On 9/5/08, Elliot, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try EventAction form http://www.ACTIONSOFTWARE.com/. One of the features > of this good product is the ability to track software usage with (almost) > zero cpu consumption.
Itschak FWIW > > A situation I have been faced with many times. If the product is > contained in its own library and not on the linklist then a security > product audit should give the required usage. Also the SMF type 30 > record will provide information at least about the lead module executed > which should be sufficient to identify usage of the product. > > Then there are link listed product libraries and the almost inevitable > "miscellaneous" libraries which contain all the stuff the customer > didn't know what to do with. (Which of course are always authorized) For > these I wrote a CSVLLIX1 exit to write an SMF record for every LOAD etc. > I used the information to move active modules to another library. This > has proved pretty reliable although I was once deceived by a product > which seemed to have its own method of loading programs. > > Eventually you have to drop the library and see who screams but if it is > about money you have right on your side. > > David Elliot > > zSeries Software Engineer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jacky Bright > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 4:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Third Party Tool Usage > > We have many 3rd party tools in our maiframe estate like CA , BMC , IBM > etc. > Is there any sysstem utiltiy by which we can come to know which tool has > not > been used over a long period of time ? As part of cost cutting exercise > during MF upgrade we are looking to remove some unused tools so that > license fees can be saved for those tools. > > JAcky > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
