to all of IBM's previous OfficeVision platforms. Kendall next joined Tivoli in its Network Management area, working on both network monitoring tools and service-provider infrastructure technology. Kendall then returned to his engineering roots as the technical strategist for Tivoli's Performance and Automation portfolio. After transitioning back into development as the Director of Monitoring for Application, Availability Business Service Management (AABSM), he then shifted into a new portfolio area for Tivoli, Director of Application Management products, where he led teams in Raleigh, Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Beijing, Perth and the Ukraine. That organization grew double digits for multiple consecutive years. Kendall is a huge music fan and an occasional basketball player. Kendall is a graduate of the University of Texas. Go to Top
Early Registration Deadline Approaching Fast - REGISTER TODAY!
Posted by kwargo on
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:15 PM EST
   
| ASAP 2010: It's all about making the Quantum LEAP to 8.5 & Beyond |
Learn the new features of TWS 8.5.
Explore its enhanced functionality.
Achieve and master critical knowledge and skills.
Perform the successful navigation of 8.5 migration, scheduling & operations.
Attending ASAP 2010 TWS User Education has never been more critical to your organization's scheduling performance. This year it is all about making the Quantum LEAP to 8.5 / 8.5.1.
Learn. Explore. Achieve. Perform.
Your Source for the Latest in TWS User Education: ASAP Newsletter, 2010-1Q
Posted by kwargo on
Monday, February 15, 2010 01:17 PM EST
STE: TWSz NOERROR and JCL VARIABLE FUNCTION SPEs
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Friday, November 13, 2009 03:43 PM EST
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Web conference: URL / Password/Conference ID: tiv0li |
TWS Automation Webinar with Warren Gill - October 30th
Posted by kwargo on
Friday, October 23, 2009 09:57 AM EDT
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ASAP is pleased to inform you of this exciting webinar brought to you by someone we at ASAP consider one of our own - Warren Gill.
Tivoli Workload Scheduler (Distributed) Automation Webinar
Advanced Event-Driven Workloads
- How to add new classes of events
- Advanced alerting: IM, Twitter
- Complex rules for large scale reaction and automatic escalation
The session will be followed by an open Q&A during which any topic related to Tivoli Workload Scheduler (including the upgrade to TWS V8.5) can be discussed.
Warren Gill, Tivoli Technical Evangelist will be the main presenter.
Other Tivoli Subject Matter Experts will also be on the call to answer questions.
Date: October 30th 2009
Time: 9:00am- 10:30am EST
Conference Call in: 888-790-1770
Participant Passcode: TWS Webinar
Web-ex Link: Advanced Event-Driven Workloads
To Register: Please send your Name, Company, Title, and Email to Webinar Registrar.
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IBM's TWS Newsletter & Technical Information Update - October 2009
Posted by kwargo on
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 03:00 PM EDT
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The October 2009 issue of IBM's Tivoli Workload Scheduler Newsletter is out. Please click on the links below to access the October 2009 Technotes and TWS Newsletter.
TWS Technical Support Information Update
Top Technotes for this month are:
Start Using the New IBM Support Portal
The new IBM Support Portal is a unified, centralized view of all technical support tools and information for all IBM systems, software, and services. You can tailor the Support Portal to suit your needs, focusing on the products you care about and organizing the pages to reflect the way you work. The portal makes it fast and easy to find the exact information or tool you need to prevent and resolve problems.
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Tivoli Workload Scheduler Newsletter
The key new information in the October 2009 edition of the TWS Newsletter includes:
- Dynamically Manage Workloads with IBM Solutions
- Two new STEs by Cy Atkinson in November
- Items Regularly Updated
- STEs
- IBM Service Management Jams
- Technical Information
- Wikis
ASAP 2010 - TWS USER EDUCATION - Business Justification
Posted by kwargo on
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:35 PM EDT
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This year more than ever it is critical to keep our business processes productive, effective and cost-efficient.
With this in mind I invite to join TWS users from around the world at ASAP 2010 on April 18-21, 2010 in Carefree, Arizona to learn about the new release of Tivoli Workload Scheduler and how to complete a smooth and cost-saving installation along with problem-solving tips and techniques from IBM's technical experts and seasoned TWS users.
ASAP 2010 will feature a keynote address by Kendall Lock, director of the Rome Lab and over eighty-five (85) educational training classes led by IBM's lead techs from Level 2 Support, the Rome lab development team, and IBM migration specialists and experienced TWS users. Topics related to both distributed and mainframe platforms include SOA, the latest release, renowned beginners workshops and technical labs.
Recognizing that this invitation must be approved by your management, the ASAP board of directors has drafted
ASAP 2010 TWS User Education Training Proposal.doc
- a boilerplate which outlines the benefits and costs of this worthwhile investment. I encourage you to modify and make this proposal your own and present it to your management.
