Should we or shouldn't we? The typical question of the IT Manager when her/his datacenter automation software releases a new fixpack.  This question stems from prior nightmares attempting to deploy fixes that were half-baked, poorly documented and delivered in haste.   I'm not an 'alpha' adopter but I certainly am an early adopter.  The reasoning I take into deploying a new fix or new release fixpack is that I want the newest features, I want the bugs corrected - especially if there is a specific one that I'm subscribed to, and I want the... [More]

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The tool appcmd can be used for testing policies of IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms and policies of IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager Agentless Adapter. You can use it to instrument IBM.Application or IBM.RemoteApplication resources. appcmd simulates resources, allows to mimic failures and tracks the execution of commands which makes it a useful tool to develop and test policies. We publish appcmd in version 4 for free in our IBM System Automation for Multiplatforms Wiki page here  ... [More]

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This self-paced audio-visual course provides an overview of the System  Automation for z/OS 3.4 functional differences as they relate to  implementation and administration. This is is the first of three courses  in a set of courses that cover implementation and administration  differences. The other two courses provide demonstrations and  additional details on specific topics. The functional differences  associated with operational commands are covered in a separate set of  courses. Link:  http://youtu.be/VsipoR6n52Q

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How and where to download a software fix from. Did you know? - You can select all fixes needed and have them delivered together? - You can isolate to only certain types of fixes? - You can upload an inventory file , and have fixes for all those products listed for selection? - Did you know that Fix Central supports pre-rec and co-rec associations, so that you will know if a fix you need has other required changes even for distributed platforms? Using Fix Central For the full story on all the IBM Electronic Support portal features

The Olympics always bring a strong sense of competition as countries vie for top honors, fueled with nationalism and pure athletic pride on the line.  In every sport there is almost always one competitor out in front, willing to wear a target on her/his back, doing the extra training and utilizing his/her resources more effectively when the challenge arises.  We admire their grace, strength and success.  We desire their quality.   Without launching into a philosophical discussion on quality, I do want to tie the above premise into an IT model:... [More]

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The Internet is changing the face of product support. It is an undeniable fact that the manner in which we attempt to resolve problems, be they complex software applications or finding the closest Italian restaurant, is entirely different than 10, 5, or even 2 years ago. In all facets of our daily lives, how we search for answers to even the simplest of problems have been forever changed through online technology and capabilities. The Internet permeates all aspects of our lives; how many readers of this blog post do not understand... [More]

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  Die diesjährige deutsch sprachige GSE Konferenz "Automation Guide" wird vom 23. bis 26. Oktober 2012 in Aachen stattfinden. Wie jedes Jahr erwarten uns wieder viele interessante Vorträge und Berichte von Kunden und IBM Entwicklern im Bereich der Automation, Hochverfügbarkeit und Disaster Recovery mit Hilfe der Tivoli System Automation Produkt Familie.   Mehr Informationen zu dieser Veranstaltung finden sich auf der GSE Termin Seite. Wir freuen uns natürlich über Bekannte wie auch neue Teilnehmer. Vorschläge zu Themen die diskutiert... [More]

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With the 3.2.2.0 release of System Automation Application Manager, the capability to manage virtual guests on zEnterprise hardware has been introduced. This allows the SA Application Manager to start and stop virtual servers hosted inside the zEnterprise Ensemble. As this functionality is not only available via the graphical interfaces but also for the command line, our team developed some sample scripts, written in PERL, to show several possibilities of eezcs scripting. You can also browse our manuals for detailed description of the new... [More]

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Proper maintenance of your Provisioning Server is necessary for smooth data center management operations.  Without following basic guidelines for disk management and resource handling you can find yourself unable to perform necessary provisioning actions when the time comes.   The key aspect for TPM datacenter performance is the database connection.  We do most of our testing and performance baselines using IBM DB2 and as such most of our recommendations are made towards configuring the DB2 management server appropriately.  A few key items to... [More]

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                        Gain Visibility, Control and Automation across your organization and infrastructure boundaries. Are you looking to increase your personal skills in the Service Management arena? Are a responsible for a team of Tivoli professionals who need to delve deeper into the products? Would you or your team benefit from learning deep technical skills from real experts in their fields? Then the EMEA Tivoli & Security Technical Conference 2012 is just what you need! Click here to learn more! One of the many business benefits of... [More]

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Today we added a new utility to the SA Application Manager WIKI which allows to model tasks as SA resources. This utility can be used together with the Agentless Adapter of the SA Application Manager as well as for the instrumentation of resources in SA for Multiplatforms.   What are task resources? With System Automation it is possible to manage the availability of all resources in a datacenter. System Automation ensures the availability 24x7 by constantly monitoring the availability of defined resources and automatically reacts on... [More]

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Tivoli System Automation Application Manager 3.2.2 has released its first pre-canned End-to-end policy. This policy is called "End-to-end Disaster Recovery with DB2 HADR" and is available on the ISM Connect library: http://www-304.ibm.com/software/brandcatalog/ismlibrary/details?catalog.label=1TW10SA08# It is a disaster recovery (DR) solution with System Automation Application Manager as single point of control for operating and disaster recovery actions. Application data is replicated software-based with IBM DB2 high availability... [More]

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  System Automation Application Manager has recently been released in a new Version "3.2.2" !!! Following is a short summary list of new features: Support of zEnterprise environmen With the new version of SA Application Manager we are introducing a new way of not only managing resources hosted on systems but also to control the hosting environments - starting and stopping the systems. SA Application Manger cross-site failover - working with GDPS-DCM The SA Application Manager can now fail over from one site to another, which works... [More]

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A new presentation with tips and tricks for the following user interfaces of SA Application Manager has been published on the WIKI: SA Operations Console SA Policy Editor Reporting The tips include advices about filtering, improving visualization in the Policy Editor, external launching of the operations console, modifying some of the operator preferences using SQL, creating reports from the command line, and much more.   Find the presentation in the Best Practices How To's section using the following link:... [More]

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