Tivoli Allocation Optimizer for z/OS

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IBM® Tivoli® Allocation Optimizer for z/OS automatically optimizes your allocation requests for more effective resource use.

Part of a product family that automates storage management, it detects out-of-space conditions and addresses those conditions before an application outage occurs.

• Helps improve availability and productivity by reducing or preventing the processing delays and interruptions normally associated with out-of-space conditions
• Allocates to best fit
• Dynamically increases the directory space within a partitioned data set when a directory full condition occurs
• Features comprehensive event recording and reporting options
• Includes selection criteria support such as including or excluding SMS-managed data sets based on storage class, storage group, data class, management class and so on and allocations based on whether the data set is temporary
• Integrates with Tivoli Enterprise Portal
• Tests rule definition processing before actual implementation

Product framework

Family overview IBM Autonomic Computing Transform your IT infrastructure so that it is more resilient, responsive, efficient and secure. IBM System z Software Exceptional servers require exceptional software—System z™ Software. Tivoli Monitoring Manage your IT infrastructure with a single, customizable workspace portal.

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