IBM United States Software Announcement

216-513, dated November 29, 2016

IBM Workload Automation V9.4 and IBM Workload

Scheduler V9.4 integrate agile DevOps principles to
accelerate application deployment and bring greater
accuracy to scheduling
Table of contents
1 Overview 6 Technical information
2 Key prerequisites 7 Ordering information
2 Planned availability date 11 Terms and conditions
2 Description 15 Prices
5 Program number 16 Order now
6 Publications

At a glance

IBM Workload Automation V9.4 and IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4 deliver:
(R)

• New versioning and release management for scheduling objects as part of the
core automation
• Centralized and enriched auditing for gaining greater accuracy and transparency
on scheduling changes
• Powerful agent upgrade mechanism which enables users to continue the
scheduling activities during the agent upgrade
• A new modeling graphical user interface that is designed to be quick and easy to
use
• Improved definition and management of variable passing within jobs and jobs
streams

Overview

IBM Workload Automation is the platform of products that enables systematic

enterprise-wide workload processing for both calendar and event-based (real-time)
workloads across applications and platforms. IBM Workload Scheduler simplifies
systems management across distributed environments by integrating systems
management functions. IBM Workload Scheduler plans, automates, and controls the
processing of your enterprise's entire production workload.

Combined with the feature set of Workload Scheduler, Workload Automation

automates the planning, processing, and analysis of calendar and event-based
enterprise production workloads to efficiently deliver Service Level Agreement (SLA)
driven business services.

With integrated DevOps enhancements, Workload Automation V9.4 and Workload

Scheduler V9.4:

• Enable clients to accelerate the deployment of new applications and workloads as

requested by DevOps initiatives
• Improve foundational capabilities for DevOps initiatives with simpler security
management and enriched auditing, gaining greater accuracy and transparency
on scheduling changes

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1
 • Help reduce IT operational costs and delays related to the maintenance of the
agent infrastructure; scheduling activities can continue during the agent upgrade
• Offer a new modeling graphical user interface that is designed to be quick and
easy to use
• Bring focus to specific business scenarios originating directly from clients'
requests for enhancements

IBM is working closely with HCL to continue to expand and enhance the IBM
Workload Automation portfolio. Version 9.4 is the first delivery of this joint effort.
For an official statement from IBM and HCL, see the HCL and IBM websites.

Key prerequisites

Refer to the Software requirements and Hardware requirements sections.

Planned availability date

December 9, 2016: Electronic download

Description

The practice of workload automation is constantly evolving to adapt to the evolution

and growth of workloads, and to exploit new technologies and organizational
transformation. IBM Service Management solutions are rich with capabilities
that have transformed initial job scheduling tools into multiscoped automation
solutions that automate traditional batch, as well as dynamic and near-to-real-time
automated actions.

With the integration of agile DevOps principles into its new feature set, IBM
Workload Automation service management solution can boost your organization's
business agility, offering improved process flexibility and accelerated application
development.

IBM Workload Automation and IBM Workload Scheduler

Workload Automation is key in different DevOps scenarios:

• Helps integrate automation into new applications for developers with ready-
to-use business adapters or with embeddable automation through APIs. Fully
functional REST APIs to integrate IBM Workload Scheduler capabilities into
external products and solutions. The REST APIs are programming language
independent and favor easier network configuration and firewall traversal. They
enable exploitation of heterogeneous environments and provide new automation
opportunities with direct impact on productivity.
• Enables streamlined and auditable continuous delivery of scheduling changes.

Version 9.4 of both Workload Scheduler and Workload Automation offers the
following enhancements:

