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IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager vs OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence comparison

IBM and Broadcom are both solutions in the Event Monitoring category. IBM is ranked #15, while Broadcom is ranked #13. IBM holds a 1.1% mindshare in EM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.
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96% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager and OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence compete in business service management and automation sectors. While IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager offers more favorable pricing and support, OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is considered superior due to its robust features and perceived value.

Features: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is known for comprehensive service management capabilities, powerful monitoring solutions, and its ability to integrate diverse data sources. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is valued for advanced automation features, efficient process automation, and intelligent resource allocation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager offers a flexible deployment model suitable for various enterprise environments with strong customer support. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence has a straightforward deployment process tailored for IBM mainframe systems and provides commendable customer service.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager has moderate setup costs, delivering notable ROI through effective management capabilities. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence may involve higher initial costs, offering substantial ROI due to its powerful automation efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Business Service...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
13th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 2.8%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring
 

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RH
The most valuable feature for my team is the ability to taken event feeds from all/any source tool and put them in a single pane of glass. It's being replaced for our work by another Tivoli tool.
TBSM is being replaced for our work by another Tivoli tool - DASH. This replacement will address the biggest area of improvement. We need the most commonly leveraged real-time metric trends from the source tools in the same pane of glass as the event stream is presenting, and DASH gives a way to do that with logical grouping by type & app.
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it_user351621 - PeerSpot reviewer
The ability to use command rules is great when our operators have repetitive tasks, but we'd like to automate off of different highlighted messages without actually knowing what the message is.
One of the things we've been wanting to do is to be able to automate off of different highlighted messages without actually knowing what the message is. For example, we'd like to be able to create some generic automation when we receive a warning or alert message to allow, if nothing else, the automation team to know so we can contact the product owner. If there's something we can do to automate or expedite notification to the proper people, we want to try to do that.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency."
"Their technical support is incredible, immediately responsive, and even if it is not updated to Level 2 support sometimes, they chip in providing more detailed answers and options to fix the problem."
"​It is an easy product to use and it is stable."
"Valuable features include: SSM, which provides for orderly startup and shutdown; OPSLOG, which enables filtering by message-id, and/or jobname(s); Rules, as OPS/REXX interface streamlines deployment, interfaces easily with JES2 and z/OS."
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"Once automatic IPL has been defined, anyone can perform an IPL with very little intervention. We know that all of the components will be started correctly."
"The documentation is simple, easy to follow, and use. A limited, first-time systems programmer can do it, in that it is out-of-the-box almost functional."
"​The service has been wonderful. I like the people that I have had to deal with. The process is very straightforward. I call or use the website."
"Stability is probably the best out-of-the-box. Put it in, set it up, and you leave it alone. It works wonderfully."
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Cons

"This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate."
"The reason sometimes it is not stable, we do not have the expertise to write the script.​"
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
"Some of the command sequences are too long."
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"Performing a stop/restart of OPS/MVS could be a little smoother. Without special coding, some undesired tasks will be started and some necessary tasks will be stopped if we have to bounce OPS/MVS during the day."
"​It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.​"
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Financial Services Firm
23%
Logistics Company
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Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
 

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Also Known As

Tivoli Business Service Manager, BSM
CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
 

Overview

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager monitors business services and tracks them against business objectives and technology infrastructures. It shows the operational status of services using prebuilt reports, scorecards and dashboards for fast data analysis. Tivoli Business Service Manager helps you assess service levels throughout an organization for more effective service management.
IBM
z/OS, its subsystems, databases, middleware, applications, and software generate thousands of event messages daily. IT professionals need a tool to filter, prioritize, and respond quickly to these events before they impact availability and threaten business processing and associated service level agreements. CA OPS/MVS EMA automates processes, enabling you to resolve problems as they arise. It also automates more routine tasks, simplifying IT management and operations.
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