IBM Business Monitor for z/OS , V7.5 delivers real-time,
end-to-end business operations, transactions, and process monitoring for IBM middleware
infrastructure
IBM United States
Software Announcement 211-063
April 5, 2011
New capabilities for Business Monitor for z/OS®, V7.5 include:
- Built-in tooling and run-time support for integrated monitoring of IBM® Process
Manager Standard Edition (formerly WebSphere® Lombardi Edition)
- Fully integrated Cognos® Business Intelligence Server V10.1.0.1 for
analysis and reporting on historical data
- Fine-grained security for dimensional, KPI, and instance data: enable
or prevent anyone, based on any category, to see any information depth or
detail that is relevant to them
- Enhanced business user customization of data filtering, dashboard controls &
reports, and alerts
- Numerous deployment and operational improvements
For ordering, contact Your IBM representative or an IBM Business Partner.
For more information contact the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255).
Reference: LE001
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IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5 (formerly IBM WebSphere Business
Monitor for z/OS)
is a comprehensive business activity monitoring (BAM) software offering that
is tightly integrated with the IBM middleware portfolio of IBM Business Process
Manager (IBM BPM),
BRMS1, SOA2, and transactional solutions.
Built-in tooling support and run-time event hooks for products including,
but not limited to, IBM Integration Designer, WebSphere ILOG® JRules BRMS, WebSphere Message Broker, IBM BPM, and IBM CICS®,
plus the ability to monitor third-party application events, allows IT to provide
business users and managers with an end-to-end, real-time, and historical
view of their entire business operation at any level of detail. It provides
customizable dashboards that calculate and display key performance indicators
(KPIs) and metrics derived from business transactions, processes, business
activity data, and business events.
Business users can view these KPIs, metrics, and alerts through various
means including lightweight web interfaces, mobile devices, and corporate
portals, and can drill into specific transaction and process instances. These
capabilities offer business users and managers immediate actionable information
and insight into their business operations to mitigate problems or take advantage
of opportunities.
Business Monitor for z/OS enables IT to empower their business to increase
revenue and reduce costs:
- Increase revenue: Real-time operational visibility may increase
sales by, for example, identifying business opportunities early to gain competitive
advantage, and improving customer satisfaction through improved customer service
and faster operational response times.
- Reduce costs: Real-time operational visibility may decrease costs
by, for example, ensuring critical business processes meet commitments to
customers, identifying inefficiencies in processes, ensuring key business
metrics meet targets, or improving operational planning based on volume analysis.
Business Monitor for z/OS implementations are relatively low cost and low
risk and provide a relatively high return on investment:
- Low risk: Mission-critical systems and/or process flows are not
"changing." IT is simply instrumenting systems that are already in place or
are being developed
- Low cost: Most implementations take three to six months with two
to three IT developers.
- High return on investment: Studies show high quantifiable IT value
delivered to IT budget.
Business Monitor for z/OS significantly reduces the time and cost needed
to implement a Business Intelligence solution for IBM middleware customers:
- The combination of built-in tooling and runtime event/message collection
support for the IBM middleware
portfolio of products along with the integration of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides
for a replacement of the traditional Extract Transform Load data warehousing
process, saving IT significant time and cost.
New capabilities in Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5
- Improved tooling and run-time support for monitoring of IBM Business Process
Manager (the follow on product to WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Lombardi
Edition), including playback support and IBM Process Center integration.
- Cognos Business
Intelligence V10.1.0.1 for advanced analysis and reporting on historical data
are seamlessly integrated into Monitor's development, administration and business
user experience.
- Fine-grained security for dimensional, KPI, and instance data enable or
prevent anyone, based on any category, to see any information depth or detail
that is relevant to them.
- Includes enhanced business user customization of data filtering and dashboard
controls & reports.
- A single monitor model may now execute concurrently on all members of
a cluster, providing for significant scalability improvements resulting in
much higher rates of events that can be processed per second.
- Includes a tooling wizard for easier correlation of events across processes
that include sub-processes.
- A number of deployment and operational improvements include:
- High-performance purging of unwanted data for improved overall performance
- A utility to help administrators consolidate old monitor model versions
and associated data over to a new monitor model version
- A documented Disaster Recovery strategy that describes how to back up
Monitor data so that your customer can quickly restore their system
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- Business Rule Management Systems
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- Service-oriented architecture
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Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 delivers real-time, end-to-end business operations,
transactions, and process monitoring for IBM middleware infrastructure.
New accelerated development of end-to-end business
monitoring solutions
Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 continues to make it easier for IT to provide
their business with the real-time and historical business information they
require. With built-in tooling and run-time support already in place for WebSphere ILOG JRules, IBM adapters, CICS, IMS™,
Filenet P8, WebSphere Business
Events, WebSphere Enterprise
Service Bus, WebSphere Message
Broker, WebSphere MQ
Workflow, IBM BPM,
and WebSphere Sensor
Events, Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 now adds:
- Auto-generation of a complete monitor model and dashboard for IBM BPM Standard
-- For those customers who have a current or future need to monitor information
outside of their Standard Edition-generated processes, Business Monitor now
provides a turnkey, yet customable, dashboard experience that is stored in
Process Center. No Integration Designer is needed.
