We performed a comparison between IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact and OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about BMC, ServiceNow, Microsoft and others in Event Monitoring."This product allows us to make use of open-source products, including running Java code."
"The most valuable feature that comes with Netcool/Impact is the ISPF APA support. It is inherent to Netcool/Impact, so I can use the ISPF of any other product, which I can invoke and consume through Impact, and do integrations, which is great. I run the Netcool desktop application so I can integrate with other applications in the ticketing system. It's a great ability being able to invoke ISPF and integrate."
"It is easy to integrate with other models such as Oracle, other systems, external systems, and to reach events."
"The solution is great at being able to fetch almost any kind of file."
"Stability is probably the best out-of-the-box. Put it in, set it up, and you leave it alone. It works wonderfully."
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"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."
"It is an easy product to use and it is stable."
"With the automation pieces we can bring this region up or take this region down, and it allows us to always meet our time critical requirements."
"It reduces the number of repetitive motions required by a human to respond to the system."
"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."
"It allows us to respond faster to issues. If there are issues that come out, we're able to capture a message and alert somebody about it."
"The solution is somewhat complicated. It's not exactly straightforward."
"IBM is not investing in the development of the on-premise version of this solution."
"For improvement, I'd say the dashboard and the overall GUI could use some work. Although, I don't think that there's much improvement that Netcool really needs to achieve in this area, because when we're talking GUI, Impact is able to integrate with any third-party system and it comes with ISPF APA. It's more beneficial than Netcool/OMNIbus in this respect, and it's quite easy to handle."
"Stability-wise, this product needs to be improved."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
"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."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"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 GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process."
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IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact is ranked 9th in Event Monitoring with 4 reviews while OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is ranked 14th in Event Monitoring. IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact is rated 7.8, while OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact writes "Supports APA through ISPF and lets us easily integrate with other apps for ticketing purposes". 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". IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact is most compared with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus and IDERA SQL Safe Backup, whereas OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is most compared with BMC MainView, BMC TrueSight Operations Management, IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON and SCOM.
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