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IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON vs OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence comparison

 

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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 OMEGAMON
Ranking in Mainframe Management
1st
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...
Ranking in Mainframe Management
6th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON is 29.1%, up from 27.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 2.6%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Management
 

Featured Reviews

PB
Good stability but it is lacking the ability to see historical information
We can only see online information but there isn't any historical data to see something that happened a few hours previous. We don't have the ability to access that information. Previously, with MainView, we could look back at information from two days before and get information. We could easily get information from Plexus. Now, we don't have a single screen to check which has been annoying. Compared to MainView, Tivoli is rubbish. We are forced to use this solution. We couldn't stay with MainView. I would like for it to be easier to check the system performance. It should have the ability to see historical data. We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's stable enough. I haven't noticed any problems since it was installed."
"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."
"If something breaks and it goes down when it's not supposed to, automation brings it right back up."
"The performance of it is beyond exceptional. It is probably one of the best products that I have ever worked with. It is easy to use, comprehensive, and can perform almost any task you need it to."
"OPS/REXX is valuable because it allows us almost unlimited flexibility in automating our system."
"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."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"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."
"It reduces the number of repetitive motions required by a human to respond to the system."
 

Cons

"We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information."
"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."
"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."
"​It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.​"
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"Some of the command sequences are too long."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
"The reason sometimes it is not stable, we do not have the expertise to write the script.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
12%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Logistics Company
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

IBM Candle, OMEGAMON
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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Sample Customers

Sharp Corporation
Tieto