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IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager vs OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Business Service...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
13th
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 2.4%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

RH
The most valuable feature for my team is the ability to taken event feeds from all/any source tool and put them in a single pane of glass. It's being replaced for our work by another Tivoli tool.
TBSM is being replaced for our work by another Tivoli tool - DASH. This replacement will address the biggest area of improvement. We need the most commonly leveraged real-time metric trends from the source tools in the same pane of glass as the event stream is presenting, and DASH gives a way to do that with logical grouping by type & app.
it_user351621 - PeerSpot reviewer
The ability to use command rules is great when our operators have repetitive tasks, but we'd like to automate off of different highlighted messages without actually knowing what the message is.
One of the things we've been wanting to do is to be able to automate off of different highlighted messages without actually knowing what the message is. For example, we'd like to be able to create some generic automation when we receive a warning or alert message to allow, if nothing else, the automation team to know so we can contact the product owner. If there's something we can do to automate or expedite notification to the proper people, we want to try to do that.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency."
"It allows us to respond faster to issues. If there are issues that come out, we're able to capture a message and alert somebody about it."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"It's very secure, because it's a legacy application."
"If something breaks and it goes down when it's not supposed to, automation brings it right back up."
"It alerts the operators when it is time to repair the communications and the IPLs."
"OPS/REXX is valuable because it allows us almost unlimited flexibility in automating our system."
"The documentation is simple, easy to follow, and use. A limited, first-time systems programmer can do it, in that it is out-of-the-box almost functional."
"The performance of it is beyond exceptional. It is probably one of the best products that I have ever worked with. It is easy to use, comprehensive, and can perform almost any task you need it to."
 

Cons

"This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate."
"The reason sometimes it is not stable, we do not have the expertise to write the script.​"
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"Performing a stop/restart of OPS/MVS could be a little smoother. Without special coding, some undesired tasks will be started and some necessary tasks will be stopped if we have to bounce OPS/MVS during the day."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"​It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.​"
"Some of the command sequences are too long."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
27%
Logistics Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

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Also Known As

Tivoli Business Service Manager, BSM
CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
 

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