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"It reduces the number of repetitive motions required by a human to respond to the system.""​The service has been wonderful. I like the people that I have had to deal with. The process is very straightforward. I call or use the website.""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.""Once automatic IPL has been defined, anyone can perform an IPL with very little intervention. We know that all of the components will be started correctly.""I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me.""The performance of it is beyond exceptional. It is probably one of the best products that I have ever worked with. It is easy to use, comprehensive, and can perform almost any task you need it to.""It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome.""It's very secure, because it's a legacy application."

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"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory.""The solution has improved our overrides and the ability to start services if they're stopped.""We have found the scalability capabilities to be okay.""They have great integration with the active directory.""It is very good at monitoring Microsoft Server.""SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence.""This solution saves us a lot of work because it reduces the effort that is required in order to start monitoring.""It can send messages to our ticketing system."

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"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it.""Some of the command sequences are too long.""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.""​It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.​""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.""Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."

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"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved.""The price could be improved.""I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on.""The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface.""I would like to see better support for monitoring Unix-based systems.""It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product.""The solution can be improved by expanding to cloud usage.""Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."

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  • "The pricing and licensing are fair."
  • "Our licensing fees are approximately $30 per user, per month."
  • "If you have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, then this is part of the agreement."
  • "It is more expensive than the competition."
  • "SCOM is part of the System Center suite and I am satisfied with the pricing."
  • "We have an enterprise agreement that includes this product as part of it."
  • "The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite."
  • "We have to pay for a license and the price is fine for us."
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    Top Answer:The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud.
    Top Answer:It is the cheapest product available in the market. I rate the pricing a one out of ten.
    Top Answer:The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise. It sufficiently covers the on premise modules, but more work needs to be done in terms of monitoring various… more »
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    Also Known As
    CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
    System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
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    Overview
    z/OS, its subsystems, databases, middleware, applications, and software generate thousands of event messages daily. IT professionals need a tool to filter, prioritize, and respond quickly to these events before they impact availability and threaten business processing and associated service level agreements. CA OPS/MVS EMA automates processes, enabling you to resolve problems as they arise. It also automates more routine tasks, simplifying IT management and operations.

    SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) is a cross-platform data center monitoring and reporting tool that checks the status of various objects defined within the environment, such as server hardware, system services, etc. The solution allows data center administrators to deploy, configure, manage, and monitor the operations, services, devices and applications of multiple enterprise IT systems via a single pane of glass. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes.

    SCOM Features

    SCOM has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Application monitoring
    • Database monitoring
    • Threshold alerts
    • IT Asset Discovery
    • Predictive capabilities
    • Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
    • Application performance management console
    • Server availability and performance monitoring
    • Collaboration tools
    • Virtualization monitoring
    • Patch management
    • Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
    • Application dependency mapping and thresholding

    SCOM Benefits

    There are several benefits to implementing SCOM. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Management and monitoring of Windows as well as Unix/Linux platforms
    • Remotely connect to Windows machines and perform administrative tasks from the console itself
    • Custom dashboard creation to help monitor the datacenter with ease
    • Agent based monitoring
    • Integrates well with other Microsoft products
    • Easy to use and reliable

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the SCOM solution.

    A Manager at a financial services firm says, “The feature I like most about SCOM is that it is easy-to-use. I find it very user-friendly. I also like the knowledge base which it has. You can find the resolution to questions or issues directly within the SCOM itself. It will alert you with a recommendation of what you need to do at the same time. This sort of self-diagnosis or prompting is one of the great values you get from SCOM compared to other solutions.”

    PeerSpot user Zahari Z., Information Technology Auditor at a financial services firm, mentions, “Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications. There is a mechanism to set up a notification from the SCOM and whenever there is a drop in the availability the notification alerts not only for availability but for other issues as well. You can align thresholds according to the speed of your environment and you can have a threshold related notification, which is one of the useful features.”

    Bill W., Sr. Systems Engineer at Arapahoe County Government, comments, “ I like some of their newer features, such as maintenance schedules, because SCOM records SLA and SLO time. When we patch, things are automatically put into maintenance mode so that the numbers for our systems being down, do not count against us.”

    A Project Manager at a tech services company explains, “The feature I have found most valuable is the book feature. While we run the Sprint one we can add some setups for multiple sprints.”

    A Systems Engineer at an educational organization states, “Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it.”

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    Financial Services Firm57%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm32%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Logistics Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Retailer13%
    Government9%
    Healthcare Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business4%
    Large Enterprise96%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business6%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise89%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is ranked 14th in Event Monitoring while SCOM is ranked 3rd in Event Monitoring with 77 reviews. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is rated 9.4, while SCOM is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is most compared with BMC MainView, IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON and BMC TrueSight Operations Management, whereas SCOM is most compared with Zabbix, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics and Nagios XI.

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