- Accelerated dashboards for IBM BPM Advanced. Events from both BPEL
and BPMN engines carry the instance identifiers that are needed for cross-engine
correlation, making it easier to create the monitor model that will follow
each process from start to finish (including any sub-processes). Users can
drill down to see activity status, user assignments, and so on, as well as
see all the business level information against which the process is executing.
New integrated Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1.0.1
- The combination of built-in tooling and runtime event/message collection
support for the IBM middleware
portfolio of products along with the integration of Cognos Business Intelligence provides
for a replacement of the traditional Extract Transform Load data warehousing
process. This saves IT significant time and cost when implementing a Business
Intelligence solution for an IBM middleware-based enterprise architecture.
- Cognos' advanced analysis and reporting capabilities are integrated into
Business Monitor's development, administration and business user experience
providing for a significant improvement in reporting capabilities on monitor-created
data, including rolling time periods, drag-and-drop re-ordering, report preview,
and many other powerful report editing tools.
New enhanced security and business user capabilities
- "Fine-grained" security for Business Monitor data that enables or prevents
viewing of any information depth or detail, based on any category. From instances
to KPIs to dimensional data to metrics to alert templates to cube dimensions
and measures, Business Monitor can now be configured to enable or prevent
access based on any category, based on users/groups defined in Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), another application, or defined within Business
Monitor itself.
- Enhanced business user customization of data filtering and dashboard controls &
reports. New enhancements include improved date & time, and/or, data-assist,
and persistent search/filtering, amongst others.
New enhanced scalability, deployment and operational
functionality
- Full scalability to multiple machines in a cluster or multiple servant
regions on a z/OS server
- A number of deployment and operational improvements, including:
- Improved logging capabilities for deployment troubleshooting
- High-performance purging of unwanted data for improved overall performance
- A utility for the batch transfer of instances when migrating to a new
version
- A documented Disaster Recovery strategy that describes how to back up
Business Monitor data to quickly restore it
New user interface capabilities via an upgrade to Business
Space V7.5
IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5 is upgraded to the new Business Space V7.5 component, including these
enhancements:
- Major usability enhancements
- Improved page-to-page navigation, including graphical tooling for contextual
page discovery and linking
- Completely customizable themes and rebranding, including broader support
for CSS and HTML page restyling, banner customization, and web-based Distributed
Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) for easier editing, managing, and deployment
of the docs and files that define the theme
- Complete banner customization, including remove/hide based on a user's
access rights
- Support for custom layouts. Create any number of rows, columns, and so
on.
- Widget personalization persistence: in addition to being able to share
spaces and pages between multiple users, individual users can now save their
own preferences for widgets on those pages as well.
- For those customers using or considering WebSphere Portal V7.0, the Business
Space V7.5 component is now a part of Portal's IBM universal hub, for unified page presentation
of components developed with different tools and frameworks:
- Seamlessly mix and wire together Business Space iWidgets with Portal Portlets
on the same Portal page.
- Quickly register local and remote iWidgets in Portal for aggregation and
use with native Portlets
- Include other WebSphere Portal V7.0 innovations and new features
- Blog and wiki templates: Easily add popular social features with out-of-the-box
blog and wiki content templates provided for WebSphere Portal Enable, WebSphere Portal
Extend, and WebSphere Portal Express®.
- Tagging and rating: Easily empower users to organize and evaluate content
using the tagging and rating feature within the page builder theme.
- Virtualization support: Includes full VMware support for replication of
operating systems configured with WebSphere Portal.
- Multiple profile support speeds up and simplifies administrator's ability
to create a portal farm and clustered environment for increased scalability.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing
details on accessibility compliance can be requested at
- http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
Value Unit-based pricing
Value Unit pricing for eligible IBM System z® IBM International Program License Agreement
(IPLA) programs enables a lower cost of incremental growth and enterprise
aggregation. Each System z IPLA product with Value Unit pricing has
a single price per Value Unit and a conversion matrix, called Value Unit Exhibit,
for converting from some designated measurement to Value Units. Most commonly,
Millions of Service Units (MSUs) is the measurement designated by IBM to be converted
to Value Units. Some other measurements are engines or messages. Since MSUs
are the most common measurement, that measurement will be used for the remainder
of this description.
Value Unit pricing offers price benefits for you. For each System z IPLA
program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program needed to satisfy
applicable IBM terms
and conditions is referred to as the required license capacity. Each
of the various Value Unit Exhibits stipulate that the larger your required
license capacity, the fewer Value Units per MSU you will need. Value Unit
Exhibits are uniquely identified by a three digit code and referred to using
the nomenclature VUExxx, where xxx is the three digit code.
