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zGuard

Intelligent administration for z/OS

Our software gives you full control of how you use your resources and lets you keep on top of your workload costs. Every minute, it extracts WLM, LPAR, processor and other topology data from all LPARs, encrypts it and sends it to a central server. Here, the data is analyzed holistically, before changes are made in the hardware console or in the z/OS itself.

zGuard is one of the most effective products on the market when it comes to resources, costs and capping for z/OS.

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Extensive possibilities

zGuard offers various interfaces for interaction. You not only have direct access to the hardware console, but also to components like the complete OPERLOG, SMF, the security system (e.g., RACF) and the workload manager (WLM). This last element plays a decisive role when process resources are changed. If a z/OS is limited, for example, it is essential that the WLM only stops the non-time-critical workload. Otherwise there is a risk of negative impacts on your business at unexpected moments, making the WLM of limited benefit.

Dashboard Selection Menü

Dashboard CEC Overview

Dashboard Capacity Group Overview

Always up to date

zGuard allows you to position yourself much better here. All of the workload manager’s service classes deliver consumption and delay values every minute. The “zIIP on CP” consumption is visualized, allowing you to respond before it becomes a cost factor. This approach is underlined by processor topology data. The calculated values enable an interactive HiperDispatch ranking of your LPARs, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your platform.

Dashboard DASD Total IO and average Responsetime

Dashboard Service Classes Consumption & CPU Delay

Dashboard Service Class Velocity Goal evaluation Panel

Clients can use this software in two different ways simultaneously:

programmable framework

The first option involves an open and freely programmable framework. You program your own routines that control your systems according to your needs. We can provide support here.

Do the pricing models agreed with manufacturers deviate from the general standard or are they different in other ways?

Do your backup strategies sometimes require special management measures?

If so, SVA zGuard is the perfect tool for tailoring your optimization algorithms to your requirements.

standard algorithms

The second option uses standard algorithms that are already included upon delivery and can therefore be used immediately. Throughout countless analyses, we have repeatedly noticed how clients often face the same challenges.

That is why zGuard offers standard algorithms in different variants that you can choose straight away.

You too can benefit from this constantly growing treasure trove! We guarantee that once provided, the algorithms will remain stable. You can therefore rest assured that the logics in future releases will not change unexpectedly. Of course, we constantly optimize existing standards and release them as new variants with a different designation.