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1. Introduction

The Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) enables users at any level of expertise to specify when their jobs are executed; help from operators is not required. For an overview of the PJS system, please refer to Chapters 1 and 2 of the Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) User Guide. This manual assumes familiarity with the concepts and terms introduced in those chapters.

Installation should take between one and three hours. Before you can install PJS, the following software must be installed and operating on your mainframe:

- OS/390® or z/OS®, any supported release.

This manual assumes that you have the skills and experience of a Site Administrator or Systems Programmer. To successfully install PJS, use the information in the following chapters:

Chapter 2 explains how to install PJS. You can use SMP/E to install PJS, or you can install PJS without SMP/E. Part of the installation procedure will include customizing PJS for use at your site. The installation procedure consists of a set of tasks, one of which will require you to complete a set of subtasks: Each task is covered in a separate section.

Chapter 3 explains the PJSOPT module, which you will create during the installation procedure.

Chapter 4 describes PJS exits, which you can modify as part of the installation procedure.

Chapter 5 describes how to set up your security environment for PJS.

Chapter 6 provides descriptions of PJS operator commands to be used after PJS is installed.

Chapter 7 describes PJS Utilities.

Appendix A lists the PJS TSO commands and the type of access required by each command.

Appendix B contains information on PJS data areas.

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