IBM Z Service Automation Suite May 13, 2019 - Domenico D'Alterio Offering Manager, Z Automation email
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
IBM Z Service Automation Suite May 13, 2019 Domenico D’Alterio Offering Manager, Z Automation email ddalteri@it.ibm.com IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
AGENDA ➢ Business goals and challenges ➢ Z Service Automation Suite ➢ Value of belonging products ➢ What’s new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 ➢ Service Management Unite v 1.1.6 ➢ SMU for Scheduling ➢ Resources 2 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Business goals in a digital world 40% of CEOs see growth of the business as their top priority CEOs expect digital revenue to grow 10.3% per year between 2017 and 2020 The business wants to: • Drive business-led innovation • Respond faster to changing business demands • Align to common goals and objectives • Protect the business Source: Gartner Leadership Vision for 2019: Infrastructure and Operations Leader 3 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Silos inhibit SLA attainment and increase time to problem resolution Tools to enable collaboration and cross-discipline interaction are needed to avoid silos Source: Beyond Philosophy: https://beyondphilosophy.com/how-to- overcome-organizational-silos/ 6 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Current challenge: skilled people are leaving! Skilled people are retiring ‘Tribal knowledge’ is disappearing 7 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Junior people facing with mainframe … a real story “We hired a young guy … he looked like he was 12 years old … likely he was 20” “He started working on 3270 using the mouse !!! … and he was very slow … 8 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Junior people facing with mainframe … continues “At a certain point he was puzzled … why he was not able to type the command he wanted to type… “ “… no way to see the red x at the bottom of the page …. “ 9 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Junior people facing with mainframe … through a Web User Interface “Then we adopted a Web UI to manage mainframe … and … “ “ … he was more relaxed, proud of what he was able to achieve and fast … “ 10 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Digital transformation presents new challenges for operations teams Velocity of change is Growth of hybrid cloud IT operation environment increasing and workloads are applications is is increasingly strained increasingly unpredictable increasing complexity • Risk of outages increases as • Mapping between business • Organizations face skills the rate of change accelerates applications and mainframe issues as they go through a and operational complexity resources are unclear generational shift increases • Silos inhibit SLA attainment • Reduce cost, maintain • New workload volumes can be and increase time to problem operational integrity under unpredictable resolution increasing transactional volume 11 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
What is important? Velocity of change is Growth of hybrid cloud IT operation environment increasing and workloads are applications is is increasingly strained increasingly unpredictable increasing complexity • Risk of outages increases • Mapping between business • Organizations face skills as the rate of change applications and mainframe issues as they go through accelerates and operational resources are unclear a generational shift complexity increases • Silos inhibit SLA attainment • New workload volumes can and increase time to • Reduce cost, maintain be unpredictable problem resolution operational integrity under increasing transactional volume Need to be able to react Need for a modern/user friendly quickly to workload changes consolidated view of System, Need for one-stop-shop for all Network & batch managed relevant service automation resources (Applications, needs … at a competitive price Need to ensure continuous Operations, Workstations). availability of resources to sustain business Need for a modern way to IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation interact with Z resources 12
