Cheryl, I've used Image Focus at a past location and found it to be a very good product. It works very well at tracking the changes between IPL's and documenting them for auditing purposes. Can any say HIPAA, SOX, or PCI here...
/Brad (Please ignore company inserted HIPAA disclaimer below) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Image Focus from New Era Software I have a reason to mention a product called Image Focus from New Era Software in my newsletter, but I've never heard about it from any of my readers. Before I essentially give it free advertising, I'd like to know how people feel about it. (Obviously, this is also free advertising in a way.) I'm essentially repeating a request from 2008 where a poster replied with: "Image Focus is very different from the IBM Health Checker. Image Focus does a virtual IPL of you system. It will find problems in SYS1.IPLPARM, SYS1.PARMLIB and IPL volumes which is critical if you have a small window to implement your maintenance on the weekends. Image Focus also has the ability to spot deficiencies in you parmlib due to changed parameters between releases of Z/OS. I have also used the Image Focus reporting to do SYS1.PARMLIB cleanup. Image Focus can also track parmlib updates so you can have a backout if necessary. We have been very pleased with Image Focus. It is software that works as marketed." http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0801&L=ibm-main&P=R76790&I=1&X=- So I'm just looking to see if there is any more feedback on the product. You can reply to me offline if you'd prefer. I like to contribute as well as obtain help, so the reason that I'm doing this is that Frank Kyne, of IBM's ITSO, gave a SHARE presentation on a Redbook and I'm highlighting his SHARE session as a 'don't miss' session. You can see his presentation here - http://proceedings.share.org/client_files/SHARE_in_Anaheim_2/Session_9038_ handout_904_0.pdf Thanks, Cheryl ====================== Cheryl Watson Watson & Walker, Inc. www.watsonwalker.com 941-266-6609 ====================== -This e-mail and any attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or disclosure of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED; you are requested to delete this e-mail and any attachments, notify the sender immediately, and notify the LabCorp Privacy Officer at [email protected] or call (877) 23-HIPAA / (877) 234-4722. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
