Hi, I wanted to let everyone on the list know that the Beta testing phase for SyzAUTO/z V6 is going to be starting on June 15. This time, the beta testing is not limited to just existing clients, we are asking for up to 150 non-client sites on a first-come basis. All beta test sites that test the product and fill out the questionnaire at the end will receive the product at a 50% discount ($2,500) off the standard $5K cost. Existing clients who participate in the beta can elect to receive the same discount on SyzAUTO/z or to acquire any other component of the Syzygy Automation suite (SyzCMD/z, SyzMPF/z, SyzSPOOL/z, SyzMON/z or Syz/NOTIFY/z at a 50% discount).
The new features in this version include all of the following plus several more: 1) Restart windowing (up to 24 hours after system outage) 2) Comparative logic to issue scheduled commands or start JOBs/Tasks only "if" some other resource is active (or not active), or if running on a certain LPAR or any of several other query-able resources. 3) Site Control of all warning class messages 4) RAS updates, all DD's used by SyzAUTO/z are now optional. They can be provided dynamically via parmlib startup member entries 5) Optional Command Log (sysout or dataset) of all commands and actions 6) Can reply to WTOR's as part of the scheduled packages or command entries. 7) Simulation mode for all command packages, or the entire product 8) Interactive refresh of the product schedule to accept changes without the need for restart of SyzAUTO/z. 9) Command(s) to query all settings and functions, plus the NEXT scheduled command package or the just previous command package. 10) The SyzEMAIL component of SyzAUTO/z has been replaced with a more powerful and intelligent interface as well. SyzEMAIL/z allows the site to automatically send, via EMAIL, the condition codes and other facts about a tasks or JOBs execution including the condition codes at any time during or after the execution of the task/JOB). Version 6 is almost a complete rewrite of the old SyzAUTO/z product which is why we are interested in such a large and complete beta test phase. SyzAUTO/z is the optional automated Command and task scheduling component of the Syzygy Automation suite(*,**). Interested parties should contact the beta team at: clientsupp...@syzygyinc.com Thanks for your time, and please consider joining the beta test. Brian Westerman Syzygy Incorporated p.s. For those interested, the SyzCMD/z (automated command scripting) and SyzMPF/z (automated Console processing) products will be entering a new beta phase in July/August, SyzSPOOL/z (the spool management and automation product) will be entering it's beta phase in August/September. Also, as of the end of 2012, Syzygy will no longer provide phone or email support of the original AUTO product which was published on the CBT tape. That product was developed over 25 years ago and was replaced by the far more capable (and supported) SyzAUTO move than 8 years ago. *note: for information on other parts of the Syzygy Automation suite, please visit www.SyzygyInc.com **note: the Syzygy Automation Suite which includes: SyzAUTO/z (24x7x365 command and job/task scheduling), SyzCMD/z (interactive command scripting), SyzMPF/z (Console automation), SyzSPOOL/z (spool management and report maintenance with report availability via ISPF or the WEB), SyzMON/z (run time monitor for all tasks to allow automatic notification of outages and automatic recovery/restart of resources and tasks), and SyzNOTIFY/z (automatic notification of step and MAX condition codes via EMAIL for all JOBs and Started Tasks without requiring any JCL changes). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