• Enable centralized rich auditing to enable organizations to track, store and report
on the details of scheduling changes. Administrators set the auditing levels and
preferences for their environments, and users provide the required justification
so that the auditing reports are comprehensive and include all changes made in
the systems without additional reviews.
• Gain full control of changes in the scheduling environment with version control.
Workload Scheduler and Workload Automation enable faster release management
through version control. With V9.4, a comparison viewer feature highlights
changes made on a scheduling object that is comparing two versions. For each
scheduling object in the database, such as jobs and job streams, you can view
the history of changes, as well as discover which user made a specific change,
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2
 the timestamp of the change, and a reason for the change. Comparing two
different versions in a comparison viewer also gives you the capability to restore
a previous version. When a business workflow that has always run smoothly
suddenly fails, detecting the change that introduced the problem becomes quick
and easy, and the resolution can be implemented in minimal time.
• Reduce the amount of time it takes to push a code change into production.
Whether they are triggered by a new feature or release, a minor enhancement
stemming from a change request, or an emergency hot fix, code changes need to
be continuously tested, integrated, and built before they can be promoted. Faster
release management is achieved thanks to object stacks (workload application
templates) that can be moved through stages -- typically from development to
staging through to production. The promotion of changes is done automatically,
scheduling the test, build, and integration of the changes. Promoting the changes
from one environment to another is automated through the export and import
of a workload application template. Specify the destination environment for
the import operation and use prompts to obtain approval before the promotion
occurs, if necessary.
• Reduce the difficulty of infrastructure maintenance, especially when negotiating
maintenance windows with different organization and application owners for the
purpose of upgrading servers. Workload Automation has the capability to run or
schedule the agent upgrade directly from the Dynamic Workload Console, or as
an automatic batch activity, which simplifies the control of the overall process.
With V9.4, Workload Automation ensures business and scheduling continuity
when running agent upgrades, allowing ongoing jobs to continue running. The
agent upgrade can run with minimal impact to scheduling activities. The agents
are stopped for the shortest time necessary and the entire upgrade process
is designed to be reliable and fail-safe, with an automatic backup and restore
feature in case of failure. During the brief time agents are stopped, no new
jobs begin execution, but any jobs already running continue to run as planned.
When the upgrade is complete, the agents are restarted and quickly reconnect
with their jobs. The same behavior is applied to agent command-line interfaces
and processes such as conman or composer. After the upgrade, they resume
running regularly. The process is designed to be quick and easy, and it is also
supported by both agent upgrade methods: the twsinst script that you run on
each individual agent workstation, and the centralized agent update that you can
schedule to upgrade multiple agents at a time. And, if anything goes wrong, an
automatic backup and restore feature rolls back the agent to the prior version.
• Increase modeling flexibility with simplified variable passing. Passing variables,
such as the job output or a job property from one job, to be used as input for
the execution of a successive job in the same job stream, has become standard
practice in Workload Scheduler job flows. With V9.4, that capability is extended
to enable passing variables between jobs within the same job stream, as well
as across different job stream instances. Leveraging variable tables, exported
variables from one job can be made available to any successor job, in the same
or in a different job stream. The variable table is defined in a new Variable Table
job plug-in where variables can be added and modified to the variable table. The
Variable Table job is then added to the job stream of the predecessor job.
• Gain more control through the improved user interface for Workload Automation.
Workload Automation V9.4 can bridge heterogeneous workloads and platforms
into a single point of control. This interface is a fundamental component of the
solution. It is intuitive and flexible enough to enable the different automation
users to model, monitor, analyze, and support the IT and business workflows
managed through the systems. The V9 releases feature the Dynamic Workload
Console, a redesigned web user interface of the solution.

With V9.4, the modeling graphical view has been completely redesigned to
offer a modern representation of complex workflows, giving the editor direct
interaction with the objects. Graphical views have been redesigned based on UX
design principles to boost the user experience tailored for user roles and actions.
Information is immediate and more meaningful and allows for quick interaction.
The new design is customizable and responsive. It provides the feedback that you
need and improves interaction, allowing for client-side computation and greater
concurrent user scalability. The use of new colors, background, and simple shapes

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3
 make objects and their relationships easily identifiable. The customizable layout can
be saved for the user. Highlights include:

• Meaningful information
• Quick interaction
• Customizable layout
• Export to PNG file format (portable network graphic)
• Client side computation and greater concurrent user scalability
• Accessibility improvements for the user experience of color-blind users
• Satisfying Requests for Enhancements (RFEs). RFEs give customers the
opportunity to collaborate directly with the product development team and
other users. The team prioritizes and develops new product features based
on proposals made IBM Workload Scheduler customers. V9.4 delivers on the
following requests:
– Enhancements to variable tables that enable character lengths for variable
names and values to be extended to 64 and 1024 characters respectively.
– Variables can now be used to represent file names in the variable table, also
leveraging the new variable character lengths.
– Job logs are now enriched with information about the start time and end time
of job on a dynamic agent that ends in FAIL.
• Automate operations on IBM Cloudant NoSQL database. A new plug-in is
(R)

available (available in on premises, on cloud, and on IBM Bluemix ) to define,

(R)

schedule, monitor, and control the execution of actions on a Cloudant database,

on its documents or attachments. You can:
– Schedule and monitor database replication on time or event basis. Set
conditional dependencies for the database replication, based on the value of
variables passed from one job to another, such as the size of the database.
– Monitor and control Cloudant operations from the Dynamic Workload Console
or Application Lab, from which you can also restart in case of failure.
– Daily logs generated by your Cloudant application can be automatically
uploaded to your Cloudant database as documents or document attachments.
– Balance your Cloudant workload and integrate it with the rest of your process
flow.

