Tivoli Availability Process Manager
Features, advantages and benefits
| Features | Advantages | Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Proactive Discovery capabilities | Receive messages from various sources, in real time, about configuration changes to the IT environment that impact relationships or attribute values of discovered resources | Faster time to resolution |
| Asynchronous Discovery | Credential free manual script discovery for systems where access is not allowed or where credentials are extremely difficult to obtain | Ensures that discovered data is accurate and business service views are current. |
| Enables multiple, concurrent discovery jobs to be supported on a single discovery server | Allows for targeted small scope refreshes in parallel to scheduled long running discoveries | Improves discovery efficiency and scalability |
| Offers integration with Tivoli Business Service Manager | Features new APIs and out-of-the-box configurations | Improve performance, scalability, and reduces latency |
| Additional type of deployment for TADDM called Streaming Mode. Discovered data flows in parallel from multiple Discovery Servers to the Enterprise Database | In streaming mode, the Enterprise Manager is used to view discovered data, topologies, reporting, and analytical information. Data is available as soon as it is discovered. | Requires less hardware and resources and helps eliminate merging problems when consolidating discovery data. Improves performance and scalability. |
| Offers a robust and extendable way to create, edit, and delete business applications, business service, and collections from a single point in the user interface. Uses Grouping Composer that gives users the ability to manage Business Applications in the TADDM Web Console |
Users have an easy way to view custom queries and their results in the discovery browser. It is no longer required to deploy descriptor files to the target servers. All rules will instead exist on the TADDM server. |
More flexibility, ease of use, and less maintenance when creating application descriptors |
| Extended storage reports for Tivoli Productivity Center discovered data | Allows you to see storage components, connections, and dependencies | Improve the availability of the services they deliver and help identify expensive pieces of hardware not being used |
Business benefits
Tivoli Availability Process Manager provides visibility into IT components, applications and their business impact. It provides IT organizations with the necessary tools to effectively diagnose and prioritize incidents and problems that impact mission-critical business services.
Tivoli Availability Process Manager is part of the IBM IT Service Management solution which enables enterprises to integrate and automate services, operations and processes across the complete IT management value chain people, processes, information and technology all while utilizing their existing IT infrastructure. Based on a service oriented architecture (SOA) and best practices, IBM IT Service Management enables IT organizations to view their infrastructure holistically, manage it as a business and gain real business results. In conjunction with the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database, the innovative Tivoli Availability Process Manager drives responsiveness and flexibility by automating IT management processes within silos and coordinating processes across silos. It integrates with an organizations existing products and processes to implement predefined, customizable activities that enable businesses to optimize customer service and facilitate rapid response to change and new opportunities.
Product Integration Summary
The following operational management and monitoring products integrate with Tivoli Availability Process Manager to maximize the level of detail that is visible through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
- Tivoli Monitoring
- Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
- Tivoli Composite Applications Manager for Response Time Tracking
- Tivoli Business Systems Manager
- Tivoli Service Level Advisor
All products within the Tivoli category
- IBM Intelligent Building Management
- Maximo Adapter for Microsoft Project
- Maximo Archiving with Optim Data Growth Solution
- Maximo Asset Configuration Manager
- Maximo Asset Management
- Maximo Calibration
- Maximo Change and Corrective Action Manager
- Maximo Compliance Assistance Documentation
- Maximo Data Center Infrastructure Management
- Maximo Enterprise Adapter
- Maximo for Transportation
- Maximo Linear Asset Manager
- Maximo Mobile Inventory Manager SE
- Maximo Mobile Work Manager SE
- Maximo Mobile Work Manager with Calibration SE
- Maximo SLA Manager
- Tivoli Asset Management for IT
- Tivoli Release Process Manager
- Tivoli Unified Process Composer
- for Application Diagnostics
- for Applications
- for Microsoft Applications
- for SOA Platform
- for Transactions
- for Virtual Servers
- for Databases
- for Messaging and Collaboration
- for Virtual Servers
- for CICS Transaction Gateway on zOS
- for Databases
- for R3
- for WebSphere Application Server on zOS
