I am pleased to review IntelliMagic Vision and how it has helped Black Knight stay ahead of mainframe performance and protect SLAs.
August 25, 2021

I am pleased to review IntelliMagic Vision and how it has helped Black Knight stay ahead of mainframe performance and protect SLAs.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS

We rely on IntelliMagic [Vision for z/OS] to get a broad view of mainframe performance metrics. It is used by capacity planners, storage administrators and architects to trend performance, troubleshoot problems using an easy yet comprehensive user interface.
  • Summarizes performance
  • Can scale time
  • Visualization
  • Flexibility of reporting
  • Provides useful narratives to describe what you are seeing
  • VSAM/RLS reporting of Directory Reclaims - this activity is normal in VSAM/RLS but the narrative applies to DB2 not VSAM/RLS cache structures
  • SMF82 record reporting is not supported
  • Span of coverage
  • Excellent visualization
  • Ease of use
  • Flexibility to develop custom reports
  • Helps identify performance issues - maintains SLAs

Do you think IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS again?

Yes

[IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS is] well suited for:
Monitoring disk performance and replication metrics
Same for VTS
System Logger (SMF88)
CPU hardware utilization, hyperdispatch, etc