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News
IntelliMagic Vision Derives New Insights from MQ Accounting Data
4 May 2020 IntelliMagic Vision release 9.22.0 provides capabilities to enable effective analysis of the valuable but challenging data source of SMF 116 MQ Accounting Data. IBM MQ is a critical component in the z/OS infrastructure. However, z/OS system managers often lack visibility into the operation and performance of MQ.…
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Blog
Why is my Ferrari of a Storage Array Running Like a Yugo?
Tim Chilton - 4 May 2020 Improperly configured hosts can suffer from poor performance even on high performing arrays. Like a sports car engine, modern arrays are finely tuned machines, but if fueled with inefficient input you can rob performance and make your Ferrari perform more like a Yugo. I…
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Video
Are my Tape RPO’s Being Met?
In today’s virtual tape environment, one of the key performance measures is whether the tape data is being replicated to the Disaster Recovery site in a timely manner. In other words, “Are my Tape RPO’s being met?” This video demonstrates how you can leverage IntelliMagic Vision to identify replication…
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Webinar
The Benefit of AIOps for Storage Infrastructure Performance Management
Get Notified of Upcoming Webinars Discover how modern techniques can automatically identify storage and SAN infrastructure issues in order to prevent outages and optimize storage and SAN environments. We’ll also discuss how adding artificial intelligence and statistical analysis to the mix can elevate your team’s capabilities. We will focus…
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Blog
IBM z15 Announcement Highlights and How to Take Advantage
John Baker - 4 May 2020 Introducing the IBM z15 How do you fit a truck into a “small car only” parking spot? Introducing the IBM z15. The z15 boasts all the horsepower you expect from IBM’s latest mainframe offering – in a 19 inch frame. If you have racks…
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Blog
Leveraging XCF Message Activity for CPU Efficiency
Todd Havekost - 4 May 2020 Infrastructure teams today commonly face the barrier of learning different tooling if they want to collaborate with other teams and view SMF data types created by other components. This leads to the undesirable outcome of not having access to insights that are available from…
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News
Enhanced processor analytics in IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS version 8.8
Aug 10, 2016 IntelliMagic, the worldwide leader in software to outsmart z/OS mainframe service disruptions and eliminate infrastructure inefficiencies, today announced IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS version 8.8. This major release advances the ability of performance and capacity teams to efficiently maintain continuous availability and reduce costs. IntelliMagic software has a…
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Video
Analyzing CICS TCB Dispatcher Metrics – Part 1
CICS Statistics data provides many metrics that provide insights into how the CICS Dispatcher is utilizing the many types of TCBs it uses to manage the execution of multiple units of work within regions. View CICS Transaction Class Metrics View CICS TCB Dispatcher Metrics – Part 2 (T8 TCBs)…
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Key Person
Jim Sedgwick
Jim joined IntelliMagic in 2015 as a Storage Consultant after spending 20 years at IBM as a Storage Specialist. Jim’s expertise include enterprise storage performance and copy services. He has published many IBM Redbooks and received his Mechanical Engineering degree from North Carolina State University.
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Blog
Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and the Block Services Performance (BSP) sub-profile: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 3 “The Ugly”
Brett Allison - 4 May 2020 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 3 “The Ugly” In the first part of this three-part blog I introduced the SMI project and provided some reasons why it is a good thing. In the second installment I discussed some of the challenges with SMI project,…