OH!! I forgot.
The current place I am at uses SiteMinder as an inter solution.
bobbee
From: "Tuben, Gregg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: MQSeries List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Comparison of MQ monitoring tools Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:23:26 -0600
I don't think George was looking for vendor responses but I wanted to elaborate on Rick's comment below.
MAINVIEW runs on z/OS platforms but MAINVIEW for WMQ will monitor distributed Queue Managers also. It communicates with the distributed QMQRs via Patrol for WMQ Node Manager agent or via Proxy. BMC's Patrol for WMQ will monitor z/OS as well as distributed. There is more z/OS specific data available with MAINVIEW for WMQ than with Patrol for WMQ.
Gregg Tuben Lead Developer z/OS WMQ products BMC Software Inc. As always, what I write is my opinion.
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Tsujimoto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Comparison of MQ monitoring tools
Im currently working with Omegamon/XE, monitoring MQ on the MF, Windows, AIX and HP-UX. It does a pretty good job, but once in a blue moon we lose contact with an agent on a distributed box and have to manually restart it. It's fairly easy to write rules/scripts to monitor whatever event you deem critical. My biggest concern is that IBM now owns it and it's not clear if it will survive. Also, I prefer the CMW over the CNP, but that's a personal preference.
I did work with the BMC MV product and it was very good, but it only supported the MF.
I had a short experience with Tivoli and I think it's a terrible product. I think the other listers gave a good description of the short-comings.
The only encounter with QPASA was a presentation by sales about 5-6 yrs ago, but it didn't address the MF at the time (still don't know if it does).
A RYO approach is always an option, but unless your company wants to put their family jewels in someone else's basket, it's not a good choice.
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We are currently investigating MQSeries monitoring tools. The environment is z/OS 1.5, MQ 5.3.1. We are looking for some comparisons of products with regard to feature/function and pro/con for any of these products. Any opinions are most welcome.
George Shedlock Jr
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