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What is Control-M?
Control-M from BMC is a platform for integrating, automating, and orchestrating application and data workflows in production across complex hybrid technology ecosystems. It provides deep operational capabilities, delivering speed, scale, security, and governance.
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- Central monitoring (49)10.0100%
- Multi-platform scheduling (51)8.787%
- Alerts and notifications (51)8.383%
- Logging (50)7.777%
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What is Control-M?
Control-M from BMC is a platform for integrating, automating, and orchestrating application and data workflows in production across complex hybrid technology ecosystems. It provides deep operational capabilities, delivering speed, scale, security, and governance. Control-M simplifies workflow complexity with a single end-to-end enterprise view, and decentralized and targeted self-service interfaces for developers, data and cloud engineers, business users, and IT Operations teams. Control-M also provides a set of out-of-the-box integrations for the latest application, data, and cloud technologies.
Control-M Features
Workload Automation Features
- Supported: Multi-platform scheduling
- Supported: Central monitoring
- Supported: Logging
- Supported: Alerts and notifications
- Supported: Analysis and visualization
- Supported: Application integration
Additional Features
- Supported: SLA Management
- Supported: Data pipeline orchestration
- Supported: Hybrid and multi cloud workflow orchestration
- Supported: Jobs-as-Code and DevOps support
- Supported: Self-service interfaces
- Supported: Conversion tool
- Supported: Workload archiving
- Supported: Self-healing and remediation
- Supported: Standards in production
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Control-M Integrations
- Apache Airflow
- Microsoft Azure
- Alteryx Designer Cloud
- Azure Backup
- Google BigQuery
- Google Cloud Functions
- Google Cloud Dataflow
- Azure Databricks
- Automation Anywhere
- Amazon Athena
- Azure Machine Learning
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Apache Hadoop
- AWS Lambda
- Impala Open Distribution
- Amazon SageMaker
- Apache Hive
- Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
- Docker
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Apache Pig
- HashiCorp Terraform
- Apache Spark
- Snowflake
- UiPath Integration Service
- Talend Data Integration
- Oracle Linux
- Microsoft Power BI
- SQL Server Integration Services
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud
- PostgreSQL
- AWS Data Pipeline
- AWS Step Functions
- Google Cloud Dataplex
- Google Cloud Dataproc
- Google Cloud Deployment Manager
- Azure Resource Manager
- Azure Logic Apps
- Azure HDInsight
- Azure DevOps Services
- Azure Data Factory
- Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- AWS Glue
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Batch
- Amazon QuickSight
- Azure Batch
- CentOS Linux
- Db2
- SingleStore
- Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce)
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Control-M Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, UNIX, z/OS, i5/OS |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Countries | Global support |
| Supported Languages | English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew |
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Control-M from BMC is a platform for integrating, automating, and orchestrating application and data workflows in production across complex hybrid technology ecosystems. It provides deep operational capabilities, delivering speed, scale, security, and governance.
Broadcom Automic Automation, CA Workload Automation, and IBM Workload Automation are common alternatives for Control-M.
Reviewers rate Central monitoring highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Control-M are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Control-M (z/OS onliy)
All production jobs on z/OS (almost) are run buy Control-M. Control-M saves a lot of time and manpower, by running the production workload, letting people deal with development, maintenance and problem solving.
- Runs jobs when they should.
- Notify users when something goes wrong.
- Provide information on previous runs.
- The interface (On z/OS) is a bit clunky.
- Installation and upgrades are a pain.
- It is difficult to make mass changes.
80%
8.0
- It lets us run more jobs in production.
- Lets us create complex job streams.
- TWS and ESP
When we got Control-M when there weren't other options. Converting to another system was evaluated, but not done.
10
Operations
operation design.
operation design.
2
On the z/OS side, it's like any other ISV product, with some specialized knowledge and experience with the IOA installation and maintenance system called ICE.
On the open systems side, windows and linux knowledge is needed,
On the open systems side, windows and linux knowledge is needed,
- Runnin production workloads
- Keeping track of what ran, did it run OK, and if not, getting the message to the right people.
- A relatively easy way to make modifications.
- Nothing that I can think of
- Nothing that I can think of
No
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
Since Control-M started its life as an Israeli product, it is very common is Israel. In the beginning, when we had an issue, we could talk directly with the developers and solve problems faster.
We would make a list of workload automation products, the pros and cons of each one, create a short list, and evaluate each product on the short list.
- Implemented in-house
Yes
Implementation was done according to department.
Since the workload for each department is independent, it wasn't an issue.
Since the workload for each department is independent, it wasn't an issue.
Change management was minimal
None
- Convincing the operations staff that this was a good idea, and they could relinquish some control.
- It was a long time ago, I don't remember much
- no training
Formal training is always better, but it's not always available.
Not really.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
no
No
I don't think the options exists
No
They always do.
Our problem is that we don't deal with BMC directly.
We first go through their reseller in Israel which try to help, and only if they can't, escalate the problem to BMC.
Our problem is that we don't deal with BMC directly.
We first go through their reseller in Israel which try to help, and only if they can't, escalate the problem to BMC.
- Monitoring jobs
- Making mass changes
- Installing and upgrading
- Other IOA products on z/OS
All IOA products work very well together, and seem like one product.
