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OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence vs SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...
Ranking in Mainframe Management
6th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (13th)
SYSVIEW Performance Intelli...
Ranking in Mainframe Management
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 2.6%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence is 14.7%, up from 11.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
it_user837528 - PeerSpot reviewer
I use the SMS space management extensively, and the features that allow me to look at dumps and dataset allocations
The things that I would think about would be in relation to JES3. However, I don't know if they'll be able to do much more with that because I don't know how much longer IBM is going to be supporting JES3. So I can understand not doing additional development. But if I were to suggest something it would be the JES3 initiators, the JES3 queues. It confuses a lot of people because there are so many features, but when they see me bouncing around they say, "I didn't know it did that, I didn't know it did that." It takes a long time to find all the different features that are available.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's very secure, because it's a legacy application."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"OPS/REXX is valuable because it allows us almost unlimited flexibility in automating our system."
"With the automation pieces we can bring this region up or take this region down, and it allows us to always meet our time critical requirements."
"Their technical support is incredible, immediately responsive, and even if it is not updated to Level 2 support sometimes, they chip in providing more detailed answers and options to fix the problem."
"Valuable features include: SSM, which provides for orderly startup and shutdown; OPSLOG, which enables filtering by message-id, and/or jobname(s); Rules, as OPS/REXX interface streamlines deployment, interfaces easily with JES2 and z/OS."
"​The follow-up surprised me. Making sure that I am happy with what I have gone to them on. They will call after I have made changes and verify that I am happy with the changes that I did have to make. If it did not fix the complete problem, they go back over it until I am satisfied.​"
"Between the tech support and the person I was working with, they have been extraordinary."
"We have not had any major issues in approximately 15 years."
"​The stability is very reliable. We have not had any issues."
"I also really appreciated all the work that everybody did to get it functional for JES3, and they continue to do so, even though IBM said they are going to do away with JES3."
"I use most of the SMS space management extensively, but also the features that enable me to look at dumps and different dataset allocations to the system, and performance data from the queueing and delays."
"Thresholds with alerts are valuable, enabling us to fix a problem before it has an impact."
"Ability for system diagnostics"
"The scalability is absolutely fine."
 

Cons

"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"​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."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"They are already working on improvements. One of them is the operational intelligence, which is a lot of stuff I am trying to learn and work on right now, which SYSVIEW reports to that all the system things which are going on."
"The things that I would think about would be in relation to JES3. However, I don't know if they'll be able to do much more with that because I don't know how much longer IBM is going to be supporting JES3. So I can understand not doing additional development. But if I were to suggest something it would be the JES3 initiators, the JES3 queues."
"The documentation, like installation guides and stuff, put it all in one place.​"
"If a unit of work ID is associated with a CICS, a DB2, and a MQ transaction, and having that capability correlate to those different technologies via one business application transaction which would be beneficial."
"It confuses a lot of people because there are so many features, but when they see me bouncing around they say, "I didn't know it did that, I didn't know it did that." It takes a long time to find all the different features that are available."
"​We are using Datacom as the database system, so maybe a little bit more integration with that.​"
"The documentation format could be better. I noticed with the last release that all of the manuals were bundled into one. It used to have a separate installation guide, user guide, etc."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing is a little steep, but there are a lot of other functions that it brings together. It gives you one window to look through to get to a lot of different features. The more products you have from CA, the better pricing they have, the more you can get them doing more things for you."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Logistics Company
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Also Known As

CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
CA SYSVIEW Performance Management, CA SYSVIEW, Unicenter CA-SYSVIEW Realtime Performance Management
 

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Sample Customers

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Tieto, Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU)
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