Item: IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This became a game changing product for us. We have been using traditional SAS/MXG to create PDB's and pull the reports which use to take tons of time, with IntelliMagic we are more focused on tunning and analysis then cleansing SMF data to create reports.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Reduction in SMF processing time
predictive capability to avoid any outages related to infrastructure
long term trending ability

Cons

forecasting ability
Billing comparison options
Alternate products with the pricing options

Return on Investment

preventive measure
reduced costs
Addressed multiple performance issues

Usability

with more than 12 years of experience in Mainframe performance tuning and analysis, it was much easier to translate and understand the tool. New college grads without Mainframe exposure struggled a bit to connect the dots, it might be good to have a recording from IM to go through mainframe basics before the staff start to use the tool covering mainframe concepts than tool itself.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

More time spent on performance tuning and analysis than creating PDB's. In house requires an additional windows support team to help the product,

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