Subsequent acquisitions of Value Unit priced programs offer additional
price benefits. The quantity of each System z IPLA program that you have
acquired is referred to as entitled license capacity. If you wish
to grow your entitled license capacity for a System z IPLA program, the calculation
to determine additional needed Value Units is based upon the number of Value
Units already acquired.
For each System
z IPLA program with Value Unit pricing, you should:
- Determine the required license capacity, in MSUs
- Aggregate the MSUs across the enterprise
- Convert the total MSUs to Value Units, using the applicable Value Unit
Exhibit
- Multiply the price per Value Unit by the total number of Value Units to
determine the total cost
To simplify conversion from the designated measurement to Value Units or
vice-versa, use the Value Unit Converter Tool. For additional information
or to obtain a copy of the Value Unit Converter Tool, visit the Value Unit
Converter Tool website
- http://ibm.com/zseries/swprice/vuctool
Note that Value Units of a given product cannot be exchanged, interchanged,
or aggregated with Value Units of another product.
To determine the required license capacity for the System z IPLA program you selected,
refer to the Terms and conditions section.
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IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS provides
comprehensive BAM that is the aggregation, analysis, and presentation of real-time
operational, transactional, and process information collected from internal
systems and sources, and also those involving client's partners, and third
parties. BAM is both a starting point and a major capability for IBM software for
BPM, which is a discipline combining software capabilities and business expertise
to accelerate process improvements.
Process change is enhanced by SOA, a flexible IT architecture that accelerates
the creation and reuse of business services to facilitate business innovation.
The design of BAM is to deliver real-time information about the status and
results of various operations, processes, and transactions to help business
leaders and managers make smarter business decisions, address problem areas
quickly, and manage resources more effectively. BAM systems are driven by
business events, fed directly from integration software or from BPM software.
IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS allows
IT to enable business users and managers to track their entire business operation
on a single dashboard, receive alerts, and subsequently drill down to the
lowest level of instance detail. Real-time information from any application
can be captured for true end-to-end monitoring, enabling business users to
take immediate action to remedy anomalous situations, take advantage of emerging
business opportunities, and improve operations for improved customer satisfaction
and improved business results. Studies have shown that real-time visibility
solutions significantly increase revenue and decrease costs.
Rich analytics, via Cognos BI V10.1.0.1, also help business users analyze
historical and operational data with the goal of improving performance and
making smarter decisions. Predictive capabilities enable business users to
act before a problem or opportunity presents itself. Additional products that
interact with and support IBM Business Monitor for z/OS include:
- Business Process Manager - A single BPM platform that combines the human-centric
and integration-centric capabilities. It provides business users with a single,
scalable platform designed for every aspect of business process automation,
optimization, and improvement. A high-performance business engine to help
choreograph and automate business processes.
- Blueworks Live - A BPM "platform as a service" offering that promotes
business process design, simulation, and mapping through teaming and collaboration
in a cloud environment.
- WebSphere Decision
Server - A combination of the most comprehensive set of business rule management
capabilities on the market and WebSphere Business Events for process
events, patterns, and correlation.
The business rule management system
enables organizations to define, deploy, monitor, and maintain the variety
and complexity of decision logic used by operational systems. It allows decision
logic to be extracted and managed separately from core application code, so
it can be easily understood, maintained, and reused across organizations.
Business experts can define and manage decision logic, reducing the amount
of time and effort required to update decision logic in production systems,
increasing an organization's ability to respond to changes in the business
environment.
- Integration Designer - One tool, one set of skills based on business-driven
design principles for discovering, authoring (building), and integrating process,
mediation, adapter, and component services.
- IBM BPM
Industry Packs - Delivers BPM-based solutions that are further solidified
with the help of industry standards based SOA assets to ensure improved time-to-value,
consistency, and reuse. These assets are useful across the process lifecycle.
- WebSphere Business
Events - Enables earlier detection of business situations, providing more
intelligent insight for timely and effective business decisions.
- Case Manager - Delivers unified platform for Enterprise Content Management
(ECM) that includes at its core Filenet Business Process Manager for content-based
processes and case handling scenarios.
- CICS -
Delivers a family of application servers and connectors that provides industrial-strength,
online transaction management and connectivity for mission-critical applications.
- WebSphere Adapters
- Allows customers to create integrated processes that exchange information
between enterprise resource planning (ERP), human resource (HR), customer
relationship management (CRM), and supply chain systems. These adapters service
enable customer applications by connecting them to the IBM Connectivity products, which power your
customer's SOA.
- WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository - Provides clear visibility into service associations
and relationships, while encouraging reuse of services to avoid duplication
and reduce cost.
- WebSphere Enterprise
Service Bus - Applies web services connectivity and service-oriented integration
to power your customer's SOA, and improves flexibility through the adoption
of service-oriented interfaces. It supports hundreds of ISV solutions via WebSphere Adapters.
- WebSphere Message
Broker - Delivers an advanced enterprise service bus providing connectivity
and universal data transformation.
