Db2 for z/OS Automation
Db2 for z/OS Automation Module
The Db2 for z/OS Automation ZMARS Module examines your capability to detect exception operational conditions and other events and take action to address those, based on real-time message tracking by automation software.
The Triton study team will carry out an assessment of your automation processes and policies, based on which messages you are tracking and what actions are driven by detection.
The team will produce an easily consumable report with prioritised findings and recommendations that, if implemented, will enhance your ability to detect and take actions to address operational conditions that can impact availability and resilience.
Why It Matters
It is essential to detect and act on a large number of Db2 for z/OS messages, some requiring immediate automated action to avoid impact on the service, some requiring notification to technicians for review and subsequent action. For example, group buffer pool short on storage conditions, lock escalation, or LPL conditions.
Db2 Message Tracking
Db2 issues a large number of messages that indicate error conditions, and some that require immediate action. Some of the warning messages are also noteworthy and will require further attention to avoid eventual impact to the service.
Taking Automated Action
Some messages will require immediate, automated action to address, others might require notification to your technical support teams for evaluation and action in the short or medium term.
Enhancing Automation
It can be useful to use your online monitor or to create your own processes to detect operational conditions, track the messages they issue and take action. This offers additional safeguards to protect service availability. You can enhance your automation based on your own processing profile and Db2 and z/OS infrastructure.
Why Triton?
Our ZMARS study will be led by John Campbell, IBM Alumni, retired IBM Distinguished Engineer and previous leader of the Db2 for z/OS SWAT team. John has worked with Db2 for z/OS for over 40 years and has extensive experience in systems, database, and application design.
Triton’s ZMARS consultants are specialists with extensive technical expertise, dedicated to collaborating with C-level teams. Each of our ZMARS consultants brings over 30 years of experience with Db2.
Database Housekeeping
Do you have a tried and tested plan to perform disaster restart/recovery in the event your primary production site is no longer operational?
ZPARMS
Do your ZPARMS conform to recommended best practice, are they in line with your availability and resilience policies, and are key ZPARMS specified consistently across the data sharing group?
Db2 for z/OS System and Application Performance Monitoring
Do your real-time monitoring and historical performance reporting practices help you proactively identify and prevent service disruptions caused by performance and workload deviations from the normal?