- for WebSphere Integration Brokers on zOS
- Application manager
- for Integrated Operations Management
- IBM Application Manager for Smart Business
- Tivoli ETEWatch
- Tivoli IntelliWatch Pinnacle for Distributed Systems
- Tivoli Web Response Monitor
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Patch Management
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Power Management
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance
- for Inventory
- for Software Distribution
- IBM License Metric Tool
- Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
- Tivoli Business Service Manager for zOS
- Tivoli Capacity Process Manager
- Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database
- Tivoli Configuration Manager for Automated Teller Machines
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Core Protection
- Tivoli License Compliance Manager
- Tivoli Provisioning Manager
- Tivoli Remote Control
- Tivoli Service Automation Manager
- Tivoli Workload Automation
- Tivoli AFOPERATOR on zOS
- Tivoli Availability Process Manager
- Tivoli Enterprise Console
- Tivoli OMEGACENTER Gateway on zOS
- Tivoli OMNIbus and Network Manager
- IBM Service Delivery Manager
- Tivoli Service Automation Manager
- Entry Edition
- Tivoli Network Manager Transmission Edition
- Netcool Performance Manager
- Netcool Performance Manager for Wireless
- Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Management Center
- Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager
- Tivoli NetcoolImpact
- Tivoli NetcoolOMNIbus
- Tivoli NetcoolOMNIbus Gateways
- Tivoli NetcoolReporter
- Tivoli NetcoolWebtop
- Tivoli NetView
- Tivoli NetView Distribution Manager
- Tivoli NetView Performance Monitor
- Tivoli OMNIbus and Network Manager
- Tivoli Performance Modeler for zOS
- DB2 Tools for zOS
- NetcoolPortal
- NetcoolProviso
- NetcoolRealtime Active Dashboards
- Tivoli Data Warehouse
- Tivoli Decision Support for zOS
- Tivoli Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager
- Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager
- Tivoli Netcool Enterprise VoIP Manager
- Tivoli Netcool IP Multimedia Subsystem Manager
- Tivoli Netcool Network Mediation
- Tivoli Netcool Performance Flow Analyzer
- for Power Management
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management
- Business Gateway
- Federated Identity Manager
- Tivoli Federated Identity Manager for zOS
- Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On
- Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance
- Tivoli Unified Single Sign-On
- Directory Integrator
- for zOS
- Tivoli Data and Application Security
- Tivoli Directory Server
- Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager
- IBM Security Content Analysis Software Development
- IBM Security Network Active Bypass
- IBM Security Network Controller
- IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System
- IBM Security Server Protection
- IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware
- IBM Security zSecure CICS Toolkit
- IBM Security zSecure Command Verifier
- IBM Security zSecure Suite
- Proventia Desktop Endpoint Security
- Proventia Management SiteProtector System
- Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner
- Proventia Network Multi-Function Security
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Core Protection
- Tivoli Security Information and Event Manager
- Tivoli Security Management for zOS
- Tivoli Identity and Access Manager
- Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager
- Tivoli Security Compliance Manager
- Tivoli Security Operations Manager
- DB2 Tools for zOS
- IBM Information Archive
- IBM System Storage Archive Manager
- Storage Manager Product line
- Tivoli Advanced Reporting for DFSMShsm
- Tivoli Automated Tape Allocation Manager for zOS
- Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on zOS
- Tivoli Tape Optimizer on zOS
- Storage Enterprise Resource Planner
- Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for zOS
- Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
- Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Suite
- Tivoli Business Continuity Process Manager
- Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
- Tivoli Storage Manager Product line
- Copy (3) of Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed
- Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Messaging for Distributed Systems
- Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for WebSphere InterChange Server
- WebSphere Integration Brokers for Distributed Systems
- Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed
- DB2 Tools for zOS
- IBM Tivoli Editor for Messages on zOS
- Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm
- Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for zOS
- Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for zOS
- Tivoli Asset Discovery for zOS
- Tivoli Composite Application Manager
- Tivoli Event Pump for zOS
- Tivoli Monitoring
- Tivoli OMEGAMON DE on zOS
- Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks
- Tivoli Output Manager for zOS
- Tivoli Storage Optimizer for zOS
- Tivoli System Automation for zOS
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