- WebSphere Partner
Gateway - Delivers customer-required, business-to-business enablement to integrate
or extend applications and processes with those of organizations Business
Partners, for both sell-side and buy-side. It offers an environment for creating
and managing supply chain partners that are being integrated into the business,
as well as providing the support to send and receive multiple data types over
multiple choices of protocols and transport layers.
- WebSphere DataPower® SOA
Appliances - Represent an important element in the IBM holistic approach to SOA. IBM SOA appliances
are purpose-built, easy-to-deploy network devices that simplify, help secure,
and accelerate your customer's XML and web services deployments while extending
their SOA infrastructure.
- WebSphere MQ
Workflow - Supports long-running business process workflows as they interact
with systems and people. It automates and tracks business processes in accordance
with business design and provides integration processes with rich support
for human interactions.
- IBM Rational® Asset
Manager -- Helps create, modify, govern, find, and reuse any type of development
assets, including SOA, systems development assets, process models, and monitoring
models.
- IBM Rational Application
Developer -- Comprehensive Eclipse-based rapid application development for
software developers to quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile, and
deploy high-quality Java™ and J2EE, Portal, web, web services,
and SOA applications.
- Cognos Business
Intelligence V10.1.0.1 -- Delivers the complete range of business intelligence
capabilities on a single SOA-based platform. Includes author, share, and use
reports that draw on data across all enterprise sources for better business
decisions.
- WebSphere Sensor
Events -- Delivers the platform for integrating new sensor data, identifying
the relevant business events from that data using situational event processing,
and then integrating and acting upon those events with SOA business processes.
Additional products and services that can be sold or used to enhance the
value of this solution:
- IBM Software
Services for WebSphere methodology
and services -- The open BPM framework and engagement model is based on IBM best
practices, and includes methods, assessments, and service engagement points.
- IBM Global
Business Services® (GBS) is the professional services arm of Global Services,
including management consulting, systems integration, and application management
services. Through IBM's extensive industry experience, business process expertise,
and wealth of intellectual capital, GBS delivers business value and innovation
to customers.
- IBM Information
Framework (IFW) process models combine prebuilt banking industry process templates
and banking best practice processes with intellectual capital in a set of
business models.
- IBM Insurance
Application Architecture (IAA) transforms business processes by integrating
applications and processes across lines of business, offerings, channels,
and systems to improve customer satisfaction and overall effectiveness.
- IBM Lotus® ActiveInsight™ helps
organizations define and communicate goals, view real-time metrics, and track
actions via composite, role-based dashboards and scorecards, thus helping
to improve overall performance.
- IBM Benchmark
Wizard is part of IBM GBS and provides processed-based performance measurement
data on demand to help customers more quickly get started with measuring KPIs
and Key Agility Indicators (KAIs). The Benchmark Wizard is part of the IBM GBS
Benchmark Program.
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For information on IBM Business Process Manager V7.5, refer to Software
Announcement 211-092, dated April 5, 2011.
For information on IBM Business Process Manager Industry Packs V7.5, refer
to Software Announcement 211-082, dated April 05, 2011
For information on IBM Business Monitor V7.5, refer to Software Announcement 211-077, dated April 5, 2011.
For information on WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V7.5, refer to
Software Announcement 211-075, dated April 5, 2011.
For information on WebSphere Service Registry and Repository V7.5,
refer to Software Announcement 211-084, dated April 05, 2011
For information on WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for z/OS,
V7.5, refer to Software Announcement 211-085, dated April 5, 2011.
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Availability
Description Language date
IBM Business Multilingual June 17, 2011
Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 (French, Russian, Hebrew,
Arabic, Korean,
Chinese-Simplified,
Spanish,
Portuguese-Brazilian,
German, Japanese,
Chinese-Traditional,
Hungarian, English
U.S., Greek, Turkish, Czech,
Italian, Polish,
Romanian)
Note: Cognos-based report viewing does not support Hebrew, Turkish and
Arabic languages. Reports will be displayed in English for those languages.
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Program Name Program Number
IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 5655-W11
Product identification number
Subscription and
Program PID number Support PID number
5655-W11 5655-W12
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IBM training
provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for
IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training website
- http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/
The link to the WebSphere Education customer portal gives students
easy access to all of the IBM courses and training paths
- http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/
Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs,
schedules, and enrollments.
For additional information visit
- http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/curriculum/bpm/index.html
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Product information is available via the Offering Information website
- http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi
Business Partner information
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM,
you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement.
A PartnerWorld® ID
and password are required (use IBM ID).
- https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/mem/sla.jsp?num=211-063
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IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5 documentation is shipped in an information center, which can be viewed
from a web browser with Internet access or run locally. A local copy of the
information center can be installed using the IBM Business Monitor installation program.
Any new V7.5 documentation can then be added to that locally installed information
center.
On June 17, 2011, the online version of the IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5 information
center will be available at
- http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v7r5mx/index.jsp
Portions of the documentation for IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, will be
translated and available within thirty 30 days of product availability.
