ca workload automation agent monitor overview - ca workload automation technology summit (wats) 2015
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October 2015
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CA Workload Automation Agent Monitor r12 Overview
Bill Sherwin Senior Principal Consultant EMEA Workload Automation Team
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CA Workload Automation Agent Monitor is designed to provide a focal point for real-
time information on all CA Workload Agents defined to any and all of the CA Workload
Automation solutions in use.
Key benefits include:
Designed to improve application availability with simplified monitoring of WA Agent status
Dashboard alerts and drill-down detail help minimise job delays and business disruption
WA Agent Log download improves the efficiency of identifying failures and their cause
Automatic discovery and population of WA Agent database simplifies implementation
This First Release is available at no extra charge to any CA Workload Automation customer
CA Workload Automation Agent Monitor
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View and export details of configured agents
View WA Agent Log Files
Supported schedulers and their associated agents and plug-ins – AutoSys 11.3.6 and above
– CA7 11.3, 12 and above
– dSeries 11.3 and above
– ESP 11.4 and above
Supports EEM and LDAP authentication
Agent Monitor web service
CA WLA Agent Monitor r12 – First Release
Server: Windows 2012 Suse Linux 11 RHEL Linux V5 Suse Linux 12 RHEL Linux V6 RHEL Linux V7
Browser: IE 10.0 and higher Firefox 34 and higher Chrome 38 and higher
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CA WA Agent Monitor Architecture
CA7 ESP
dSeries AutoSys
Agent Monitor
Agents
Scheduler’s agents and agent’s status
Log, system info
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Agent Monitor Dashboard
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Dashboard – Select Agents for Drill Down
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Filtered Active Agents View
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Filtered Inactive Agents View
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Customise Agent Filtered View
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Select Agent Entry for Actions
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Agents View – Action Export All
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Agent Export All Data
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Dashboard – Select Schedulers for Drill Down
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Filtered Active Schedulers View – Autosys
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Filtered Active Schedulers View – CA 7
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Customise Schedulers Filtered View
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Select Scheduler Entry for Actions
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Edit Scheduler Instance Definition – Autosys
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Edit Scheduler Instance Definition – CA 7
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CA WLA Agent Management Under Consideration
Control – TBD
– Start and stop an agent
– Correlate with workload data
last time job submitted, number jobs executed, etc
– Integration with other workload interfaces
WCC, CA7 Web client
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CA WLA Agent Management Under Consideration
Deploy - TBD
– Centralized management of agent and plug-in configuration data
Create/Read/Update/Delete
– Automated and manual installation and removal of agents and plug-
ins
– Automated and manual upgrade and updates of agents and plug-ins
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CA WLA Agent Management Under Consideration
Analytics - TBD
– Historical, trends
– Predictive, planning
Automation - TBD
– Rules
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Not a product so currently must be requested via form
CA WA Agent Monitor Download Request CA Support Product Home Page
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Helps reduce the cost and
complexity of managing WA Agents
running mission critical workloads
Improves application availability
and WA Agent visibility for all CA
WA solutions
Reduces risk of business disruption
with real-time monitoring and drill-
down details
CA Workload Automation Agent Monitor Summary of Benefits
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EMEA Workload Automation Team Contacts
– Bill Sherwin
EMEA Workload Automation
– Chris Elvin
EMEA MSC for WA
– Pascal Champenois
EMEA Workload Automation
– Simon Pearson
EMEA MSC for WA
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Any Further Questions?