The IBM Tivoli® System Automation family of products help reduce the frequency and duration of service disruptions with advanced policy-based automation to enable the high availability of critical applications and middleware running on a range of hardware platforms and operating systems.
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| Compatibility and pricing | Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS | Tivoli System Automation for z/OS |
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| Description | Stand alone event automation solutions for critical z/OS workloads | Host automation solution based on Tivoli NetView, includes I/O and processor operations |
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| Platform Compatibility | z/OS | z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, Linux on System z |
| Scalability | A very efficient manager of automation within a single z/OS image and will support any size workload on that image | Provides ultimate scalability by allowing an organization to expand the number of operating system images that can be managed from a central automation manager |
| Licensing | Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs | Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs |
| Upgrade path | Provides no immediate upgrade path beyond z/OS | Provides the opportunity to upgrade to end to end automation and application high availability through the use of SA MP and SA Application Manager |
| Compatibility and pricing | Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS | Tivoli System Automation for z/OS |
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| Learn more | Learn more | |
| Stand alone event automation solutions for critical z/OS workloads | Description | Host automation solution based on Tivoli NetView, includes I/O and processor operations |
| Operating system | ||
| Platform Compatibility | z/OS | z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, Linux on System z |
| Scalability | A very efficient manager of automation within a single z/OS image and will support any size workload on that image | Provides ultimate scalability by allowing an organization to expand the number of operating system images that can be managed from a central automation manager |
| Licensing | Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs | Licensed per MSU on the systems where it runs |
| Upgrade path | Provides no immediate upgrade path beyond z/OS | Provides the opportunity to upgrade to end to end automation and application high availability through the use of SA MP and SA Application Manager |
| Key features | Tivoli AF/OPERATOR on z/OS | Tivoli System Automation for z/OS |
| Responds to information from IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON monitors and other tools using REXX-based routines |  |
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| Suppresses, reroutes, highlights and manages console messages | |
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| Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Portal | | |
| Monitors and controls processor hardware and VM guest systems operations | | |
| Ships with plug and play automation policy modules for major IBM and non-IBM middleware and applications | | |
| Controls the start up and shut-down of tasks and batch jobs, as well as devices such as initiators, tape drives and printers | |
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| Automatic response to console messages requiring a reply from an operator (WTORs) | |
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| Provides a single point of control for managing connectivity in your active I/O configurations | | |
| Subsystem Logging Facility (SLF) | |
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| Parallel Sysplex Integrating with IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms | | |
| Integrating with IBM Tivoli System Automation for Integrated Operations Management | | |
| Monitors and controls system operations applications and subsystems | |
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| Out-of-the-box automated message management is included for many commercial applications and z/OS components | | |
| Parallel Sysplex Application Automation | |
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