Re: AS400 / Operations Automation -- MIDRANGE-L

We have a Keane group doing Y2K consulting for us. Same team different 
ballpark?
davidnix@hotmail.com

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>From: Laura Ausel <v2keaa42@us.ibm.com>
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>Sounds like you've got things covered from a requirements standpoint.  
As far
>as paging and job scheduling software, here's my 2 cents:
>   **MBA**.  I've used their paging software and found it to be very 
flexible
>and easy to use.  They don't use system state MI programs to 'make it 
work' (as
>one larger vendor does) and are very responsive to their customers' 
concerns
>for system security and integrity.  Furthermore, they are the folks 
that write
>the IBM  Job Scheduler Licensed Program Product (a bare-bones version 
of which
>is native on the AS/400), so if they do as well with that as they do 
with their
>paging product you've got a great mix.  Incidentally, they also write 
BRMS for
>IBM.....  so obviously IBM thinks something of their quality of work.
>
>Laura Ausel  -  Keane, Inc., Service Partner
>"Do something.  Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
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>owner-midrange-l@midrange.com on 04-30-98 10:13:06 AM
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>I have an eye on automating my night operations shift. For the past 8
>years we have maintained 24-7 shifts but midnight to six is really just
>sys monitoring stuff for major failures, batch jobs and tape drives. 
Can
>anyone recommend any good research resources for this subject or maybe
>just some general advice. I am assuming I need a good message
>monitor/page system, either a tape library robot or maybe a 3590, and a
>decent job scheduler. Am I leaving out any biggies? Appreciate all
>input.
>davidnix@hotmail.com
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