I wanted to let you know about a free webcast coming up later this week that will be of interest to anyone faced with managing increasing complexity in your networks.  Titled "Solving Application and Network Issues with OMEGAMON and NetView" and presented by Kirk Bean, Product Manager for NetView for z/OS, the webcast will explore some of the exciting enhancements available in NetView for z/OS V6.1, and illustrate the use of NetView and OMEGAMON with IBM's Integrated Service Management approach to provide additional value... [More]

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  For those of you who are new to System Automation or have already a lot of experience, but are puzzled by the new panels of this SA release and want to know how to get the best out of it, I want to give some usage hints. To be able to add some screen shots I have created a PDF and stored it into the Files-section, the title is “SA z/OS Automation Table Definition Hints”. I kept it fairly short and arranged it around the following three questions: How to specify an odd message-id, e. g. mixed case How to position a message trap within the AT... [More]

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A new TechDoc  "Implementing IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS OMEGAMON Classic in Dedicated Mode" is available. This document can be found on the web at http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/TD105820 . This is extremely useful when setting up on-site (data center) monitoring of your z/OS System, and allows you to use OMEGAMON to provide real time data even when VTAM or TCP/IP is not available.

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Coming soon to a city near you ... the 2011 North America System Availability Roadshow.  Yes, beginning next week, we take System Availability on the road with stops in the Detroit area (Southfield) on Tuesday, October 4, and Chicago on Thursday, October 6. This is an opportunity for you to spend a day learning how you can increase business flexibility and system availability with Integrated Service Management.  See how you can get more value from the management products you already have.  Through a series of presentations and demos, you'll be... [More]

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  Dear AOTC members and conference interested parties, There is an exciting change for our 2012 AOTC event. For the first time in 2012, the Automated Operations Technical Council (AOTC) joins IBM Pulse at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas March 4-7, 2012 and we invite you to take part in the action! AOTC 2012 will offer four full days of sessions focused on the IBM Tivoli® System Automation family of products. The first three days will be open to all Pulse attendees. There will also be a special evening reception for you to network in an informal... [More]

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    Information about two upcoming webcasts about z/OS 1.13 To register: http://events.unisfair.com/rt/ibm~zosr13value ====================================== PART 1 - What's new with z/OS and z/OS Management Facility Version 1 Release 13, and more! SPEAKER: Gita Grube Berg, IBM Server Technology Group Marketing TUESDAY November 15, 2011, 11AM(ET) z/OS® and z/OS Management Facility Version 1 Release 13 provides significant value to your business by delivering new performance, programming, and operational improvements for your z/OS workloads.... [More]

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The 2011 North American System Availability Roadshow is well under way, with stops this week in Atlanta and Dallas.  Customers are learning how to get additional value from Tivoli products and solutions they already have, how to use existing automation and network management capabilities they didn't know were there, and the value that Tivoli system availability products offer through integration.  In some cases, this can result in cost savings by allowing the customer to remove a narrowly focused point product. Customers have been very... [More]

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    Application High Availability in a Heterogeneous Environment Many solutions today have services and applications that execute on different hardware and software. This makes it difficult to control and automate each component to improve availability, reduce overall solution risk and decrease operations workload. Are you trying to manage both distributed and mainframe environments as one? Does the requirement for 24/7 availability keep you up at night? Join us for this complimentary teleconference to learn how IBM Tivoli® System Automation... [More]

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