IBM Z System Automation

IBM Z® System Automation product is a policy-based high-availability solution that maximizes the efficiency and availability of critical systems and applications.

By using the System Automation product, you can implement policy-based automation solutions and reduce Parallel Sysplex® management costs.

The System Automation product provides the following benefits:
  • Delivers high availability for IBM Z and IBM® Parallel Sysplex clusters through flexible, cluster-wide automation.
  • Optimizes system health and performance to meet your Service Level Agreements by using goal-driven automation.
  • Keeps CPU peaks under control by pacing the startup and shutdown of large numbers of applications.
  • Reduces costs by enabling you to adapt defined LPAR capacity and LPAR weights.
  • Optimizes hardware operations through a single point of control for managing processors, LPARs and IPLs of operating systems.
  • Enables you to switch between modes of operation for your business workloads.
  • Leverages powerful dependency support for modeling automation configurations, addressing dependencies, and optimizing operations.