OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence Reviews

z/OS automation.

Once automatic IPL has been defined, anyone can perform an IPL with very little intervention. We know that all of the components will be started correctly.

Also, because we can define complex commands, the training of new operators is quicker. We can also put checks in place that will prevent user errors.

• Responding to various events in the system.
• Performing automatic IPL and shutdown.
• Verifying system status.

It makes our job, as operators, easier.

It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.

No stability issues.

No scalability issues.

Excellent. It’s quick, responsive, and there is no problem with asking "how-to" questions.

As the system became more complex, a solution was needed to make things simpler for operators and system programmers.

I’m not involved with these aspects.

Look at the samples. There is a lot of information there.

Also, this product has integration with CA-SYSVIEW, and they work great together.

We use it to look for jobs that are running late in our scheduling system. 

It can save money. If something is late, there are lots of dollars lost.

To help monitor our scheduling system, in case there is something late. 

I have never seen it go down unless we brought it down with the system.

I have not used the technical support.

I was not involved.

It is an easy product to use and it is stable.

The effectiveness and stability of the solution is something that we require and something that this solution delivers.

It’s a mature product that does what it’s supposed to do and does exactly what we bought it for.

I’m not aware of any complaints from my team; I hear nothing but good things. It was, however, a complex setup in the mainframe. Setup should be made much more straightforward.

After the initial setup, it's deployed without issue.

Today it handles everything very well. A while back, that wasn’t the case, but now it is and we are content with it.

It has adapted well to the mainframe, but we haven’t ported it to any other platform though.

Technical support is knowledgeable and responsive. Although they're not as proactive as I'd like them to be, it's has gotten better over the years. They seem to handle tickets only if it’s over a certain priority level, in which case they jump on it pretty quickly.

It was a complex setup in the mainframe environment. The product is feature rich, so you don’t know if you have it implemented correctly most of the time.

Make sure it’s the right product, get a strong proof of concept, and, importantly, get the right expertise.