You’re driving your business using IBM’s premier System z machines with z/OS. Business is on the up, so what’s the next step? Do you let IBM tell you what to buy? Do you buy as big as you can afford and hope it’ll fit?
Metron’s z/OS Performance Health Check uses Metron’s athene® capacity management software to automatically capture key performance and capacity indicators from your System z environment. Our consultants will remotely analyze the captured data to highlight performance and capacity issues and make recommendations on how they can be improved.
Metron is uniquely qualified to deliver this service that will provide real insight into managing your virtual environment. Metron's consulting team incorporates over 400 man-years of capacity management experience coupled with solid z/OS skills and practical consulting experience.
Benefits
Provide assurance to the business that your z/OS environment s performing within industry standard thresholds
Resolve any performance issues currently experienced
Leverage the benefits of enterprise class performance software without the associated cost
Reassurance that your system has sufficient capacity to meet the needs of your business
Deliverables
Conduct assessment of a z/OS environment using the Metron athene® capacity management software to collect and analyze performance data
Identify any performance bottlenecks and determine current capacity of the virtual infrastructure
Performance health check report summarizing findings
Key Activities
Action
Responsibility
Kickoff call
All
Architecture review
All
Install configure athene®
Client
Analysis of data
Consultant
Generate report
Consultant
Review report
All
Scope and Pricing
$2,425 per z/OS system *
Whilst the data is collected on-site via athene® the resulting analysis and report generation is done off-site. **
This service will be delivered by Metron’s uniquely skilled consultancy team
Requirements
Any version of z/OS in support with IBM, any processor capable of running that operating system
Read-only access to SMF data
Ability to submit a batch job and view output
Sufficient network permissions to access Metron’s FTP site
Target Audience
Anyone who has a vested interest in assuring the effective operation and performance of their z/OS infrastructure.
* For a single z/OS partition. Additional partitions can be added at $420 each ** On site analysis and report generation is available for an additional cost
Further information regarding Metron’s software and services is available by contacting sales@metron-athene.com