Workload Scheduler Version V9.3 released two fix packs, Fix Pack 1 and 2, which
in addition to fixes, make available a series of new features and Request for
Enhancements. A complete list of fixes, features, and Request for Enhancements can
be found in the related product readme files:

• IBM Workload Scheduler V9.3 Fix Pack 1

• Dynamic Workload Console V9.3 Fix Pack 1
• IBM Workload Scheduler V9.3 Fix Pack 2 readme file
• Dynamic Workload Console V9.3 Fix Pack 2 readme file

Fix Pack 1:

• With the new IBM Workload Scheduler plug-in for JSR 352 Java Batch (plug-in
TM

for Liberty), you can schedule, run, and monitor your Java Batch applications and
integrate them into more complex, composite batch workflows.
• IBM Workload Scheduler Plug-in for MQTT. IBM Workload Scheduler integrates
with MQTT to provide centralized management of your "Internet of Things"
devices. MQTT is a publish and subscribe, simple, and lightweight messaging
protocol.
• Scheduling the centralized agent update. You can schedule the centralized update
of multiple agent instances by creating a centralized agent update job, either by
using the Dynamic Workload Console or the composer command line. When a job
runs, it forwards to the master domain manager the Update agent request for all
the fault-tolerant agent or dynamic agent instances that you selected, and then
completes.

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4
 • IBM i enhancements related to checking for IBM i jobs waiting for a message
reply, viewing the message, and specifying the name of the queue where IBM i
jobs are monitored
• Convert Crontab files and Windows Task Scheduler jobs into IBM Workload
TM

Scheduler job where you can then monitor and schedule them together with all
of your other objects.
• The centralized agent update of multiple fault-tolerant and dynamic agent
instances can now be scheduled using either the Dynamic Workload Console or
the composer command line.
• Dynamic Workload Console graphical view has been improved making external
dependencies easier to view, changing the size of the graphical elements so that
the entire job or job stream name is not truncated, and improving the zoom level
to zoom further on large job streams.

Fix Pack 2:

• OpenWhisk job plug-in: Schedule, monitor, and control the firing of OpenWhisk
triggers and the invocation of OpenWhisk actions.
• Hybrid scheduling and intelligent scheduler: Hybrid dashboard. Choose a mixture
of Workload Automation on Cloud and on Premises and reduce IT infrastructure
costs with hybrid scheduling management. Hybrid Workload Automation allows
you to use a common User Interface to manage both on Premises and on Cloud
engines
• IBM Workload Scheduler What-if Analysis is no longer only a simulation tool. IBM
Workload Scheduler What-if Analysis has been greatly enhanced to allow you to
apply your changes to an actual plan directly from the Gantt view.
• Optimize job flows with smart branching logic. Workload Scheduler enables you
to define jobs to run in a very precise order, sometimes with some jobs waiting
on others to finish successfully before the next one begins. Now you can add
more flexibility to your job flows by choosing which job to run as a result of the
job status or output of a previous job or job stream. The Graphical View displays
your jobs and job streams so that you can easily visualize the relationships
between them, including conditional dependencies.
• IBM Workload Automation has enhanced its integration with Hadoop, by adding
a great new feature: the job plug-in for Apache Oozie. By using the plug-in for
Oozie, it is possible to centrally manage Oozie workflows and Hadoop jobs such
as Hive, MapReduce, Pig, and Sqoop.
• IBM Workload Scheduler security with role-based security model. You can define
and update your security file according to the role-based security model, by
using the Manage Workload Security interface from the Dynamic Workload
Console or the composer command-line program.
• New and improved web interfaces. The Workload Designer and Dynamic
Workload Console interfaces have been redesigned to improve the user
experience. A new Welcome page directs you to the main tasks, providing you
with a single entry point to get you started.

Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act

IBM makes no representation about the Section 508 status of the third-party
electronic and information technology product in this offering. Contact the vendor for
specific, current information on the Section 508 status of this product.

Availability of national languages

Translation information, if available, can be found at the Translation Reports website.

Program number

Program number VRM Program name

5698-WSH 9.4.0 IBM Workload Scheduler

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 5
 Program number VRM Program name
5725-G80 9.4.0 IBM Workload Automation

Education support

IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of

courses for IT professionals and managers can be found on IBM authorized training
website.

Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs, schedules, and

enrollments.

Offering Information

Product information is available on the IBM Offering Information website.

More information is also available on the Passport Advantage and Passport

(R)

Advantage Express website.

(R)

Publications

IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4 and IBM Workload Automation V9.4 Quick Start
Guides are available on December 9, 2016, and can be downloaded from IBM
Knowledge Center.

Translated copies, in selected languages, will be available within 60 days after the
general availability date.