- Not at this time
Check if someone else has done something similar.
it can save lots of time.
it can save lots of time.
Yes
The new release required a lot more resources. We had to upgrade the servers for it to work.
- Using a current release.
- Not sure. We're are the latest release.
No
No
July 01, 2016
BMC - control M automation software
Used in both mainframe and Unix environments for batch schedules/processing work loads.
- Simplifies batch jobs
- Automates batch jobs
- Reduces failed batch jobs
- Helps maintain track of SLA commitments
- Provide more visibility into file transfer operations
- Can work better on big data workloads
86.66666666666666%
8.7
- Helped achieve automation
- Helped in designing workflow
- Provides real time insight on JCL
control-M was the best in class for batch jobs on mainframe and hence went for it - later on it was broadened to work on Unix as well and hence leveraged this functionality
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
communicate and get the whole stakeholder team involved
- Actually no major issues
June 23, 2016
Control-M Rocks
Control-M has been our enterprise scheduling solution since 2004. It provides us with a single point of controlling and monitoring job flows across various operating system platforms. We use Control-M to execute jobs on Windows servers and then trigger jobs on AS400 and AIX servers where data then gets transferred to and processed and then sent back to the Windows servers for post processing. The automated alerts that are sent to application owners are valuable to get quick resolution to job failures and delays. The self service feature allows our users to monitor and interact with their active scheduled jobs.
- Scheduling Flexibility. We have some very unique schedules. For example: we run a job on the 2nd Sunday after the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
- Cross platform interdependencies. Allows us to trigger jobs on the various different OS platforms.
- Notification from jobs. Failure alerts, job late and running long notification.
- One feature that I feel needs some improvement is the ability to create a graphical flow chart of jobs and be able to print it and look nice.
90%
9.0
- Greater uptime and fewer missed deadlines.
- Flexibility to grow.
TWS was part of our initial proof of concept and product review. Control-M was able to do everything we asked. At the time TWS was unable to provide the interface that we needed. We chose Control-M and have been pleased ever since.
50
Production Control, the group that supports the product and does most of the scheduling. The JD Edwards support team who maintain only the JDE schedules. And some application support who monitor their jobs and the program developers who also monitor jobs and watch the schedules run. Our database support team uses it to view output from jobs that might have failed.
2
Operations Engineer familiar with the AIX or UNIX operating systems, familiar with the various versions of Windows and some AS400 experience. The Operations Analyst has operational experience with monitoring jobs and ensuring deadlines are met. Opens problem cases and assigns them to the appropriate application group for resolution and reruns or whatever is necessary.
- Daily production job scheduling
- Order management and shipping
- Invoicing
- Payroll
- JD Edwards interface
- Job triggering based on file deliveries
- Online transaction processing
- Automated server rebooting for patch maintenance
Yes
IBM OPC - was mainframe centric and we needed an enterprise solution.
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Vendor Reputation
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
- Analyst Reports
We were looking for a solution to interface with SAP at the time and perform some special application integration with our ERP solution.
Would not make any changes. We are very happy with the results.
- Vendor implemented
- Professional services company
The initial implementation was performed by BMC technicians and a service company that is now know as Cetan Corp. Back when we implemented the product and converted from IBM OPC to Control-M we had both mainframe support and distributed support. The conversion from the old IBM mainframe system to the new mainframe and distributed system went very well. We have used Cetan Corp team for several upgrades of the product.
No
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
The vendor and the service company had a plan and it was executed very well. The only issues that we initially ran into was from support on our team. The lack of resources was tight with many other projects going on at the same time. We were a growing company and there were many activities going on at that time.
- Lack of our people resources
I cannot remember the specific incident but it was at 2:00 AM in the morning once and we were able to get a call back very quickly. Production was down but we were able to determine what the problem was, correct the problem and catch back up before start of business the next day.
- It is very easy to use the graphical interface to monitor job activity.
- The alerting system is very well designed to make monitoring for problems much simpler
- Designing new jobs and building new schedules is simple with the desktop. Making changes is easy and quick.
- There could be some improvement on the reporting facility particularly when printing a flow chart of jobs.
Yes, but I don't use it
June 20, 2016
The current best workload automation tool
We use Control-M across the organization. We use it for workload automation and integrate it with other applications.
- Ease of use
- Graphical view of your entire organization workload
- As it matures, the product gets better and more stable
- The WLA tools should be made as a web base rather than thick client.
- Built-in change manger should be part of the tool, not another add-on.
- Agent deployment should be all automatic, base install then fixpack, and so on.
85%
8.5
- Not much since we don't charge our customer for workload automation, its all built in to the cost they paid for a general use of a server or LPAR.
- CA7
Much better but again costs more.
1000
across the entire company
8
Control-M certified admin
- automate all batch workload
- use filewatcher to catch file and process a job
- Control-M for DB is use heavily
- we use the normal usage of control-m
- not sure yet
Yes
CA-7, we need a multi platform scheduler and Control-M for a good fit
- Product Features
- Product Usability
Usage and multi platform
none, still will get it
- Implemented in-house
No
- data consistency
- agent connection
Yes
I think we have that now
No
when there were never SSL and we asked for it. BMC did their best to get us SSL in less than 6 months
- GUI
- Connecting jobs
- Mass updates
- not much, they're all quite easy
- upgrade
- agent install
Yes
we don't use it right now