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IBM Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS measures and reports performance and accounting data for host and distributed systems.

Flexible reporting helps performance analysts, capacity planners, and cost accounting analysts ensure overall system reliability and efficiency across the entire enterprise.
- Addresses performance reporting, capacity management, resource availability management, and accounting and chargeback needs in an enterprise
- Provides the information to enable analysts to measure and evaluate the business value of IT in order to help insure overall system reliability and efficiency across the entire enterprise and ultimately to help improve the economic performance of your IT investment
- Collects, organizes in DB2® database, and converts raw standard systems management data into business-relevant information that can help improve operational planning, cost management, responsiveness, and decision-making processes in an organization
- Helps in maintaining centralized control and performance-reporting efficiency. Can add new data sources to the collection and data-consolidation process as needed. Operating systems supported: AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux, i5/OS, z/OS
- Generates customized reports for communicating and exchanging valuable information between different departments in an enterprise. Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS has a modern web browser interface for report generation and publishing. Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) along with the Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) provides all the standard reporting TDSz has provided for years in a modern format. Advanced customization capabilities allow for standard and specialized reports to be created online.
- Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager for z/OS Option collects mainframe use information from Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS and allocates costs to the appropriate user and/or department.
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System Performance Feature
Collects performance data logged by computer systems, summarizes the data, and presents it in forms for use in systems management.
Collects data from the CICS monitoring facility (CMF) and summarizes the data by transaction, user ID and application
Uses the IMS log to form a complete view of your transaction activity
Network Feature
Provides information for network analysts or programmers who are responsible for setting up the network reporting environment.
Provides essential information to run your data processing center as a cost center, with a focus on prices, revenue, cost and profit.
Additional products, services and solutions
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Provides the backbone repository for all historical systems management data and the basis for all Tivoli reporting solutions
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Highly skilled consultants with broad architectural knowledge and deep technical skills of Tivoli products
Solutions
Helps to ensure the availability of critical business systems and processes
