PRODUCT SHEET
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation
CA SOLVE:Operations®
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CA SOLVE:Operations® Automation manages and automates
mainframe system resources and events from a desired-state
perspective. Routine resource management tasks and system startup
and shutdown are automated, minimizing human error. Moreover,
ongoing operational changes within your organization are efficiently
absorbed into the automation knowledge base to help ensure service
availability------no matter how much or how often work processes
change.
Overview
Automation products must make it easier to manage your business as it spans the
globe and the clock. At the same time, you need the ability to support increasing
transaction volume, while lowering your cost and the number of people managing your
IT environment. CA SOLVE:Operations Automation manages and automates mainframe
system resources and events, automating routine resource management tasks and
system startup and shutdown, while reducing human error.
Business value
Automation is the key to an IT enterprise that provides the availability, performance
and resources the business needs. When you’ve defined what you desire in terms of
event and resource management, CA SOLVE:Operations Automation automates and
manages it for you.
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation
Features
Mainframe 2.0
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation has adopted a key Mainframe 2.0 feature that is
designed to simplify your use of CA SOLVE:Operations Automation and enable your staff
to install, configure and maintain it more effectively and quickly.
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Electronic Software Delivery (ESD): Mainframe 2.0 ESD enables you to install
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation using standard utilities------without requiring you to
reconstitute a tape cartridge. This new procedure helps speeds installation and
facilitates a consistent install process across mainframe products from
CA Technologies, shortening the learning curve for mainframe staff.
Key features
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation provides:
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Improved service levels: Includes a complete management system for starting,
stopping and recovering system resources, a Desired State Architecture that
continuously aligns service availability with business priorities and an Auto-Assist
capability that analyzes messages and commands and builds automation
procedures. The Operations Knowledge Base stores start, stop and recovery
commands and responses and status messages for more than 40 types of
resources. System health, alert, service and resource monitors increase problem
resolution efficiency through fast detection, notification and automation of system
events.
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Advanced automation capabilities: Offered through message, resource and service
management. REXX language support has been provided to assist users in
developing in-house specific automation routines, and audit logging has been
added to help with corporate governance requirements.
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Comprehensive Parallel Sysplex management of resources: Includes managing
system affinity for shared resources, automation, system resource discovery, codefree automation and automated startup and shutdown.
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Simplified and more efficient system operations: Centralized operational
controls, syntax-independent generic commands and user-defined views lower
costs and allow less skilled staff to manage a complex environment.
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Integrated and open architecture: Integrate with CA NSM, CA NetMaster® Network
Management, CA Service Desk and other products for a more holistic view of your
enterprise. A Software Developer’s Kit is available to assist users in developing webbased pages that can be accessed through the WebCenter user interface.
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Manage your resources in real time
Webcenter makes it easy to
identify issues.
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Delivery approach
CA Services provides a portfolio of mainframe services delivered through
CA Technologies internal staff and a network of established partners chosen to help you
achieve a successful deployment and get the desired business results as quickly as
possible. Our standard service offerings are designed to speed deployment and
accelerate the learning curve for your staff. CA Technologies field-proven mainframe
best practices and training help you lower risk, improve use/adoption and ultimately
align the product configuration to your business requirements.
Benefits
CA SOLVE:Operations Automation assures ongoing system availability by aligning the
operation of IT system resources with the business services they support. In doing so, it
provides a virtually immediate return on investment (ROI) that can be measured in
increased service availability, reduced mean-time-to-recover (MTTR) from failures and
controlled operating costs. By optimizing and self-managing mainframe systems
operations, CA SOLVE:Operations increases IT responsiveness and customer satisfaction.
The CA Technologies advantage
CA Technologies has 30 years of recognized expertise in robust, reliable, scalable, and
secure enterprise-class IT management software. CA SOLVE:Operations Automation is a
key component of the Mainframe 2.0 initiative from CA Technologies to change the way
the mainframe is managed forever by helping you maximize the value of our
mainframe products and by providing a simplified experience and innovative solutions
that deliver value quickly and flexibly.
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