Services

Software Services

IBM Software Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services
needs. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services
team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise
of our IBM Global Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach
through IBM Business Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities.
Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and
technology leadership to support a wide range of critical business needs.

To learn more about IBM Software Services, contact your Lab Services Sales or
Delivery Leader.

Technical information

Specified operating environment

Hardware requirements
IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4 system requirements will be available on December 9,
2016, and can be viewed at the IBM Support website.

Dynamic Workload Console V9.4 system requirements will be available on December

9, 2016, and can be viewed at the IBM Support website.

Software requirements
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6
 IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4 System Requirements will be available on December
9, 2016, and can be viewed at the IBM Support website.

Dynamic Workload Console V9.4 system requirements will be available on December

9, 2016, and can be viewed at the IBM Support website.

The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may

be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a
readme file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter.
Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English
language.

IBM Electronic Support

The IBM Support Portal is your gateway to technical support. This includes IBM
Electronic Support tools and resources, for software and hardware, to help save
time and simplify support. The Electronic Support tools can help you find answers to
questions, download fixes, troubleshoot, automate data collection, submit and track
problems through the Service Request online tool, and build skills. All these tools
are made available through your IBM support agreement. Read about the Electronic
Support portfolio of tools on the IBM Electronic Support website.

You can also access the IBM Support Portal page and the online Service requests
and PMRs tool for more support.

Planning information

Packaging
IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4 and IBM Workload Automation V9.4 are distributed
electronically, there is no physical media.

This program, when downloaded from a website, contains the applicable IBM
license agreement and License Information, if appropriate, and will be presented
for acceptance at the time of installation of the program. For future reference, the
license and License Information will be stored in a directory such as LICENSE.TXT.

Security, auditability, and control

The programs in this announcement use the security and auditability features of the
software.

The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security

features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems
and communication facilities.

Ordering information

This product is only available through Passport Advantage. It is not available as

shrinkwrap.

These products may only be sold directly by IBM or by authorized IBM Business
Partners for Software Value Plus.

More information can be found on the IBM Software Value Plus website.

To locate IBM Business Partners for Software Value Plus in your geography for a
specific Software Value Plus portfolio, go to the Find a Business Partner page.

Product group: Configurations and Operations

Product name Product number

IBM Workload Automation 5725-G80

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 7
 Product name Product number
IBM Workload Scheduler 5698-WSH

Product category: Tivoli Workload Scheduling

(R)

Passport Advantage
IBM Workload Automation V9.4

The below part numbers were previously announced.

Part number Part number description

D0PNZLL IBM Workload Automation per10
MonthlyJobs Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
E0DSYLL IBM Workload Automation per10
MonthlyJobs Annual SW S&S Rnwl
D0PP0LL IBM Workload Automation per10
MonthlyJobs SW S&S Reinstate 12 Mo
D18YFLL IBM Workload Automation Monthly Lic
D0TBULL IBM Workload Automation for zEnterprise
(R)

BladeCenter Extension and Linux on

TM

System z per10 MonthlyJobs Lic + SW

(R)

S&S 12 Mo
E0EKFLL IBM Workload Automation for zEnterprise
BladeCenter Extension and Linux on
System z per10 MonthlyJobs Annual SW
S&S Rnwl
D0TBVLL IBM Workload Automation for zEnterprise
BladeCenter Extension and Linux on
System z per10 MonthlyJobs SW S&S
Reinstate 12 Mo
D18YGLL IBM Workload Automation Z Monthly Lic

IBM Workload Scheduler V9.4

The below part numbers were previously announced.

Part number Part number description

D56MTLL IBM Workload Scheduler PVU LIC + SW
S&S 12 MO
E02AFLL IBM Workload Scheduler PVU ANNUAL S&S
RNWL
D56MVLL IBM Workload Scheduler PVU SW S&S
REINSTATE 12 MO
D18NELL IBM Workload Scheduler Monthly Lic
D56LZLL IBM Workload Scheduler Z PVU LIC + SW
S&S 12 MO
E02A8LL IBM Workload Scheduler Z PVU ANNUAL
S&S RNWL
D56MALL IBM Workload Scheduler Z PVU SW S&S
REINSTATE 12 MO
D18NDLL IBM Workload Scheduler Z Monthly Lic
D0C4SLL IBM Workload Scheduler zOS Agent PVU
LIC + SW S&S 12 MO
E08D6LL IBM Workload Scheduler zOS Agent PVU
ANNUAL S&S RNWL
D0C4TLL IBM Workload Scheduler zOS Agent PVU
SW S&S REINSTATE 12 MO
D18NGLL IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS
(R)
Agent
Monthly Lic
D0C4ULL IBM Workload Scheduler Agent Z PVU LIC
+ SW S&S 12 MO
E08D7LL IBM Workload Scheduler zOS Agent Z PVU
ANNUAL S&S RNWL

