Now GA ! A new release of multiple products and suites that strengthen user’s visibility, control and management of the Z environment.
In the era of digital transformation, the amount of workload to be managed are increasing and the workload is less and less predictable, however IT management teams are being requested to keep the system and application resources up and running to sustain the business, while responding faster than in the past to the request for changes.
In the journey to cloud, with most enterprises are moving to a multi-cloud environment, a combination of public, private and dedicated cloud with some of the workloads and applications remaining on premise. As a consequence of this, there is a strong requirement and need to modernize applications on premise as well as to open them for easy integration with hybrid cloud applications.
The IBM Z Automation offerings are delivered in response to our customer – and cover key capabilities such as :
- IBM Z System Automation v 4.2 (formerly known as IBM System Automation for z/OS) introduces the concept of an Application template which enables the dynamic provisioning and de-provisioning of applications, in addition to other important improvements that increase the usability of the product.
- IBM Z NetView v 6.3 (formerly know as IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS) provides modernized access to interact with automation and network resources through RESTful APIs and through NetView-specific overview and domain details dashboards that are included in IBM Service Management Unite component of the suite.
- IBM Service Management Unite v 1.1.7, that is a customizable management dashboard, brings mainframe management information and tasks from disparate sources into a single environment, and is available as part of
Many enhancements are part of this new release, aimed to simplify the access to management tools as System Automation and NetView and not limited to them.
Other improvements are directly linked to new features and capabilities of the z15 and z/OS v 2.4:
- IBM Service Management Unite v1.1.7 Docker Runs on Native z/OS. Provision and support of a Service Management Unite Docker image that can be deployed to an IBM z/OS Container Extension environment in z/OS V2.4 on IBM z14 system hardware.
- IBM Z System Automation v 4.2 includes IBM z15 exploitation support for activating a temporary capacity record in support of System Recovery Boost to add reserved zIIP processors through the System Automation Base Control Program Internal Interface (SA-BCPii) via GDPS or through Processor Operations and automated triggering of System Recovery Boost at the begin of a system shutdown phase initiated with the INGREQ command or via GDPS.
All the above new releases are included in the new releases of
- IBM Z Service Automation Suite V1.2.0, that provides a robust automation solution for hardware, systems and subsystems, and applications and batch in an IBM Z environment. This solution integrates automation and scheduling processes for improved operational efficiency
- IBM Z Service Management Suite V1.6.0 , that provides an integrated service management layer to automate and monitor IBM Z environments that require a robust OMEGAMON monitoring solution.
The complete list of enhancements is available in the
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