IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler is fantastic, and I recommend it. However, since the idea of "freebies" came up, for those of you with DB2 for z/OS I'd like to mention a handy scheduler that's included with DB2 for z/OS at no additional charge: the DB2 Administrative Task Scheduler. As its name suggests, it's a scheduler focused on scheduling DB2 administrative tasks -- no surprise. If your needs non-trivially exceed that scope I'd investigate other, fuller function options (Tivoli Workload Scheduler notably), but it is a very useful DB2 feature. Relatedly, there's another, no additional charge component, the Management Console for IMS and DB2 for z/OS, that you are likely to find useful in part to take advantage the DB2 Administrative Task Scheduler.
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