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
- Any hardware that supports z/OS 1.10, 1.11, and 1.12
- DVD-ROM Drive (required for DVD media, not downloadable images)
Software requirements
Supported operating systems
The following operating systems are supported:
- z/OS,
V1.10 (64-bit only)
- z/OS,
V1.11 (64-bit only)
- z/OS,
V1.12 (64-bit only)
Base application server requirements
- WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment V7.0.0.17, for z/OS with the XML Feature Pack 1.0.0.9
- WebSphere Enterprise
Service Bus for z/OS,
V7.5
Supported data bases:
- DB2® for z/OS,
V8.1
- DB2 for z/OS,
V9.1
- DB2 for z/OS,
V10.1
Any LDAP directory server that supports the LDAP V3 specification rfc 2251
is supported unless specific LDAP is noted on unsupported page.
Supported Web browsers
The following browsers are supported when running on a Windows® operating
systems:
- Internet Explorer 7.0
- Internet Explorer 8.0
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Security
Resource Access Control Facility (RACF®)
The program's specifications and specified operating environment information
may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such
as a README file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation
and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.
Companion products
IBM products
enabled for event monitoring
IBM Business
Monitor can be used to monitor any package of information flowing from an
application or system that is formatted via XML/JMS.
The following products have been pre-enabled to emit events specifically
for IBM Business
Monitor:
- IBM BPM
V7.5
- WebSphere Process
Server V6.1 or later
- WebSphere ESB
V6.1 or later
- WebSphere Message
Broker V6.1.0.3 or later
- WebSphere ILog
JRules BRMS V7.1 with Support Pac LB01
- WebSphere MQ
Workflow V3.6 with Service Pack 6 or later
- WebSphere Application
Adapters V6.2 or later
- WebSphere Business
Events V6.2 or later
- WebSphere Sensor
Events V6.2 or later
- WebSphere DataPower XI50
or XI50B
- CICS V4.1
or later
- IMS V11
or later
- Filenet P8 V4.0 or later
Limitations
Cognos does
not support z/OS at
this time. A separately purchased and installed Cognos BI V10.1.0.1 offering on a supported
platform can be seamlessly accessed remotely by IBM Business Monitor for z/OS.
Cognos does
not support dynamic query mode for DB2 on z/OS at this time. For those customers
requiring dimensional reports based on DB2 on z/OS databases, we recommend continuing
to use the embedded Alphablox® component.
Planning information
Direct customer support
Direct customer support is provided by IBM Operational
Support Services - SoftwareXcel. This fee service enhances your productivity
by providing voice and electronic access into the IBM support organization. IBM Operational
Support Services - SoftwareXcel helps answer questions pertaining to usage
and suspected software defects for eligible products.
Installation and technical support is provided by Global
Services. For more information call 800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968).
For technical support or assistance, contact your IBM representative
or visit
- http://www.ibm.com/support
Packaging
IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5 includes:
- Program directory (GI11-9819-01)
- License document (LC23-5087-01)
- IBM Business
Monitor development toolkit DVD (LCD8-1473-01)
- IBM Business
Monitor test environment DVD (LCD8-1474-01)
This program, when downloaded from a website, contains the applicable IBM license
agreement and License Information, if appropriate, and will be presented for
acceptance at the time of installation of the program. For future reference,
the license and License Information will be stored in a directory such as
LICENSE.TXT.
Security, auditability, and control
IBM Business
Monitor uses the security and auditability features of the host hardware or
software.
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation
of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls
in application systems and communication facilities.
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IBM Software
Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs.
You can leverage the deep technical skills of our lab-based, software services
team and the business consulting, project management, and infrastructure expertise
of our IBM Global
Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business
Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities. Together, we provide
the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and technology leadership
to support a wide range of critical business needs.
To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software Services
sales specialist, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-services/
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Charge metric
PID Charge unit
Program name number description
IBM Business Monitor 5655-W11 Value unit
for z/OS, V7.5
Install
Install is a unit of measure by which the Program can be licensed. An Install
is an installed copy of the Program on a physical or virtual disk made available
to be executed on a computer. Licensee must obtain an entitlement for each
Install of the Program.
The programs in this announcement all have Value Unit-Based pricing.
Program number Program name Value Unit exhibit
5655-W11 IBM Business Monitor VUE007
for z/OS, V7.5
Value Unit exhibit VUE007
MSUs MSUs
minimum maximum Value Units/MSU
Base 1 3 1
Tier A 4 45 0.45
Tier B 46 175 0.36
Tier C 176 315 0.27
Tier D 316 + 0.2
Value Units for mainframes without MSU ratings:
Hardware Value Units/machine
MP3000 H30 6
MP3000 H50 8
MP3000 H70 12
ESL models 2
Ordering example
The total number of Value Units is calculated according to the following
example.
