 The announcement letter for Operations Manager for z/VM V1.2.0 describes enhancements and new functions available in V1.2.0. Operations Manager for z/VM supports automated monitoring and management of virtual machines to help you keep control of your z/VM system. Operations Manager for z/VM uses monitoring settings to examine the z/VM environment and address various concerns before they impact your Service Level Agreements. Automated monitoring of your z/VM service machines can help you maximize productivity and reduce costs by leveraging existing resources and freeing your IT experts to address the most critical problems. Operations Manager for z/VM helps to solve resource problems by automating system administration processes. This allows you to concentrate on your business objectives rather than dealing with daily administration tasks and predictable situations. By providing automatic monitoring of your z/VM service machines and unattended problem identification, Operations Manager can help you implement automated corrective actions. Automated z/VM management Administrators set up rules, actions, and timers to proactively manage z/VM resources. While Operations Manager manages z/VM resources automatically, administrators and computer operators are free to address other critical problems. Administrative features include: - A set of commands that allow administrators to define automation tasks, define events that require automated responses, and interface with users' consoles
- Ability for administrators to define when an action, composed of routine commands, should be executed, such as daily, monthly, yearly, or just once
- Support for administrators to define rules for determining which messages should be acted upon, and the associated action that should be executed
- Ability for multiple administrators to monitor and interact with a user's console simultaneously
- Support for task automation. By providing specific logic in the form of command/response pairs, administrators can use Operations Manager to logon to a userid, perform a set of routine tasks, and disconnect or logoff. This can help eliminate administrator errors caused by manually logging on and entering commands. It can also help administrators perform tasks at specific times or off-shift without requiring manual intervention.
Automated responses assist operations personnel When a problem arises, the computer operator may not know how to interpret some messages that are sent to the console and may not know the commands that are required to solve the problem. Operations Manager for z/VM addresses these and other issues, providing support to operations personnel. Operational features include: - Reduced operator errors by automating routine tasks with scheduled actions. This eliminates the need to issue routine commands repeatedly and at a specified time.
- Improved operations accuracy by automating the reply to situations that normally require intervention. This eliminates the need for operators to correctly interpret messages, determine corrective actions, and correctly respond to the situation.
- Interaction with a variety of external methods, such as e-mail, pager, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts, and other methods to notify key personnel about an event. This process ensures that personnel receive real-time notification about problems with critical services or components.
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