HCL Workload Automation, Version 9.4

Using the access methods of HCL Workload Automation

Access methods are used to extend the job scheduling capability of HCL Workload Automation to other systems and applications. They run on:
  • Extended agents
  • Dynamic agents and IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS agents
For more details, see Supported agents.
An access method needs to interact with the external system either through its command line or the Dynamic Workload Console. HCL Workload Automation includes the following access methods:
  • PeopleSoft (psagent)
  • SAP R/3 (r3batch)
  • z/OS® (mvsjes and mvsopc)
Figure 1 shows the typical configuration for the extended agent and the dynamic agent.
Figure 1. Supported agents configuration