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 8
 Part number Part number description
D0C4VLL IBM Workload Scheduler zOS Agent Z PVU
SW S&S REINSTATE 12 MO
D18NFLL IBM Workload Scheduler Z Monthly Lic
D1G81LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
E0LHILL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU Annual SW S&S Rnwl
D1G82LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU SW S&S REINSTATE 12 MO
D1G85LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU Monthly Lic
D1G83LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU for System z Lic + SW S&S 12 Mo
E0LHJLL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU for System z Annual SW S&S Rnwl
D1G84LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications
PVU for System z SW S&S REINSTATE 12
MO
D1G86LL IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications Z
Monthly Lic

Charge metric
Program name Program number Charge metric
IBM Workload Scheduler 5725-WSH Processor Value Unit
IBM Workload Automation 5725-G80 Monthly Jobs

Processor Value Unit (PVU)

PVU is a unit of measure by which the program can be licensed. The number of PVU
entitlements required is based on the processor technology (defined within the PVU
table by processor value, brand, type, and model number at the website below) and
the number of processors made available to the program. IBM continues to define
a processor, for the purpose of PVU-based licensing, to be each processor core on
a chip (socket). A dual-core processor chip, for example, has two processor cores.
For more information, visit the Processor Value Unit [PVU] licensing for Distributed
Software website.

Licensee can deploy the program using either full capacity licensing or virtualization
capacity (sub-capacity) licensing according to the Passport Advantage Sub-Capacity
Licensing Terms (refer to the web page below). If using full capacity licensing,
licensee must obtain PVU entitlements sufficient to cover all activated processor
cores in the physical hardware environment made available to or managed by the
1

program, except for those servers from which the program has been permanently
removed. If using virtualization capacity licensing, licensee must obtain entitlements
sufficient to cover all activated processor cores made available to or managed by the
program, as defined according to the Virtualization Capacity License Counting Rules
website.
1
An activated processor core is a processor core that is available for use in a physical or
virtual server, regardless of whether the capacity of the processor core can be or is limited
through virtualization technologies, operating system commands, BIOS settings, or similar
restrictions.

Notes:

• Some programs may require licenses for the program and what is being
managed. In that case, the following applies. In addition to the entitlements
required for the program directly, licensee must obtain PVU entitlements for this
program sufficient to cover the processor cores managed by the program.
• Some programs may be licensed on a managed basis only. In that case, the
following applies. Instead of the entitlements required for the program directly,
licensee must obtain PVU entitlements for this program sufficient to cover the
processor cores managed by the program.
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 9
 • A few programs on an exception basis may be licensed on a referenced basis.
In that case, the following applies. Rather than obtaining entitlements for the
activated processor cores available to the program, licensee must obtain PVU
entitlements for this program sufficient to cover the environment made available
to the referenced program as if the program itself were executing everywhere
the referenced program was executing, independent of the basis on which the
referenced program is licensed.

Pricing examples for IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications and IBM
Workload Scheduler

IBM Workload Scheduler

The following customer network applies to all of the examples to enable the reader
to see where products tend to manage something less than the entire environment.
The customer environment includes distributed servers:

• Twenty uniprocessor cores

• Sixty-five 2-way servers
• Twelve 4-way servers
• One 8-way server
• One 12-way server with two virtual or logical partitions
• One 14-way server
• One 16-way Sun Ultra server with two 8-way physical partitions (only one of
which is managed by Tivoli applications)
(R)

• One 24-way server

The customer desires to schedule work on its 14-way distributed server and its
24-way distributed server. Thus, the customer must obtain Processor Value Unit
entitlements associated with the following number of processor cores, for its
distributed environment:
Systems managed Quantity in customer Processor cores to be
environment licensed
14-way 1 14
24-way 1 24
Total processor cores to be 38
licensed

IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications

The customer desires to schedule work on its 14-way distributed server and its 24-
way distributed server. The servers include one instance of Oracle (on the 14-way
distributed server), one of SAP (on the 24-way distributed server), and one custom
mainframe application (on the 14-way System z server). Thus, the customer must
(R)

obtain Processor Value Unit entitlements associated with the following number of
processor cores:
Systems managed Quantity in customer Processor cores to be
environment licensed
14-way 1 14
24-way 1 24
14-way 1 14
Total processor cores to be 52
licensed

Notes:

• IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications requires licensing for IBM Workload
Scheduler. For the purpose of licensing IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications,
licensing for IBM Workload Scheduler is per-processor core based on the server
on which the IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications product is installed.
There is no longer a 1:1 licensing requirement for IBM Workload Scheduler for
Applications and for IBM Workload Scheduler.
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 10
 • Licensing for IBM Workload Scheduler for Applications is per-processor core on
the server where the application is scheduled.
• For Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) scheduling, entitlements are required
for all of the ERP servers. There is no longer a licensing requirement for ERP
databases.
• For agentless scheduling, where IBM Workload Scheduler manages jobs remotely
on servers where IBM Workload Scheduler agents are not installed, IBM Workload
Scheduler for Applications licenses are required on computers where the
agentless method is managing workload.
• For more information on using IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) to track and
manage IBM Workload Scheduler PVU licenses, refer to the documentation on
IBM Knowledge Center, available on December 9, 2016.

Additional clarification

IBM Workload Scheduler provides three sets of separately orderable and licensed
capabilities, one for the full flexibility and power, termed IBM Workload Scheduler,
and two for a reduced set of functions:

• Workload Scheduler for z/OS Agent, to drive mainframe workload exclusively

(R)

and directly from IBM Workload Scheduler on z/OS (simplified end-to-end on an

agent, known as z-Centric end-to-end)
• Workload Scheduler for Applications, to drive application workloads from IBM
Workload Scheduler distributed or IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS

The three capabilities can coexist in a single environment, and the IBM Workload
Scheduler license entitles you to use all end-to-end capabilities (plan-based end-
to-end and simplified end-to-end on any agent) and drive any type of workload
(systems scripts and applications). IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS agent license
entitles you to use only the limited end-to-end capability of an agent. IBM Workload
Scheduler for Applications license entitles you to use only for Applications workloads,
available December 9, 2016, as listed in IBM Knowledge Center.

Monthly jobs

Monthly Jobs is a unit of measure by which the IBM Workload Automation program
can be licensed. A Job is an object within the IBM Workload Automation program
that cannot be further divided and represents a computing process including all its
subprocesses. The customer licensee must obtain sufficient entitlements to cover
the maximum number of Jobs processed or managed by IBM Workload Automation
in any calendar month, considering the following job count conditions:
• Job count: All jobs processed or managed by IBM Workload Automation are
counted, but the same job (intended as the same task string), counts once if
repeated more than one time during the same day .
• Job count tracking: IBM Workload Automation provides a function that tracks all
launched job historically, and retains it for query and reporting purposes.

Note: The metric for job counting must be applied to the entire environment
managed by a single Master Domain Manager, represented by the production of a
single plan covering the entire managed network.

Terms and conditions

The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and

convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction
with IBM are contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM
International Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage
Agreement, and the IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance.

This product is only available through Passport Advantage.

Licensing
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 11
 IBM International Program License Agreement including the License Information
document and Proof of Entitlement (PoE) govern your use of the program. PoEs
are required for all authorized use. Part number products only, offered outside of
Passport Advantage, where applicable, are license only and do not include Software
Maintenance.

This software license includes Software Subscription and Support (also referred to as
Software Maintenance).

Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance

These programs are licensed under the IBM Program License Agreement (IPLA)
and the associated Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance, which
provide for support with ongoing access to releases and versions of the program.
IBM includes one year of Software Subscription and Support (also referred to
as Software Maintenance) with the initial license acquisition of each program
acquired. The initial period of Software Subscription and Support (also referred to
as Software Maintenance) can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if
available. These programs have a one-time license charge for use of the program
and an annual renewable charge for the enhanced support that includes telephone
assistance (voice support for defects during normal business hours), as well as
access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in
effect.

License Information number

Program name License ID
IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS Agent L-AASE-AEUDLS
Stacked License V9.4
IBM Workload Scheduler Stacked License L-AASE-AEUDH4
V9.4
IBM Workload Automation V9.4 L-AASE-AEUDAN

The program's License Information will be available for review on the IBM Software
License Agreement website.

Limited warranty applies

Yes

Limited warranty

IBM warrants that when the program is used in the specified operating environment,
it will conform to its specifications. The warranty applies only to the unmodified
portion of the program. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation
of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects. You are responsible for
the results obtained from the use of the program.

IBM provides you with access to IBM databases containing information on known
program defects, defect corrections, restrictions, and bypasses at no additional
charge. For further information, see the IBM Software Support Handbook.

IBM will maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee
acquires the program (warranty period).

Program support

Subscription and Support includes telephone assistance, as well as access to

updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in effect. You
will be notified of discontinuance of support with 12 months' notice.

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 12
 Money-back guarantee

If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the original
licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it, if within 30 days of
your invoice date you return the program and its PoE to the party from whom you
obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you may contact the party from whom
you acquired it for instructions on how to obtain the refund.

