csar is the complete solution to all your job scheduling needs. This job scheduler provides the computer operations staff with the tools for improving system productivity by organizing and automating your production workload. The csar job scheduler provides immediate control of all job scheduling activity from data preparation to output delivery.

Features and Benefits of the csar Job Scheduler

TAPE2000 features Real-Time Interactive Online Facilities that can be easily managed by datacenter staff. No formal training is required and TAPE2000 ensures immediate use and productivity.

Job Scheduling Features

ISPF (z/OS and OS/390), CICS (VSE) and CMS (VM) online update of job schedule definitions

Batch updates include mass change/delete

Multiple calendars which define holidays and business days

Comprehensive frequency codes, including job scheduling by accounting period

Job scheduling, plus scheduling of events, monitor commands, messages and system commands

Multiple CPU and work center scheduling

Resource scheduling

Real Time Monitor

Automatic job submission based on date, time, completion of predecessor jobs and availability of resources

Maximum condition code checking

Job status inquiry, submit job, post events or make changes to the schedule

Monitor Log

Full Security

Restrict commands by user

Monitor command procedures

Automated processing on job abend

Flexible JCL Processing

JCL may be stored in one or more partitioned data sets, Librarian or Panvalet libraries for z/OS and OS/390 systems. csar/VSE supports ICCF and BIM-Edit, CMS, Librarian, Condor and other library systems. Users can create “Model JCL” which is then modified at submission time based on run date and parameter value’s, which can be specified by the user. REXX style functions can be used for string manipulation and date/time processing during JCL generation at job submission time.

Job Scheduling Reporting

Printed schedules of jobs to be run
Forecasting
Statistics on jobs run late, abends and reruns
Job accounting reports
Job scheduling file list with comprehensive cross reference
Flowcharts
One Year schedules by job

csar Job Scheduler Security

RACF and all SAF (Security Access Facility) compatible security products are supported

Online Help and Tutorials for the csar job scheduler

Online help for csar messages including a “point & shoot” capability for the monitor and log-file screen

Context sensitive, multi-level help screens

Hardware and Software Requirements
for the csar Job Scheduler

csar installs in a few hours with no hooks or System modifications

csar runs on all levels of z/OS, OS/390, VSE/ESA and VM/CMS