Batch Management Software

Increase System Online Time by Reducing Batch Window and Resource Consumption

SmartProduction is a batch management software product that identifies production batch problems in IBM z/OS (MVS) environments related to job flow and application resource consumption and provides z/OS batch tuning solutions. SmartProduction can detect a wide range of production performance inefficiencies (over 350) which, when resolved, can dramatically reduce system resources utilization (e.g., CPU and I/O) and significantly cut job elapsed run times.

Benefits of our Batch Tuning and Management Software:

• Up to 30% reduction in batch window time, providing users with increased online availability
• Reduce CPU, I/O and DASD consumption
• Save money by extending the life of current hardware investments and postponing the need for future upgrades
• Help mission-critical applications run faster
• Faster online response time
• Reduce operating costs
• Improve overall system utilization

SmartProduction detects batch tuning opportunities in the following areas:

• Identifying jobs performing unnecessary or obsolete work
• VSAM Data Set tuning
• VSAM Buffering tuning (NSR, LSR in batch, BLSR optimization)
• Optimizing Sort executions (DFSORT, SyncSort)
• Optimizing Utilities executions (IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IEBCOPY, DFSMSdss ADRDSSU, FDR)
• Optimizing Storage Management Utilities executions (DUMP, DEFRAG)
• DB2 application performance optimization and exception detection
• DB2 Housekeeping utility executions optimization (DSNUTILB, BMC Plus series, DSNTIAUL)
• Identifying inefficient COBOL compile options
• Recommending Data-in-memory (VIO, LSR in batch) usage
• Exposing the volume of Operational Delays
• Monitoring Data Set Compression and Striping usage
• Auditing Workload Manager (WLM) behavior
• Identifying DASD over-allocation

SmartProduction for DB2

SmartProduction for DB2 is a batch management solution that identifies production batch problems related to job flow and application resource consumption, and provides solutions. SmartProduction for DB2 can detect a wide range of production inefficiencies (over 60) which, when resolved, can dramatically reduce system resources utilization (e.g., CPU and I/O) and significantly cut job elapsed run times.

Benefits:

• Reduce CPU, I/O and DASD consumption
• Save money by extending the life of current hardware investments and postponing the need for future upgrades
• Help mission-critical applications run faster
• Faster online response time
• Reduce operating costs
• Improve overall system utilization

Learn more about SEA and our batch tuning and batch management software solutions. Request a live demonstration, a free, no obligation 30 day trial or download a SmartProduction brochure.