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About IBM Z System Automation
IBM Z System Automation is a NetView-based application that provides a single control point for a full range of system management functions. It plays a crucial role in supplying high-end automation solutions. IBM Z System Automation monitors, controls, and automates an extensive range of system elements spanning your enterprise's hardware and software resources. IBM Z System Automation is a policy-based, self-healing, high-availability solution designed to optimize the efficiency and availability of critical systems and applications. It reduces administrative and operational tasks, customization and programming effort, and automation implementation time and costs associated with Parallel Sysplex and policy-based automation. Using tight integration with Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS), IBM Z System Automation provides sophisticated disaster recovery capabilities for IBM Z systems.
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IBM
Founded: 1911
United States
www.ibm.com/products/z-system-automation
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