BMC Control-M/Links for z/OS

Business Challenge

External events such as database management, online transactions, messages and commands are often linked to scheduling processes. To efficiently manage production scheduling while maximizing limited data center resources, organizations need to respond to such external events and perform the necessary business process flow actions.

Business Need

• Reduce manual intervention
• Optimize resources
• Assure a smooth scheduling flow
• Maximize productivity
• Manage external events and tasks

Our Solution

BMC Control-M/Links for z/OS is a comprehensive console automation and event management product designed to detect system events and provide automated response and availability management. It interacts with all aspects of system management to gather operations data that is then used to automatically drive the decision-making process in the production environment. This product is a subset of BMC Control-O.

Key Features & Benefits

• Reduces manual intervention and prevents crisis situations through automatic event detection
• Optimizes information throughput and maximizes resource use by providing vital user notification to individuals, groups and various destinations
• Increases productivity by coordinating external system events with the scheduling environment