For clarification, note that (1) for programs acquired under the IBM International
Passport Advantage offering, this term applies only to your first acquisition of the
program and (2) for programs acquired under any of IBM's On/Off Capacity on
Demand (On/Off CoD) software offerings, this term does not apply since these
offerings apply to programs already acquired and in use by you.

Volume orders (IVO)

No

Passport Advantage applies

Yes, information is available on the Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage

Express website.

Software Subscription and Support applies

Yes. Software Subscription and Support, also referred to as Software Maintenance,

is included with licenses purchased through Passport Advantage and Passport
Advantage Express. Product upgrades and Technical Support are provided by
the Software Subscription and Support offering as described in the Agreements.
Product upgrades provide the latest versions and releases to entitled software, and
Technical Support provides voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations,
worldwide.

IBM includes one year of Software Subscription and Support with each program
license acquired. The initial period of Software Subscription and Support can be
extended by the purchase of a renewal option, if available.

While your Software Subscription and Support is in effect, IBM provides you
assistance for your routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions,
and code-related questions. IBM provides assistance by telephone and, if available,
electronic access, only to your information systems (IS) technical support personnel
during the normal business hours (published prime shift hours) of your IBM support
center. (This assistance is not available to your users.) IBM provides Severity 1
assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For additional details, see the IBM
Software Support Handbook. Software Subscription and Support does not include
assistance for the design and development of applications, your use of programs in
other than their specified operating environment, or failures caused by products for
which IBM is not responsible under the applicable agreements.

Unless specified otherwise in a written agreement with you, IBM does not provide
support for third party products that were not provided by IBM. Ensure that when
contacting IBM for covered support, you follow problem determination and other
instructions that IBM provides, including in the IBM Software Support Handbook.

For additional information about the International Passport Advantage Agreement

and the IBM International Passport Advantage Express Agreement, go to the
Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express website.

System i Software Maintenance applies

No

Variable charges apply

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 13
 No

Educational allowance available

Not applicable.

Statement of good security practices

IT system security involves protecting systems and information through prevention,

detection, and response to improper access from within and outside your
enterprise. Improper access can result in information being altered, destroyed, or
misappropriated or can result in misuse of your systems to attack others. Without a
comprehensive approach to security, no IT system or product should be considered
completely secure and no single product or security measure can be completely
effective in preventing improper access. IBM systems and products are designed to
be part of a lawful, comprehensive security approach, which will necessarily involve
additional operational procedures, and may require other systems, products, or
services to be most effective.

Important: IBM does not warrant that any systems, products, or services are
immune from, or will make your enterprise immune from, the malicious or illegal
conduct of any party.

IBM Electronic Services

Electronic Service Agent and the IBM Electronic Support web portal are dedicated
TM

to providing fast, exceptional support to organizations that have IBM Systems. The
IBM Electronic Service Agent tool is a no-additional-charge tool that proactively
monitors and reports hardware events, such as system errors, performance issues,
and inventory. The Electronic Service Agent tool can help you stay focused on your
company's strategic business initiatives, save time, and spend less effort managing
day-to-day IT maintenance issues. Servers enabled with this tool can be monitored
remotely around the clock by IBM Support, all at no additional cost to you.

Now integrated into the base operating system of AIX V5.3, AIX V6.1, and AIX
(R)

V7.1, Electronic Service Agent is designed to automatically and electronically

report system failures and utilization issues to IBM, which can result in faster
problem resolution and increased availability. System configuration and inventory
information collected by the Electronic Service Agent tool also can be viewed on the
secure Electronic Support web portal, and used to improve problem determination
and resolution by you and the IBM support team. To access the tool main menu,
simply type smitty esa_main, and select Configure Electronic Service Agent. In
addition, ESA now includes a powerful web user interface, giving the administrator
easy access to status, tool settings, problem information, and filters. For more
information and documentation on how to configure and use Electronic Service
Agent, go to the IBM Electronic Support website.

The IBM Electronic Support portal is a single Internet entry point that replaces the
multiple entry points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services and support.
This portal enables you to gain easier access to IBM resources for assistance in
resolving technical problems. The My Systems and Premium Search functions make
it even easier for organizations that are Electronic Service Agent tool-enabled to
track system inventory and find pertinent fixes.

Benefits

Increased uptime: The Electronic Service Agent tool is designed to enhance the
TM

Warranty or Maintenance Agreement by providing faster hardware error reporting

and uploading system information to IBM Support. This can translate to less wasted
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 14
 time monitoring the symptoms, diagnosing the error, and manually calling IBM
Support to open a problem record. Its 24 x 7 monitoring and reporting mean human
intervention is not required to report errors.