AGENDA ➢ Business goals and challenges ➢ Z Service Automation Suite ➢ Value of belonging products ➢ What’s new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 ➢ Service Management Unite v 1.1.6 ➢ SMU for scheduling ➢ Resources 13 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Embrace an Integrated and Intelligent IT Operations Experience Dashboard UI for automated operations of Z and non-Z Systems environments. Isolate, analyze and diagnose problems twice as fast. Plan and manage automation activities in half the time and less error-prone compared to a conventional 3270-panel. Service Management Suite Service Automation Suite Powered by Zowe Service Management Unite Enterprise Edition Tivoli Asset Discovery for z/OS NetView for z/OS System Automation for z/OS Z Workload Scheduler OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS Allows to automate, plan and control the processing z/OS Db2 CICS IMS MQ Storage Networks WAS JVM of IBM Z systems workloads Automatic discovery and Comprehensive performance and Network & Performance Self-healing, high-availability identification of software availability solution for monitoring, Management to increase solution to optimize efficiency running on the IBM Z analyzing, and managing efficiency with lower and availability of critical platform, with usage mainframe operating systems, resources / personnel systems and applications on reports databases and applications. costs. multiple sysplexes. IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation 14
IBM Z Service Automation Suite v 1.1.0 Service Automation Suite 1.1.0 Z Service Automation Suite is a new offering (new PID 5698- SA1) to provide comprehensive support for Automation, Service Management Unite 1.1.6 Scheduling, and Network Management on Z. Powered SMU Enterprise Edition by Zowe It has a new modern Service Management Unite Dashboard to SMU for Scheduling provide at a glance overview on System Automation & Workload SMU for Automation Scheduler managed resources (Applications, Operations, Workstations) and their status as well as NetView tasks. SMU for Performance Management Clients have unmatched visibility into their defined systems management environments with guided problem identification, NetView for z/OS 6.2.1 isolation, and resolution workflows to keep the workload up System Automation for z/OS 4.1 and running. Z Workload Scheduler 9.5 It is a one-stop-shop for all relevant service automation needs and allows flexible usage of components based on client needs. Announcement was on February 12th 219-085 GA on March 15th "Showing the status of workstations together with the System Automation resources for the Workload Scheduler infrastructure will be very helpful for operators.” 15 IBM IBM Z Z/ February / March 2019 2019/ /©©2019 2018IBM IBMCorporation Corporation 15
IBM Z Service Automation Suite v 1.1.0 Dashboard UI for IT operations. Isolate, analyze and diagnose problems Service Automation Suite 1.1.0 twice as fast. Plan and manage activities in half the time Service Management Unite 1.1.6 and less error-prone compared to a Powered conventional 3270-panel SMU Enterprise Edition by Zowe SMU for Scheduling SMU for Automation Network & Performance Management to increase efficiency with lower SMU for Performance resources / personnel costs. Management Self-healing, high-availability solution to NetView for z/OS 6.2.1 optimize efficiency and availability of critical systems and applications on System Automation for z/OS 4.1 multiple sysplexes Z Workload Scheduler 9.5 Automate, plan and control the processing of batch workloads on IBM Z systems as well as distributed, Cloud and Containers 16 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
NetView for z/OS value SNMP Traps EIF Events Event management SNA Events SNA Sessions TCP/IP Connections Messages / Message Revision Sysplex Resource Commands / Command DVIPA Monitoring Revision and Automation OSA HiperSockets Management Events / Traps Hardware Timers 17 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
System Automation for z/OS Value • Hardware components • Software products and applications • Automated processes • Messages and alerts Monitor ✓ Policy-based ✓ Goal-oriented ✓ Scalable Automation Automate many repetitive • Take actions to control conditions and complex tasks • Guarantee continuous availability of IT resources • React to errors and unscheduled events 18 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Z Workload Scheduler value Connect & De-Risk Control Optimize Connect & de-risk your Control workload Optimize your workload Business Processes execution with Live execution with trends and (Design jobs & Dashboards and graphical predictive analysis, and track dependencies, through views, query-based critical jobs and what-if Graphical views, Plan monitoring views, and simulations in intuitive execution policies against leverage embedded experiences. time & events conditions). reporting and auditing. EMA named amongst the Outstanding capabilities of IBM Workload Automation 19 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Z Workload Scheduler capabilities V 9.5 • Modern and intuititve web-based User Interface Modeling V 9.5 • Business integration hub