Programs That Interact with the IBM Z NetView Program

The IBM Z® NetView® program is the foundation for enterprise management, serving as the focal point for systems and distributed network managers. The NetView automation table and RODM provide a strong automation platform for managing systems, networks, workstations, and LANs.

Many other products complement the IBM Z NetView program to provide a comprehensive set of enterprise management functions. Products that work with the NetView program include the following programs:

Z System Automation. The IBM Z NetView program provides the automation services, graphic topology services, and other underlying services for Z System Automation, which enables automated management of z/OS® systems and applications. See IBM Z System Automation.
GDPS® solution. The IBM Z NetView program provides automation services, data services, communication services, and other underlying services for GDPS. See GDPS.
Tivoli® Netcool®/OMNIbus. The IBM Z NetView program can forward events to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, which collects enterprise-wide event information from a wide variety of IT and network environments. See Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
Tivoli Business Service Manager. The IBM Z NetView program delivers management services to Tivoli Business Service Manager for handling of z/OS subsystems such as the CICS®, DB2®, and IMS subsystems. See Tivoli Business Service Manager.

The following programs also work with the NetView program:

Figure 1 shows a graphical representation of the NetView operating environment, including the distributed IBM Z NetView components and the other products that can be used with the IBM Z NetView program. For more information about other programs, see the product documentation for those programs.