If your required license capacity is 1,500 MSUs for your selected System z IPLA
product, the applicable Value Units would be:
Translation from MSUs to Value Units
MSUs * Value Units/MSU = Value Units
Base 3 * 1.00 = 3.00
Tier A 42 * .45 = 18.90
Tier B 130 * .36 = 46.80
Tier C 140 * .27 = 37.80
Tier D 1,185 * .20 = 237.00
Total 1,500 343.50
When calculating the total number of Value Units, the sum is to be rounded
up to the next integer.
Ordering z/OS through the Internet
ShopzSeries provides an easy way to plan and order
your z/OS ServerPac
or CBPDO. It will analyze your current installation, determine the correct
product migration, and present your new configuration based on z/OS. Additional
products can also be added to your order (including determination of whether
all product requisites are satisfied). ShopzSeries is available in the U.S.
and several countries in Europe. In countries where ShopzSeries is not available
yet, contact your IBM representative (or IBM Business Partner) to handle your order
via the traditional IBM ordering process. For more details and availability,
visit the ShopzSeries website at
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/ShopzSeries/ShopzSeries.jsp
Program name - IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5
Program number - 5655-W11
Entitlement
identifier Description License option/pricing metric
S0160NK IBM Business Monitor Basic OTC, per MSU-Day TUC
for z/OS, V7.5
Basic license
Translation from MSUs to Value Units
MSUs Value Units/MSU
Base 1-3 1.00
Tier A 4-45 0.45
Tier B 46-175 0.36
Tier C 176-315 0.27
Tier D 316+ 0.20
To order, specify the program product number and the appropriate license
or charge option. Also, specify the desired distribution medium. To suppress
shipment of media, select the license-only option in CFSW.
Program name: IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5
Program PID: 5655-W11
Entitlement
identifier Description License option/Pricing metric
S0160NK IBM Business Monitor Basic OTC, per Value Unit
for z/OS, V7.5
Orderable
supply ID Language Distribution medium
S016P6T MUL 3590 Tape Cartridge
Media feature code = 6001
Subscription and Support PID: 5655-W12
Entitlement
identifier Description License option/Pricing metric
S0160NL IBM Business Monitor Basic ASC, Value Units SW S&S
for z/OS No charge, decline SW S&S
Subscription & Support Per MSU SW S&S Registration
V1.1.0
Orderable
supply ID Language Distribution medium
S0160NN English Hardcopy Pubs
Media feature code = 6000
Subscription and Support
To receive voice technical support via telephone and future releases and
versions at no additional charge, Subscription and Support must be ordered.
The capacity of Subscription and Support (Value Units) must be the same as
the capacity ordered for the product licenses.
To order, specify the Subscription and Support program number (PID) referenced
above and the appropriate license or charge option.
IBM is
also providing Subscription and Support for these products via a separately
purchased offering under the terms of the IBM International Agreement for Acquisition
of Software Maintenance (IAASM). This offering:
- Includes and extends the support services provided in the base support
to include technical support via telephone.
- Entitles you to future releases and versions, at no additional charge.
Note that you are not entitled to new products.
When Subscription and Support is ordered, the charges will automatically
renew annually unless cancelled by you.
The combined effect of the IPLA license and the Agreement for Acquisition
of Software Maintenance gives you rights and support services comparable to
those under the traditional ICA S/390® and System z license or its equivalent.
To ensure that you continue to enjoy the level of support you are used to
in the ICA business model, you must order both the license for the
program and the support for the selected programs at the same Value
Unit quantities.
Single version charging
To elect single version charging, you must notify and identify to IBM the prior
program and replacement program, and the machine the programs are operating
on.
Customized Offerings
Product deliverables are shipped only via CBPDO, ServerPac, SystemPac®.
CBPDO and ServerPac are offered for Internet delivery in countries where
ShopzSeries product ordering is available. Internet delivery reduces software
delivery time and allows you to install software without the need to handle
tapes. For more details on Internet delivery, refer to the ShopzSeries help
information at
- http://www.software.ibm.com/ShopzSeries
You choose the delivery method when you order the software. IBM recommends
Internet delivery. In addition to Internet and DVD, the supported tape delivery
options for CBPDO, ServerPac, and SystemPac, include:
Most products can be ordered in ServerPac and SystemPac the month following their
availability on CBPDO. z/OS can be ordered via all three offerings at general
availability. Production of software product orders will begin on the planned
general availability date.
- CBPDO shipments will begin one week after general availability.
- ServerPac shipments will begin two weeks
after general availability
- SystemPac shipments
will begin four weeks after general availability due to additional customization,
and data input verification.
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The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and
convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction
with IBM are
contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International
Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage® Agreement,
and the IBM Agreement
for Acquisition of Software Maintenance.
Licensing
IBM International
Program License Agreement including the License Information document and Proof
of Entitlement (PoE) govern your use of the program. PoEs are required for
all authorized use.
Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance
The IBM Agreement
for Acquisition of Software Maintenance (Z125-6011) applies for Software Subscription
and Support (Software Maintenance) and does not require customer signatures.
