Software deploys autonomic computing for storage management.
Press Release Summary:
Tivoli® Allocation Optimizer for z/OS® V1.1 provides availability by proactively enabling z/OS application to heal itself from shortage of space and by automatically optimizing allocation requests to provide effective use of resources. It helps users avoid and recover from X37-type abnormal ends, and avoid JCL errors that occur due to insufficient disk space. Flexible rule definitions enable specification of items to include or exclude from processing.
Original Press Release:
IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS V1.1 Helps Deliver Higher Application Availability for the z/OS Platform
Overview
IBM Tivoli® Allocation Optimizer for z/OS® V1.1 joins the IBM family of products designed to deploy autonomic computing for storage management. Autonomic computing can help increase system and application availability with new levels of automatic self-healing and self-optimizing storage management
software designed for enterprises running mission-critical applications on the z/OS platform.
IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS V1.1 is designed to help provide higher availability by proactively enabling your z/OS application to heal itself from shortage of space and by automatically optimizing allocation requests to help provide
more effective use of resources.
IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS V1.1 helps users:
o Avoid and recover from X37 type abnormal ends (abends), such as B37, D37, and E37 abends which involve storage management
issues such as insufficient Direct Access Storage Device (DASD)
space allocations and unavailable DASD extents
o Avoid JOB FAILED job control language (JCL) errors that occur
due to insufficient disk space Preventing and reducing the
processing delays and interruptions that can result from these abends and errors helps minimize the negative impact to productivity and data availability.
Key features include:
o Proactive intervention to help prevent production job failures, thus increasing data availability and reducing the amount of time spent investigating and resolving problems
o X37 abend recovery that controls allocation of space
o Automatic optimization of DASD allocation requests to help use
resources more effectively
o X37 abend prevention and avoidance that automatically
releases unused space when a data set is closed
o Flexible rule definitions that can enable the specification of items to include or exclude from processing
o Volume group support to help define DASD groups
o Comprehensive message facility that can explain both the error
condition(s) encountered and the recovery action(s) taken
Key benefits:
o Helps reduce production delays and re-runs
o Delivers less wasted processing cycles
o Helps minimize time spent investigating and resolving problems
o Helps enable efficient and effective use of resources
o Helps minimize manual effort required for job setup
Planned availability date
July 2, 2004
At a glance
IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS V1.1 helps:
o Prevent and recover from X37 abends by intercepting them at
their source
o Avoid out-of-space conditions that can lead to decreased
productivity
o Conserve valuable disk space by automatically releasing allocated, unused, data set space at data set close
o Achieve maximum data availability and productivity by reducing job failures and interruptions
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