ASAP's TWS User Education Training - an intense, three-day training program designed by users, for users - has been the premier education event for Tivoli Workload Scheduler and its predecessor for over twenty-two years. Simply put, ASAP 2010 is the best Tivoli Workload Scheduler User Education Training program hands down. I hope to see you there.
Sincerely yours,
Stanley Gildea, President
P.S. REGISTER NOW and receive a $75 discount on Member Registration. Please spread the good word about ASAP 2010: TWS User Education Training to your colleagues and users of Tivoli Workload Scheduler.
IMPORTANT Notice from Cy: High impact user error when migrating to TWSz V8R5
Posted by kwargo on
Monday, September 28, 2009 03:56 PM EDT
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We've had a mini tsunami of customers with "broken" CP datasets after migrating to TWSz V8R5 from any prior release.
The problem occurs if the JCL from the old release is used to run an LTP EXTEND or MODALL, then use the resulting LTP as input to a CP EXTEND or REPLAN.
There is a change in the LRECL of the LTP batch workfiles LTPRIN and LTPROUT from 65 bytes to 66, and if JCL with the old, shorter LRECL is used, an LTP is created that is MISSING ALL EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES.
The LTP job runs "clean", ending RC00, but there are no EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES in the resulting LTP. If that LTP is then used as input to a CP batch job, the CURRENT PLAN is created minus all EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES and things get really messy.
The problem is easily avoided by recreating the LTP and CP batch JCL from the 8.5 skeletons as is a required part of the release installation, then using the 8.5 skeletons to update the "canned" JCL in the JOBLIB.
We have created two APARS, PK93917 to correct the 8.5 documentation, and PK96855 to issue a new message when appropriate:
- EQQ0956E OPEN FAILED FOR LTPRIN , CALLING MODULE IS EQQLCPRE
- EQQ0956I REASON FOR FAILURE IS WRONG RECORD LENGTH
The PSP bucket for 8.5 has been updated, and two technotes have been created --- 1397318 and 1404048
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21397318
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21404048
Please be alerted to this exposure and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Cy Atkinson
SWG Client Support - Tivoli Software
TWSz L2 Support - Americas - Technical Team Lead
Phone 1-800-484-6548, t/l 444-9397
atknsn@us.ibm.com
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IBM's TWS Newsletter & Technical Information September Update is published
Posted by kwargo on
Monday, September 14, 2009 10:02 AM EDT
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The September 2009 issue of IBM's Tivoli Workload Scheduler Newsletter is out. Please click on the links below to access the September 2009 Technotes and TWS Newsletter.
TWS Technical Support Information Update Top Technotes for this month are:
Tivoli Workload Scheduler NewsletterThe key new information in this edition includes:
- Conference - Pulse 2010
- Tivoli Documentation Central: Your One-Stop Documentation Shop
- Items Regularly Updated:
- STEs
- IBM Service Management Jams
- Technical Information
- Wikis
Stanley Gildea
President, ASAP-TWS User Education
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Message from ASAP President Stan Gildea
Posted by kwargo on
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 07:36 PM EDT
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As we look to the future,
we begin by looking at the past.
Looking back at this past year's conference in beautiful sunny Carefree Arizona, a few changes in the Board of Directors took place. With the economy and corporate down sizing that continues through out the world, we unexpectedly lost two members of the board. Bob Winter who served as Secretary, and Bruce Whitehead our past president were among those unfortunately laid off. Once again we would like to thank these two individuals for their many contributions over the years to ASAP and wish them all the best. The new ASAP board of Directors voted by the membership is as follows.
President Stan Gildea, State Street Corporation
Vice President Angel Delgado, CIGNA Corporation
Treasurer Harry Hanlon, ING
Secretary Jean Blackwell
Requirements Robert Sommer, Citi
Member-at-Large Bruce Whitehead
The position of newsletter editor will be temporary filled by Harry Hanlon. A ballot process will be implemented to elect a person to fill this position prior to next year's conference. There has been much interest in this position. Anyone that would like to be considered as a candidate should contact Catherine Foley @ Meeting Works. Stay tuned to future newsletter issues for information on the process and the candidates that are interested in being your next Newsletter Editor.
As we look to the future with many new initiatives, we also embark on planning 2010 TWS User Education conference. Over the next few months we will be reviewing conference agendas from years past looking to revive session from prior conferences that still have relevance and provide suitable content with current TWS releases. Many of these sessions provided excellent support for features & function still used today. Your input in this process is invaluable. Take a minute and let the board know what you would like to see covered at ASAP 2010. Better yet, submit a presentation proposal for the board to consider during its ASAP 2010 planning meeting on October 23rd.
With the summer months upon us the board will not recess as in past years, but will continue working on many goals and initiatives. This past year we re-branded the TWS user conference as TWS User Education, the Board of Directors is now looking to revamp the ASAP logo. With the rebranding we thought it would be good to open this up to the membership as a contest for everyone to submit ideas. Yes, a prize will be awarded to the person who submits the winning ASAP logo. We look forward to everyone's help with re-designing the ASAP logo.
