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

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Business Service...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
14th
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
10th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is 3.4%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 3.8%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence3.8%
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager3.4%
Other92.8%
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer847356 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good technical support, and efficient for working with business data
We use this solution for working with data. The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency. This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate. We have been using this solution for fourteen years. The stability of this…
SR
System Programmer at Krungsri
Automation has improved alerts and file handling but script-based setup still needs simplification
OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is the automation tool I use. I think OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is good for creating complex rules because it's coding, but it takes time to learn how to use it. OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence works well if you know the syntax very well and you have experience in creating scripts or REXX syntax; it would be very good and is a good tool, but it takes time to learn, so that is for experienced staff to work with. I would rate the product a six from one to ten. I cannot think of any additional features in the next release of OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence.

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."
"With the automation pieces we can bring this region up or take this region down, and it allows us to always meet our time critical requirements."
"It's very flexible. You can customize what you need to, which is good. For example, you can do your own coding inside the tool, make your own scripting tooling."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"It reduces the number of repetitive motions required by a human to respond to the system."
"​The follow-up surprised me. Making sure that I am happy with what I have gone to them on. They will call after I have made changes and verify that I am happy with the changes that I did have to make. If it did not fix the complete problem, they go back over it until I am satisfied.​"
"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."
"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's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
 

Cons

"This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"Some of the command sequences are too long."
"My impressions on OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is that it's quite difficult to use, as it relies mainly on the coding syntax and doesn't provide an easy-to-use GUI."
"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."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
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Top Industries

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Logistics Company
17%
Educational Organization
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise25
 

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
 

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