zOperating System Environment Manager

zOSEM Benefits the Following Strategic Management Areas:

Software License & Hardware Usage Costs

• Reduce software costs by routing jobs to specific machines running expensive but low-utilization software.
• Reduce DASD usage by eliminating multiple copies of software and operational files.
• Delay machine upgrades via improved resource utilization.

Systems Programming Resource Availability & Costs

• Reduce reliance on scarce and expensive systems programming resource needed to maintain complex assembler exit code.
• Eliminate the need for user exit code.
• Reduce system upgrade time.
• Centralize enforcement of Data Center standards.
• Move administration of z/OS systems to operations departments via user-friendly ISPF screens.
• Eliminate unsupported system software.

Service Level Management

• Facilitate 24/7 by avoiding IPLs to implement or change user customizable options (i.e. Exits, SVCs and RACF tables).
• Improve efficiency in machine usage with highly granular batch resource routing controls.
• Automatically manage scarce magnetic tape facilities across machine complexes; eliminate manual intervention for tape usage requirements.
• Handle resource shortage abends automatically.
• Reduce manpower requirements for storage management using HSM.
• Eliminate JCL changes for release upgrades.

Control of Expensive Machine Resources

• Enhance control of resource usage via external security systems (RACF, ACF2, TopSecret).
• Control the status of all systems exits via easy-to-use ISPF interface.
• Control batch job submission.
• Control wait time and CPU time consumption; prevent resource monopolization.
• Control of resource usage accounting.
• Control printed output (SYSOUT).
• Control TSO program access.
• Enhance exploitation of Parallel Sysplex facilities.
  

Last Updated: 11/25/2009