These programs are licensed under the IBM Program License Agreement (IPLA) and
the associated Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance, which provide
for support with ongoing access to releases and versions of the program.
These programs have a one-time license charge for use of the program and an
annual renewable charge for the enhanced support that includes telephone assistance
(voice support for defects during normal business hours), as well as access
to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in
effect.
License Information form number
IBM Business
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5: L-DJEN-8DEQT7
The program's License Information will be available for review on the IBM Software
License Agreement website
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
Limited warranty applies
Yes
Limited warranty
IBM warrants
that when the program is used in the specified operating environment, it will
conform to its specifications. The warranty applies only to the unmodified
portion of the program. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation
of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects. You are responsible
for the results obtained from the use of the program.
IBM provides
you with access to IBM databases containing information on known program
defects, defect corrections, restrictions, and bypasses at no additional charge.
For further information, consult the IBM Software Support Handbook found
at
- http://www.ibm.com/support/handbook
IBM will
maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee
acquires the program (warranty period).
Program support
Enhanced support, called Subscription and Support, includes telephone assistance,
as well as access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long
as support is in effect. You will be notified of discontinuance of support
with 12 months' notice.
Money-back guarantee
If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the
original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it,
if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE
to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you
may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to
obtain the refund.
For clarification, note that for programs acquired under any of IBM's On/Off
Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD) software offerings, this term does not apply
since these offerings apply to programs already acquired and in use by you.
Volume orders (IVO)
No
Passport Advantage applies
No
Usage restriction
Yes
For additional information, refer to the License Information document that
is available on the IBM Software License Agreement website
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
Software Subscription and Support (Software Maintenance)
applies
No. For operating system software, the revised IBM Operational
Support Services - SoftwareXcel offering will provide support for those operating
systems and associated products that are not available with the Software Subscription
and Support (Software Maintenance) offering.
This will ensure total support coverage for your enterprise needs, including IBM and
selected non-IBM products. For complete lists of products supported under
both the current and revised offering, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/services/sl/products
IBM Operational Support Services - SoftwareXcel
No
System i Software Maintenance applies
No
Variable charges apply
No
Educational allowance available
Yes. A 15% education allowance applies to qualified
education institution customers.
Sub-capacity terms and conditions
For each System
z IPLA program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program
needed to satisfy applicable IBM terms and conditions is referred to as the required
license capacity. Your required license capacity is based upon the following
factors:
- The System
z IPLA program you select
- The applicable Value Unit Exhibit
- The applicable terms
- Whether your current mainframes are full-capacity or sub-capacity
For more information on the Value Unit Exhibit for the System z IPLA
program you selected, refer to the Ordering information section.
Program
number Program name Terms
5655-W11 IBM Business Execution-based
Monitor for z/OS,
V7.5
Full-capacity mainframes
In cases where full capacity is applicable, the following terms apply.
Execution-based, z/OS-based, full-machine-based: The required capacity
of a System
z IPLA program with these terms equals the MSU-rated capacity of the
machines where the System z IPLA program executes.
For more information on mainframe MSU-rated capacities, visit
- http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/swpriceinfo/
Reference-based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA
program with these terms equals the license capacity of the applicable monthly
license charge (MLC) program. This MLC program is called the parent program.
Sub-capacity mainframes
In cases where sub-capacity is applicable, the following terms apply.
Execution-based: The required capacity of a System z IPLA sub-capacity program
with these terms equals the capacity of the LPARs where the System z IPLA
program executes.
z/OS-based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA program with these terms
equals the license capacity of z/OS on the machines where the System z IPLA
program executes.
Reference-based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA program with these terms
equals the license capacity of the applicable monthly license charge (MLC)
program. This MLC program is called the parent program.
Full-machine-based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA
program with full-machine-based terms equals the MSU-rated capacity of the
machines where the System z IPLA program executes.
For more information on mainframe MSU-rated capacities, refer to The IBM System
z Machines Exhibit, Z125-3901, or visit the Mainframes section of the System
z Exhibits website
- http://ibm.com/zseries/library/swpriceinfo/
For more information on sub-capacity System z IPLA terms and conditions,
refer to Software Announcement 204-184, dated August 10, 2004.
For additional information for products with reference-based terms, System
z IPLA sub-capacity programs with reference-based terms adds value to
the parent program across the environment, regardless of where in the environment
the System
z IPLA program executes.
An environment is defined as either a single or stand-alone machine or
a qualified Parallel
Sysplex®. You may have one or more different environments across the
enterprise. To determine the required license capacity for each System z IPLA
program with referenced-based terms, each environment should be assessed separately.
