BMC MAINVIEW for Linux - Servers

Manage performance and availability of z/Linux and z/VM business applications

IT problem

The complexity of managing an environment with hundreds of  z/Linux instances and quickly identifying  which applications are impacted when there are systems problems. In addition the need to monitor the health of  z/Linux systems from a single console and have critical integrated diagnostics to remediate z/Linux and z/VM  performance problems.

 BMC solution

MAINVIEW for Linux - Servers monitors the performance and availability of key components across all z/Linux instances and related z/VM systems. It provides rapid drill down  to a specific z/Linux instance for detailed analysis and problem resolution. It delivers  real-time information and statistics on system and application availability and performance thus  quickly diagnosing and solving  problems. Tight integration with other MAINVIEW products allows effective management of z/Linux as a part of the entire zSeries platform and enables  management of z/ Linux workload growth.

Features and benefits

• Provides real-time and historical information on system activity, process activity, user information, shared memory, message queue, and semaphore statistics and z/VM (hypervisor) performance information amongst many others
• Manages both z/VM and z/Linux with extensive command line and flexible script action capabilities
• Accepts optional Velocity data feed for z/VM and z/Linux data capture
• Supplies integration from MAINVIEW AutoOPERATOR for command and response Execs from z/OS

Key differentiators

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