STORAGE is one of the fastest-growing items in most installations' budgets. Yet a large percentage of this critical resource is often wasted. Inadequate standards enforcement, poor JCL practices, and system limitations often result in misdirected data and underutilized resources.
THE STORAGE CONTROL CENTER family of products is an integrated suite of storage management programs that allows you to get the most out of your storage dollars. The Storage Control Center products improve disk space utilization, prevent storage-related errors, allow installations to monitor the storage subsystem in real time, and proactively control the use of storage space.
The Application Backup Center uses installation defined policies
for automatic application aggregate generation for backup control
in ABARS environments. The product also contains log management
and operational facilities to assist in system recovery. |
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The Allocation Control Center (ACC) is a systems software product
that allows your installation to control DASD and TAPE resources.
The product is also integrated with DFSMS, and provides tracing
facilities for the DFSMS ACS routines. |
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EASY/Exit allows installations to take advantage of the 'hidden' functionality available in z/OS and DFSMShsm without the need for complex, hard-to-maintain assembler-language exit routines. The simple IF-THEN-ELSE logic of the Storage Control Center rules language provides an easy-to-use way to implement useful, even critical, system features that would be difficult or impossible for most installations to provide otherwise. Unlike hand-coded exit routines, EASY/Exit rules can be dynamically modified, and come with extensive debugging and error recovery features. |
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DCC is designed to work with the EMC DLm virtual tape libraries. The product eases installation, manages and monitors a DLm VTE through the channel interface via an operator console, TSO ISPF, Batch jobs, and Apple iPhone/iPad interface. The product can also control OS device allocation without using an SMS Manual Tape Library (MTL) and perform load balancing between DLm VTEs. Migration tools and tape management scratch exits are also provided. |
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Predictive Recall (MON-PRECALL) minimizes production delays caused by recalls of migrated data. Migrated production datasets will be recalled prior to their actual use, resulting in an overall shorter batch window. The product uses the information from the Job Scheduler to create a list of production datasets that will be accessed in the next production cycle and determines if any of those datasets have been migrated. HRECALL commands are generated and passed directly to the Inactive Data Mover. To avoid any impact on the production workload, the Predictive Recall job can be scheduled to run when the system is under-utilized, prior to the production cycle. |
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SCC DLimit tracks disk storage utilization at the application
level, preventing runaway space use and automatically notifying
storage administrators when specified limits are exceeded. |
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SCC Explorer is a PC-based client that communicates through DIF to work with SCC Monitor, MVS Console and TSO commands, system utilities, as well as third party software products. The application can display information in a variety of formats, reports and graphs. The Explorer can also perform storage management and installation defined actions on the host. An optional database tier can also be added to collect storage management events for historical analysis. |
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SCC Monitor actively monitors conditions in your DASD subsystem
and automatically intervenes when specified thresholds are met.
All monitoring and automation facilities are installation configurable. |
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SIMULATE 2000 supports simulation of multiple clocks on one machine. Specifying alternate dates is fast and easy: through an ISPF interface, directly within JCL or through online screens in CICS or IMS/DC. Online users can control dates by Region, Terminal, User or Transaction. Batch programs are controlled by Job Name, Step Name, Program Name, Job Class, User ID, etc. Alternate dates can be specified for either the job or individual steps. |
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SMS/Debug is a real-time debugging tool for IBM DF/SMS. Trace
facilities are available for the production ACS rules language,
the DF/SMS volume selection routines and the DADSM pre and post
processing exits. |
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The Space Recovery System (SRS) dynamically recovers disk space allocation failures. When SRS intercepts a space failure, the installation rules are used to determine the recovery options. If the rules allow recovery, SRS forces the operating system to get the required disk space, and the job runs to completion. No more X37 Abends! |