Hi Lionel. I believe you basically have three options for zVM console sharing/automation: 1. PROP 2. CA's VM:Operator 3. IBM's Operations Manager. Being a brand new zVM shop we decided to go with a vendor product instead of PROP in an attempt to simplify the zVM learning/implementation curve. At the time, we only knew about CA's suite of zVM management products. A month or so into our trial with CA, we heard about IBM's Operations Manager at a VM user's group meeting. We decided to trial OM as well and ended up liking it better. I liked the fact that it was a standard VMSES/E installation vs. CA's proprietary method. The configuration was also much simpler and the console sharing/automation typically worked as expected. Our basic needs were to: 1. allow multiple members of our operations team to monitor Operator ID as well as the zLinux guests consoles. 2. highlight and hold error/warning messages in the consoles. 3. automatically respond to messages with REXX execs. 4. schedule operations to execute hourly, daily, etc. Operations Manager met these needs simply and effectively. We have been a happy, satisfied customer for just over a year now. My only complaint is that the documentation is a bit sparse; however, they continue to improve in this area. The product support folks are great and easy to work with. Hope this helps, Kevin Morris LexisNexis Systems Engineer ________________________________
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