CROSS SYSPLEX MANAGER – CSM
Dynamically remove print overhead and hard-coded print device limitations from TP monitors and applications such as CICS, IMS and DB2, without reprogramming or changing the application, with the OMC-VNI Virtual Network Interface.
The OMC-VNI Virtual Network Interface extends comprehensive print management to legacy applications by automatically routing transaction and application output destined for a specific print device directly to the JES spool for subsequent printing via OMC-PRINT.
Routing transaction output through OMC-VNI frees the transaction from print processing, reducing user wait time and improving response time, transaction speed, and user productivity. Because OMC-VNI utilizes OMC-PRINT’s printer pooling facilities, output destined for a busy device can be automatically rerouted to an alternative device, avoiding transaction delays.
OMC-PRINT’s comprehensive output control increases user productivity, and time saving error recovery enables users to recover output in the event of printer error, avoiding transaction reruns and lost output.
- No check-ups and waiting periods necessary to see results
- In contrast to asynchronous data processing, results can be reacted upon immediately
- No product specific programming language Easy integration into existing procedures
- No training necessary
- Easy to understand and detailed error messages
- One additional copy step to be omitted
- Saves storage
- High level of automation
- Improved quality of software maintenance
- Just one logon necessary
- Good overview of disks
- Takes care of access rights regardless of the security system in use
- No additional utilities necessary
- Saves CPU-time
- An additional utility-step is obsolete
- Saving of dasd space
- Easy to maintain, since utilities are kept current by z/OS
- Saves money for hardware and “shared tape“- software solutions
- Keeps recovery-environment current
- No sequential data processing necessary
- Version- / Release-updates across sysplex boundaries
- Central system control and system management