The IBM Tivoli® System Automation family of products help reduce the frequency and duration of service disruptions with advanced policy-based automation to enable the high availability of critical applications and middleware running on a range of hardware platforms and operating systems.
Stand alone event automation solutions for critical z/OS workloads
Host automation solution based on Tivoli NetView, includes I/O and processor operations
Operating system
Platform Compatibility
z/OS
z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, Linux on System z
Scalability
A very efficient manager of automation within a single z/OS image and will support any size workload on that image
Provides ultimate scalability by allowing an organization to expand the number of operating system images that can be managed from a central automation manager
Licensing
Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs
Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs
Upgrade path
Provides no immediate upgrade path beyond z/OS
Provides the opportunity to upgrade to end to end automation and application high availability through the use of SA MP and SA Application Manager
Key features
Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS
Tivoli System Automation for z/OS
Responds to information from IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON monitors and other tools using REXX-based routines
Suppresses, reroutes, highlights and manages console messages
Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Portal
Monitors and controls processor hardware and VM guest systems operations
Ships with plug and play automation policy modules for major IBM and non-IBM middleware and applications
Controls the start up and shut-down of tasks and batch jobs, as well as devices such as initiators, tape drives and printers
Automatic response to console messages requiring a reply from an operator (WTORs)
Provides a single point of control for managing connectivity in your active I/O configurations
Subsystem Logging Facility (SLF)
Parallel Sysplex Integrating with IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
Integrating with IBM Tivoli System Automation for Integrated Operations Management
Monitors and controls system operations applications and subsystems
Out-of-the-box automated message management is included for many commercial applications and z/OS components
