BMC MainView Console Automation for zEnterprise

Benefit from an off-board, shutdown-to-startup monitoring and automation solution for System z

Secure and auditable remote access means no software is installed on the mainframe, and no special configuration on the mainframe is required.

This solution provides:

• Secure, password-controlled access to System z consoles using standard repositories, such as RACF, Active Directory, and LDAP
• Browser-based operations work bench that helps you consolidate, distribute, search, and scroll through console messages, including NIP/IPL
• Easy-to-use rule language that highlights or suppresses messages and alerts staff to critical situations
• Built-in support for BMC solutions, such as BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management

With BMC MainView Console Automation for zEnterprise, you can:

• Support data center consolidation, M&A activity, and follow-the-sun global strategies
• Reduce mainframe downtime and MTTR for IPL issues
• Enhance MIPS reduction efforts by running off the mainframe
• Maximize efficiency of operations staff without increasing budget
• Consolidate and distribute console messages based on user role, location, or area of responsibility
• Monitor and automate System z messages when the mainframe is IPLed, after and before the OS is running (NIP Console messages)
• Enable dynamic disaster recovery capabilities, allowing DR tests in remote locations to be run by local operations.