Jobs that can run without end user interaction, or can be scheduled to run as resources permit, are called batch jobs. Batch processing is for those frequently used programs that can be executed with minimal human interaction.

Feb 9, 2024 · A batch job is any regularly occurring automated process that groups similar tasks and performs them automatically without needing to be prompted by human interaction.

With IBM® CICS® Batch Application Control for z/OS®, you can conduct more frequent batch runs during normal business hours, provide more current data to your users and reduce the time your IT staff spends fixing batch-related abnormal ends (abends).

Apr 8, 2025 · IBM announced the IBM z17, the next generation of the company's iconic mainframe, fully engineered with AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations.

A large portion of the workload on IBM® z/OS® systems is processed in batch mode. Although several IBM Redbooks® publications discuss application modernization on the IBM z/OS platform, this book specifically addresses batch processing in detail.

As a batch processing program, the VM Batch Facility controls computing tasks that do not require your direct attention, thereby freeing up the terminal. The VM Batch Facility can do routine, time-consuming computing jobs for you while you keep working at your terminal.

May 4, 2021 · IBM Z Batch Resiliency provides resiliency management of these non-database managed data and applications, leveraging detailed analytic reporting that can reduce reliance on complex domain specific and possibly error-prone manual approaches.

Sep 2, 2020 · IBM Z Batch Resiliency allows you to track backups, ensuring that critical data sets are recoverable at any point during the batch cycle. It can highlight exposures to the overall business resiliency process and allow that the information is at hand to perform either recovery of a specific data set or an entire application.

Table 1 lists the IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS batch jobs.

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes a general approach that can be used to optimize the batch window in a z/OS® environment. This paper outlines a structured methodology using anti-patterns and tools that can be followed to increase batch productivity.