to bring relief in complex processes • Hybrid Workload Automation from a single point of control Monitoring • Mobile support & Self Service Catalog • Predictive scheduling Analytics V 9.5 • Streaming to Anaytics Platform (Splunk and Elastic) • Scheduling through REST APIs Dynamic Scheduling • on-demand workload automation • Built-in on the same sysplex High Availability • Remote Hot-standby Executors • Tracker, Fault Tolerant Agent, Dynamic Agent, Agentless option, Agent in Container Scalability • Manage millions of daily jobs on a single mainframe LPAR V 9.5 Deployment • Dynamic Workload Console in containers DevOps • Automate every step between writing code and deploying application to IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation customers 20
Z Workload Scheduler: Dynamic Workload Console V 9.5 Dashboard easy to customize • “internal” data source – directly from monitoring query filter definition • “external” data source • Through REST API • External web pages 21 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Business integration hub 35+ Out of the box integrations … … in order to automate the execution od batch jobs on distributed platforms, business applications and Cloud from a single point of control (Z Controller) Operating system Windows, UNIX, Linux, IBM i, IBM z, remote commands or scripts Applications ERP Mainframe SAP R3, PI channel, Oracle e-Business, BusinessObjects Cloud/Web Hadoop DFS, Sterling Connect:Direct, File transfer FTP/SCP/SFTP/CIFS, MQTT, WebSphereMQ, WSDL, REST Java Java, JSR-352, J2EE Database/Big Data SQL, Cloudant, MSSQL, Oracle, DB2, DataStage, Hadoop, Cognos, Distributed Servers BigInsights, Informatica PowerCenter Infrastructure Agent update/upgrade, job management, variable management, job stream Application Catalog available on IBM Cloud submission Marketplace includes also business templates (Peoplesoft Payroll Process, SAP Inventory Free Development Kit for customers and business partners to Management….) and business partners build new job types integrations 22 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Predictive scheduling and What-if simulation Optimize for execution speed with event- triggered workloads and SLA management Predict job durations with historical and advanced estimation (cycles, average & variance) What-If to check the impact of planned and unplanned events beforehand - Drag & drop jobs in a Gantt view - Real time simulation of changes on the current plan - Forecast of impacts - Trial and error approach 23 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
AGENDA ➢ Business goals and challenges ➢ Z Service Automation Suite ➢ Value of belonging products ➢ What’s new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 ➢ Service Management Unite v 1.1.6 ➢ SMU for Scheduling ➢ Resources 24 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
What’s new in Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 • Full control on late alerting and Improved Control Modelling/Monitoring automatic actions UI improvements • New dashboard experience Improved User Experience Problem Determination • Log analytics Faster problem determination Workload Optimization • Smooth submission of jobs Cost control • Containers for DWC and Improved Deployment Deployment zCentric Agent in Containers Experience 25 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation Announcement was on February 12th 219-010 GA on March 15th
IZWS v 9.5: Date and Time alert and action • Need a way to define a "Late" time on a job that on expiration generates alerts • Need to be able to mark a job complete at a certain day and time if the job is not completed • The “Late” attribute must be available for filtered queries
IZWS v 9.5: Log Analytics Workload Scheduling logs available to the Analytic Engines already in use in your Enterprise IZWS Controller • Easier access to ZWS AUDIT data • ZWS error messages integrated with System Messages for problem analysis CDPz MLOGs MLOGs JTx DB JTx Messages captured by default: ➢Automatic recovery information ➢Application ended in error ➢Job late (old and new criteria) All additional messages wished by customer can be ➢Waiting for special resources logged by specifying CDP=YES ➢Failing of MCP update
IZWS v 9.5: Smooth workload submission Need to avoid CPU consumption peak caused by non-critical jobs concurrent submission ➢ DEFINE A GLOBAL POLICY TO PRIORITIZE URGENT JOBS Choose urgent jobs and jobs on critical path before all other jobs, distribute non-critical workload in a time range without exceeding the latest start time with its variance. ➢ DEFINE A GLOBAL MAXIMUM SUBMISSION RATE Can be applied to jobs that are not on critical path and not urgent workload.