Security: The Electronic Service Agent tool is designed to be secure in monitoring,

reporting, and storing the data at IBM. The Electronic Service Agent tool is designed
to securely transmit either through the Internet (HTTPS or VPN) or modem to
provide organizations a single point of exit from their site. Communication is
one way. Activating Electronic Service Agent does not enable IBM to call into an
organization's system.

For additional information, go to the IBM Electronic Service Agent website.

More accurate reporting: Because system information and error logs are
automatically uploaded to the IBM Support Center in conjunction with the service
request, you are not required to find and send system information, decreasing the
risk of misreported or misdiagnosed errors. Once inside IBM, problem error data
is run through a data knowledge management system and knowledge articles are
appended to the problem record.

Customized support: Using the IBM ID entered during activation, you can view
system and support information in the My Systems and Premium Search sections of
the IBM Electronic Support page.

My Systems provides valuable reports of installed hardware and software using

information collected from the systems by Electronic Service Agent. Reports are
available for any system associated with your IBM ID. Premium Search combines the
function of search and the value of Electronic Service Agent information, providing
advanced search of the technical support knowledgebase. Using Premium Search
and the Electronic Service Agent information that has been collected from your
system, you are able to see search results that apply specifically to your systems.

For more information on how to utilize the power of IBM Electronic Services, contact
your IBM Systems Services Representative, or go to the IBM Electronic Support
website.

Prices

Business Partner information

If you are an IBM Business Partner -- Distributor for Workstation Software acquiring
products from IBM, you may link to Passport Advantage Online for resellers where
you can obtain Business Partner pricing information. An IBM ID and password are
required to access the IBM Passport Advantage website.

For current prices, contact your IBM representative.

Passport Advantage
For Passport Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative
or authorized IBM Business Partner for Software Value Plus. Additional information is
also available on the Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express website.

IBM Global Financing

IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to

assist them in acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition,
including hardware, software, and services, from both IBM and other manufacturers
or vendors. Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium, and large
enterprise), rates, terms, and availability can vary by country. Contact your local
IBM Global Financing organization or go to the IBM Global Financing website for
more information.

IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United
States, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 15
 and government customers. Rates are based on a customer's credit rating, financing
terms, offering type, equipment type, and options, and may vary by country. Other
restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or
withdrawal without notice.

Financing from IBM Global Financing helps you preserve cash and credit lines,
enables more technology acquisition within current budget limits, permits
accelerated implementation of economically attractive new technologies, offers
payment and term flexibility, and can help match project costs to projected benefits.
Financing is available worldwide for credit-qualified customers.

Order now

To order, contact your Americas Call Centers, local IBM representative, or your IBM
Business Partner. To identify your local IBM representative or IBM Business Partner
call 800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968). For more information, contact the Americas Call
Centers.

Phone: 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255)

Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX (242-6329)

For IBM representative: callserv@ca.ibm.com

For IBM Business Partner: pwcs@us.ibm.com

Mail:
IBM Teleweb Customer Support
ibm.com Sales Execution Center, Americas North
(R)

3500 Steeles Ave. East, Tower 3/4

Markham, Ontario
Canada L3R 2Z1

Reference: YE001

The Americas Call Centers, our national direct marketing organization, can add your
name to the mailing list for catalogs of IBM products.

Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.

IBM Software Value Plus
These products are available under IBM Software Value Plus, either directly from
IBM or through authorized Business Partners who invest in skills and high-value
solutions. IBM customers may benefit from the industry-specific or horizontal
solutions, skills, and expertise provided by these Business Partners.

Additions to Software Value Plus will be communicated through standard product

announcements. For a current list of IBM software available under Software Value
Plus, go to the IBM Software Value Plus website.

For questions regarding Software Value Plus, go to the IBM Software Value Plus
website.

Trademarks

Electronic Service Agent is a trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States,

other countries, or both.
IBM, z/OS, Tivoli, PartnerWorld, Passport Advantage, System i, Express, Bluemix,
zEnterprise, System z, AIX and ibm.com are registered trademarks of IBM
Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Cloudant is a registered trademark of Cloudant in the U.S. and other countries.
Oracle and Java are trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates in the United States,
other countries, or both.
IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 16
 Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other
countries, or both.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other
countries, or both.
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of
others.

Terms of use
IBM products and services which are announced and available in your country
can be ordered under the applicable standard agreements, terms, conditions,
and prices in effect at the time. IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this
announcement at any time without notice. This announcement is provided for your
information only.Additional terms of use are located at

Terms of use

For the most current information regarding IBM products, consult your IBM
representative or reseller, or visit the IBM worldwide contacts page

IBM United States

IBM United States Software Announcement 216-513 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 17