VitalSigns for Network Automation and Control:
VitalSigns for Network Automation and Control provides automation, control, and monitoring for z/OS systems that is easier to use and lower cost than the legacy tools it replaces.
- Full network and system automation
- Network-wide command interface
- Automation of system IPL
- Integration and automatic response to IP network monitoring
- Easy search of mainframe system logs
- Simple viewing for datasets and members
- Complete support for REXX scripting and panel applications
VNAC responds to system and network messages, listens for messages by job name and/or message ID. Use VNAC's REXX support to respond to messages, re-start applications, alert other applications.
VNAC users issue commands to mainframe systems throughout a network. The command interface provides access to all systems from a single window, and it remembers previous commands for later use.
VNAC consolidates logs from any number of systems. That can dramatically speed the task of learning where and when a problem occurred. Filters select messages from the previous day, the last 5 minutes, or any other time. Select messages that include specific text, or select by message ID, severity, user, job, and/or sysplex.
VNAC users can easily find and view any member or dataset. If you don't know a fully qualified dataset name, specify a member name and VNAC will search for you. Sensitive members and data can be protected with SAF.
Users can custom-code panel applications, or take advantage of the built in applications for managing z/OS timers, global variables, and SDSF data, for example.
VNAC monitors system and network logs in real time, as messages arrive at consoles. With easily defined and robust filters, VNAC's log monitor serves as a "Targeted System Console."
VNAC brings significant cost savings. A VNAC Server can run on almost any platform. CPU cycles previously consumed by network monitoring can be devoted to production applications.
With VNAC's robust REXX support, you can easily migrate existing REXX scripts to VNAC.
For all messages in system logs, VNAC provides direct links to IBM documentation. That's instant help for VTAM IST* messages, sense codes, return codes, and feedback.
Ease-of-use and lower cost make VitalSigns z/OS software the ideal replacement for legacy applications. VitalSigns provides a full-spectrum tool set for automating, monitoring, and troubleshooting SNA applications and IP networks.
Once they log onto a VNAC Server, users can communicate with one another with VNAC's instant message facility or by e-mail. These tools greatly simplifies collaboration to solve mainframe and network problems.
VNAC offers two different security configurations to suit your situation. The VNAC Server can be secured with standard mainframe user IDs, typically IDs defined in RACF. Or the VNAC Server can hold its own list of allowed users, as defined by the Server administrator.