When a System
z IPLA sub-capacity program with reference-based terms is used in a qualified Parallel
Sysplex environment, the required license capacity of the System z IPLA
program must equal with the license capacity of the parent program across
the Parallel
Sysplex. Qualified Parallel Sysplex refers to one:
- That meets the criteria defined in Hardware Announcement 198-001, dated January 13, 1998
- Where MLC pricing is aggregated across the sysplex
Sub-capacity eligibility
To be eligible for sub-capacity charging on select System z IPLA programs, you must first
implement and comply with all terms of either sub-capacity Workload License
Charges (WLC) or sub-capacity Entry Workload License Charges (EWLC). To implement
sub-capacity WLC or EWLC, a machine must be System z (or equivalent). On that
machine:
- All instances of the OS/390® operating system must be migrated to the z/OS operating
systems
- Any licenses for the OS/390 operating system must be discontinued
- All instances of the z/OS operating systems must be running in z/Architecture® (64-bit)
mode
For that machine, you must create and submit a Sub-Capacity Report to IBM each
month. Sub-Capacity Reports must be generated using the Sub-Capacity Reporting
Tool (SCRT). For additional information or to obtain a copy of SCRT, visit
the System
z Software Pricing website
- http://ibm.com/zseries/swprice
You must comply with all of the terms of the WLC or EWLC offering, whichever
is applicable:
- The complete terms and conditions of sub-capacity WLC are defined in the IBM Customer
Agreement - Attachment for System z Workload License Charges (Z125-6516).
- The complete terms and conditions for sub-capacity EWLC are defined in
the IBM Customer
Agreement - Attachment for IBM System z 890 and 800 License Charges (Z125-6587).
Additionally, you must sign and comply with the terms and conditions specified
in the amendment to the IPLA contract - Amendment for IBM System z9® and System
z Programs Sub-Capacity Pricing (Z125-6929). Once the amendment
is signed, the terms in the amendment replace any and all previous System z IPLA
sub-capacity terms and conditions.
IBM Getting
Started Sub-capacity Pricing for z/OS IPLA Software applies.
Sub-capacity utilization determination
Sub-capacity utilization is determined based on the utilization of an eligible
operating system and machine (for example, z/OS running in z/Architecture (64-bit) mode
on a System
z ((or equivalent) server).
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Information on charges is available at
- http://www.ibm.com/support
Choose the option entitled Purchase/upgrade tools.
Program name: IBM Business Monitor for z/OS, V7.5
Program PID: 5655-W11
Entitlement
identifier Description License option/Pricing metric
S0160NK IBM Business Monitor Basic OTC, per Value Unit
for z/OS, V7.5
Orderable
supply ID Language Distribution medium
S016P6T MUL 3590 Tape Cartridge
Media feature code = 6001
Subscription and Support PID: 5655-W12
Entitlement
identifier Description License option/Pricing metric
S0160NL IBM Business Monitor Basic ASC, Value Units SW S&S
for z/OS No charge, decline SW S&S
Subscription & Support Per MSU SW S&S Registration
V1.1.0
Orderable
supply ID Language Distribution medium
S0160NN English Hardcopy Pubs
Media feature code = 6000
IBM Global Financing
IBM Global
Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to assist
them in acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition,
including hardware, software, and services, from both IBM and other manufacturers or vendors.
Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium, and large enterprise),
rates, terms, and availability can vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global
Financing organization or visit
- http://www.ibm.com/financing
IBM Global
Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, and
other IBM subsidiaries
and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers.
Rates are based on a customer's credit rating, financing terms, offering
type, equipment type, and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions
may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or withdrawal
without notice.
Financing from IBM Global Financing helps you preserve cash and credit
lines, enables more technology acquisition within current budget limits, permits
accelerated implementation of economically attractive new technologies, offers
payment and term flexibility, and can help match project costs to projected
benefits. Financing is available worldwide for credit-qualified customers.
For more financing information, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/financing
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To order, contact the Americas Call Centers or your local IBM representative,
or your IBM Business
Partner.
To identify your local IBM representative or IBM Business Partner, call 800-IBM-4YOU
(426-4968).
Phone: 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255)
Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX (242-6329)
Internet: callserv@ca.ibm.com
Mail: IBM Teleweb Customer Support
ibm.com® Sales Execution Center, Americas North
3500 Steeles Ave. East, Tower 3/4
Markham, Ontario
Canada
L3R 2Z1
Reference: LE001
The Americas Call Centers, our national direct marketing organization,
can add your name to the mailing list for catalogs of IBM products.
Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.
Trademarks
IMS and ActiveInsight are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
z/OS, IBM, WebSphere, Cognos, ILOG, CICS, Express, System z, DataPower, Rational, Global Business Services, Lotus, PartnerWorld, DB2, Windows, RACF, Alphablox, S/390, SystemPac, Passport Advantage, Parallel Sysplex, OS/390, z/Architecture, System z9 and ibm.com are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Terms of use
IBM products
and services which are announced and available in your country can be ordered
under the applicable standard agreements, terms, conditions, and prices in
effect at the time. IBM reserves the right to modify or withdraw this announcement
at any time without notice. This announcement is provided for your information
only. Additional terms of use are located
at:
- http://www.ibm.com/legal/us/en/
For the most current information regarding IBM products, consult your IBM representative
or reseller, or visit the IBM worldwide contacts page
- http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/us/
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