CLS SCHEDULER, SYSTEM_MANAGEMENT, CPU Class Scheduling CPU class scheduling has long been available on IBM operating systems. This capability was implemented as of OpenVMS V6.0 within the OpenVMS scheduler although it has not received the amount of attention that it deserves. Hooks are available for customers to write their own CPU class scheduling policies. This article discusses some potential uses of class scheduling and the callouts available to system programmers for writing a class scheduler policy. A sample CPU class scheduler is provided.