Workload Archiving configuration

Control-M Workload Archiving is a Control-M add-on that enables you to archive job data in a secure and central repository whenever jobs finish executing. Archived data includes job logs from Control-M/Server and job output from Control-M/Agents, as well as a small amount of job metadata from Control-M/EM.

When Control-M/Server submits a job to run on an Agent, the Workload Archiving Server archives the job log and output in a separate PostgresQL or Oracle database for a defined period based on Workload Archiving Policies.

A Workload Archiving Policy determines what job data to archive based on various criteria, including the following main criteria:

• Type of data — log, output, or both
• Retention period — maximum number of days, months, or years to store the archived data
• System type — Distributed systems, z/OS, or both

NOTE: The Workload Archiving process receives Control-M/EM authorization data to apply Control-M/EM user authorization rules. You do not need to define additional authorizations. For more information, see Control-M/EM Authorizations.

NOTE: (Control-M for z/OS only)

• To collect job output and logs, you must define the security user ARCUSER with the View LOG and View SYSOUT permissions.
• You must activate and ensure periodic updates of the IOA Log Index component to enable the efficient performance of Log archiving. For more information, see the IOA Log Index in the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide.
  

To start/stop the Workload Archiving database, perform backup and restore, and other database procedures, see arc_database_menu.

The following procedures describe how to start up and configure Workload Archiving settings:

• Starting up the Workload Archiving Server
• Defining Workload Archiving policies
• Configuring Workload Archiving disk space and cleanup settings
• Deleting data from the Workload Archiving server
• Shutting down the Workload Archiving Server
• Configuring the Workload Archiving cyclic log collection
• Configuring retention parameters to prevent loss of archive data

You can also perform several procedures through Workload Archiving command line utilities, as described in Workload Archiving command line utilities.

After you have created a Workload Archiving policy and have configured the required settings, you can now perform an Archive search, as described in Control-M Workload Archiving.