Greater agility for Application in Docker containers Management Greater agility for Hybrid Application Management Build and integrate your agent image in IZWS application Docker containers to simplify Controller Environment Management Container Container Enable elastic scaling as IWS Agent agent images can be kubectl run App B added to a Pool of agents App C App A App D App E Bin/libs Bin/libs Bin/libs Bin/libs Docker Eng. Docker Eng. Docker Eng. Docker Eng. Host OS Server IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
AGENDA ➢ Business goals and challenges ➢ Z Service Automation Suite ➢ Value of belonging products ➢ What’s new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 ➢ Service Management Unite v 1.1.6 ➢ SMU for Scheduling ➢ Resources 30 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Service Management Unite Highlights A modern, customizable Web UI consolidating data from OMEGAMON, System Automation and Workload Scheduler into a single environment Offers a single point of control using modern, customizable dashboards to monitor and operate your applications and systems. Drag&drop dashboard editor with rich widget palette to create your own dashboards and integrate your own data See at a glance the health state of your environment and drill down to the underlying problem and get suggestions to restore service Use automation functions to start, stop, recycle, or move business applications running on IBM z Systems and beyond. Access system logs and issue commands on a z/OS system and immediately see the response Integrates with other products as well as your own data Internal labs test showed that for common MQ actions, using SMU resulted in; Supports mobile access • 60% fewer clicks • 70% less time
SMU: Resolve Problems with modern Dashboards Consolidated Health - Events Automation policy and actions (SA for z/OS) CANZLOG (zNV) Issue Commands from OMEGAMON, Perform SA z/OS automation tasks, edit with Zowe, Monitoring problem analysis ZWS Batch job actions solution (OMEGAMON) Analytics (IZOA) Identify Zowe Scheduling Batch Jobs (ZWS) Isolate Fix 32 32
SMU for Scheduling New At a glance overview on IWS resources SMU v 1.1.6 and their status (Applications, (March2019) Operations, Workstations) Service Management Unite EE SMU for Scheduling SMU for Automation SMU for Performance Management 33
SMU for Scheduling integration scenarios Service Management Unite EE At a glance overview on IWS SMU for Scheduling resources and their status (Applications, Operations, SMU for Automation Workstations) with seeamless SMU for Performance navigation in Dynamic Management Workload Console Drill-down capabilities to SA deep-dive Drill-down capabilities dashboards to DWC deep-dive dashboards New Start/Stop IWS services SMU v 1.1.6 through SA from (March2019) overview dashboard Monitor resource utlization 34 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
SMU EE IWS Dashboard Widget – consider using most critical job status or IWS/SA Bach I/F Function Status View workstation details View jobs on workstation .... Properties Expand Job Streams to see contained Jobs Allow drill-down to Dynamic Workload Cconsole views 35 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
AGENDA ➢ Business goals and challenges ➢ Z Service Automation Suite ➢ Value of belonging products ➢ What’s new in IBM Z Workload Scheduler v 9.5 ➢ Service Management Unite v 1.1.6 ➢ SMU for Scheduling ➢ Resources 36 IBM Z / May 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Z Automation ▪ Service Management Suite for z/OS info: ibm.biz/SMSzInfo ▪ Z Service Automation Suite info: ibm.biz/ZSASInfo ▪ Z Service Automation Suite Announcement: ibm.biz/ZSASAnnounce ▪ Z Workload Scheduler info: ibm.biz/IZWSInfo ▪ Z Workload Scheduler Announcement: ibm.biz/IZWS95Announce ▪ System Automation for z/OS info: ibm.biz/SAzInfo ▪ Tivoli NetView for z/OS Info: ibm.biz/NVzInfo ▪ Zowe Project Community Site: https://zowe.org/ More references to wikis, Redbooks and so on in Back-up slides 37 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Key Take Away…. Z Service Automation Service Management Suite provides an The integration with Unite simplifies daily integrated set of Zowe allows to reduce Work with us along the operator tasks and Automation, the time to identify development cycle allows operators to Scheduling, and and resolve through the Early manage the whole Network Management application and Access Program enterprise from a functions with a resource problems single point of control modern Dashboard UI 38 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
39
BACKUP IBM Z / October 2018 / © 2018 IBM Corporation
Service Management Unite Released SMU Packages ▪ Full SMU Package (for SMSz and Z Service Automation Suite Customers): – https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-ibmsms ▪ SMU Automation Package (for SA only customers): – https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-ibmsa Download Portal for Beta Code from EAP Site: – https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swerptiv-smszeap-3 – SMU Beta download and information: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/activities/service/html/mainpage#activitypage,4585 a4c0-d1a3-456c-b8a6-09236b8f7496 SMU Best Practices Community – http://ibm.biz/smszwiki 41 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Get More information about SMU 5 Things to Know About IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS: http://ibm.biz/SMSz_top5 Save Time and Lower Costs with IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS. An IBM Redbooks Point-of-View publication: https://ibm.biz/smszpov IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS with Service Management Unite. An IBM Redbooks Solution