Other objectives on which the board is working are:
- ASAP Certification
- IBM Education Dollars for ASAP tuition
- Executive Briefings.
Just to name a few.
Well so long for now,
Stan
Stan Gildea is an Assistant Vice President supporting TWSz with 16 years of service at State Street Corp. Stan administers TWSz (OPC) implementing daily adds, changes and deletes to the various databases along with the responsibility for testing and evaluating PTF's, new releases and new functions and features needed for scheduling batch in a Global Environment. Being a global corporation, Stan's interaction with groups across divisions throughout the world is a big part of his day to day work to keep TWS up and running. Working with application groups, understanding their needs and providing the best automated solutions TWS has to offer ensures that Production Control continues to provide State Street with the most efficient operating tools available. Stan has been a member of the ASAP board of Directors since 2006 as Newsletter Editor, Treasurer and currently as President.
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Your Opportunity to Create & Inspire
Posted by kwargo on
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 03:31 PM EDT
Logo Mojo!
ASAP is looking to put some 21st century mojo into its logo. Get your creative juices flowing and enter the ASAP Logo Mojo Contest. Send your logo designs to Catherine Foley @ MeetingWorks by October 16th. The board will be reviewing and selecting the logo with the most mojo at its October 23rd meeting. May yours be the winner!
Best regards -
Stan Gildea
President
TWS User Education Training Business Justification
Posted by kwargo on
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 02:56 PM EST
This year more than ever it is critical to keep our business processes productive, effective and cost-efficient.
With this in mind I invite to join TWS users from around the world at ASAP 2009 on April 26-29 in Carefree, Arizona to learn about the new release of Tivoli Workload Scheduler and how to complete a smooth and cost-saving installation along with problem-solving tips and techniques from IBM's technical experts and seasoned TWS users.
ASAP 2009 will feature a keynote address by Giovanni Lanfranchi, vice president of Tivoli Provisioning and Optimization and director of the Rome Lab and over eighty-five (85) educational training classes led by IBM's lead techs from Level 2 Support, the Rome lab development team, and IBM migration specialists and experienced TWS users. Topics related to both distributed and mainframe platforms include SOA, the latest release, renowned beginners workshops and technical labs.
Recognizing that this invitation must be approved by your management, the ASAP board of directors has drafted
ASAP 2009 TWS User Education Training Proposal.doc
- a boilerplate which outlines the benefits and costs of this worthwhile investment. I encourage you to modify and make this proposal your own and present it to your management.
ASAP's TWS User Education Training - an intense, three-day training program designed by users, for users - has been the premier education event for Tivoli Workload Scheduler and its predecessor for over twenty-one years. Simply put, ASAP 2009 is the best Tivoli Workload Scheduler User Education Training program hands down. I hope to see you there.
Sincerely yours,
Bruce Whitehead, President
P.S. REGISTER NOW and receive a $75 discount on Member Registration. Please spread the good word about ASAP 2009: TWS User Education Training to your colleagues and users of Tivoli Workload Scheduler.
TWSz CERTIFICATION Update from Cy
Posted by kwargo on
Monday, May 5, 2008 10:43 AM EDT
Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that we will immediately initiate a review of the TWSz certification exam based on the results at the conference last week, and that the exam will be revised.
Since the results show rather conclusively that the exam as given was not an appropriate measure of TWSz skills, those results will be purged from the database...
We'll do an indepth statistical analysis of those results to adjust the scope of the exam and the scoring ("degree of difficulty") assigned to each question. Patently invalid questions will be eliminated or reworked, and the entire exam adjusted as necessary.
I want to thank everyone who took the TWSz exam for their time and effort in helping us create a TWSz certification program. I apologize for our obvious faux pas, and want to assure you all that we'll be working very hard to make the appropriate corrections.
.... Tell us Mrs. Lincon, aside from that one unfortunate incident, how did you enjoy your evening at the theater?
Aside from the exam, I think this year's conference was a great success. We heard a lot from the lab team on their plans, and they heard a lot from you as to what you need and want to make TWS the best fit for your companies. I look forward to working with you and them to implement our existing functions and those coming down the road.
Thanks for your time and commitment, I promise to at least match it.
Cy Atkinson, TWSz L2, RTP, NC
More ASAP 2007 Photo Highlights
Posted by kwargo on
Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:21 AM EDT
SEGUS shares additional pictures of ASAP 2007 which can be viewed at ASAP Pictures - TWS Users Conference.
Check it Out! The Online TWS Users Conference Photo Album
Posted by kwargo on
Thursday, May 17, 2007 06:13 PM EDT
Our “official†ASAP 2007 conference photographer – Gil Helland from the University of Wisconsin - took hundreds of pictures at the conference which can be viewed at ASAP Pictures - TWS Users Conference. If you are interested in obtaining a CD, please contact Gil directly at gil.helland@doit.wisc.edu. CDs can be ordered from Gil for the cost of the CD, a CD mailer, and shipping.
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