"The report writer in TMON is a very good add-on for batch reports which weren't available in OmegaMon/CICS."
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"OPS/REXX is valuable because it allows us almost unlimited flexibility in automating our system."
"Because we can define complex commands, the training of new operators is quicker. We can also put checks in place, that will prevent user errors."
"It's very secure, because it's a legacy application."
"Valuable features include: SSM, which provides for orderly startup and shutdown; OPSLOG, which enables filtering by message-id, and/or jobname(s); Rules, as OPS/REXX interface streamlines deployment, interfaces easily with JES2 and z/OS."
"Their technical support is incredible, immediately responsive, and even if it is not updated to Level 2 support sometimes, they chip in providing more detailed answers and options to fix the problem."
"It's very flexible. You can customize what you need to, which is good. For example, you can do your own coding inside the tool, make your own scripting tooling."
"If something breaks and it goes down when it's not supposed to, automation brings it right back up."
"We're like it to be possible to move some more workload to our ZIIP processors to save us some billing for general workload."
"It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process."
"The reason sometimes it is not stable, we do not have the expertise to write the script."
"One thing that comes to mind is the MQ interface. The last time we tried to use it, it seemed a little clunky."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"Performing a stop/restart of OPS/MVS could be a little smoother. Without special coding, some undesired tasks will be started and some necessary tasks will be stopped if we have to bounce OPS/MVS during the day."
Earn 20 points
ASG TMON is ranked 2nd in Mainframe Management with 1 review while OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is ranked 6th in Mainframe Management. ASG TMON is rated 10.0, while OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of ASG TMON writes "Easy to install and use with good support and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence writes "The ability to use command rules is great when our operators have repetitive tasks, but we'd like to automate off of different highlighted messages without actually knowing what the message is". ASG TMON is most compared with IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON, Rocket Software Mainframe, BMC MainView and SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence, whereas OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is most compared with BMC MainView, BMC TrueSight Operations Management and SCOM.
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