Guide: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5394.html SMSz Wiki: https://ibm.biz/smszwiki SMSz Video: https://youtu.be/Dk8-dt-ZBzE SMU Product Page: http://www.ibm.com/software/products/en/ibm-service- management-unite SMU Knowledge Center: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSANTA_1.5.0/co m.ibm.smsz.doc/smsz150_landing_smu.html SMU Automation Download Page: https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source =swg-ibmsa SMU Download Page: https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source =swg-ibmsms 42 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Get More information about System Automation ▪ z IT Service Management Operational Excellence • www.ibm.com/systems/z/solutions/operational-excellence/index.html ▪ Wikis • System Automation Wiki • SMSz Wiki • System Automation v 4.1 Announcement Letter •https://www- 01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS217- 086/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en • URLs • http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/tivosystautoforzos • Service Management Connect (external) Blogs, videos and best practices for IBM z Systems Service Management •www.ibm.biz/zITSMBlog 43 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Get More information about NetView • NetView website https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli System z Monitoring and Application Management/page/IBM NetView for zOS • Service Management Suite for z/OS https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Wfb8610d29f30_4f81_802f_2b8d115202ec • NetView customer forum https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/group/NetView/info • NetView documentation http://www- 01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJDU_6.2.1/com.ibm.itnetviewforzos.doc_6.2.1/netv621_welcome_kc.htm 44 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Get More information about Zowe Project Community site https://zowe.org Access to Beta Download https://zowe.org/download Review Zowe squads, missions and activities https://zowe.org/contribute/ Code Guidelines https://zowe.org/code-guidelines/ Project Governance https://zowe.org/about-us/ GitHub https://github.com/zowe Project Documentation (includes user and install guides) https://zowe.github.io/docs-site/ Developer Tutorials https://zowe.github.io/docs-site/guides/intro.html https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/zowe-step-by-step-tutorial/ 45 IBM Z / March 2019 / © 2019 IBM Corporation
Workload Scheduler Overview Page Level Functions Choose ZWS Engine (Controller) Possible Actions: – Launch Configuration UI to configure connectivity to DWC / ZWS – Define a default engine that should be used when opening the dashboard – Reset the Job Streams View to show all job streams again (useful after filtering) – Launch the Dynamic Workload Console 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 46 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Z Workload Scheduler: Workstations view 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 47 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Automation Workstations: Drill-Down to SA Domain Page A workstation of type „General“ that has the „Automation“ Property set to true, represents a specific NetView system on which SA commands can be issued from a ZWS job (e.g. to start/stop an application through SA) For these workstations, „View Domain Page“ will launch the corresponding dashboard on which you can see all the SA resources that are available in that NetView domain 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 48 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Job Streams and Jobs view Hierarchical view of all job streams in the current plan Job streams can be expanded to see jobs in job stream Show critical and non-critical jobs with their status and scheduled time 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 49 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Drill-Down to DWC Job Streams View In context drill- down into DWC Graphical ViewEasy Easy access to ZWS job actions from Job Streams View 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 50 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Drill-Down to SA Page for Automation Jobs For “automation“ jobs, drill- down to corresponding SA Domain is available Stop Request issued by ZWS (EXTERNAL) 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 51 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
Job Status Charts and filtering capabilities Filter job by status, workstation or name ... reset filtering through „Action“ menu 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 52 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
System Automation Resources representing ZWS services 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 53 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
ZWS-SA integration: A Job failed 1. A job ended in error 4. … return code available in the properties 2. ... it is an „automation“ job 3. … INGMOVE was the command submitted 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 54 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
ZWS-SA integration: drill down in the automation domain 5. Looking at the target systemin the automation domain … that the target system is unavailable 6. … resource was made Unavailable for maintenance 7 … change the status to available in this view 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 55 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
ZWS-SA integration: back to Job Stream view 8. … rerun the job 8. Job completes successfully 2019 IBM Systems Technical University 56 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2019
You can also read