The Enterprise ControlStation facilitates production control and event management of a distributed network of heterogeneous hardware and operating system platforms. This UNIX-based workstation, used in conjunction with 4th Dimension's MultiPlatform CONTROL-M product, provides a single point of control for the process/job scheduling requirements of a network of UNIX and non-UNIX (MVS, VMS, OS400, NT, OS/2) computing platforms. Interoperability of processes/jobs within such a network is a key feature of the Enterprise ControlStation.
A major advantage of the Enterprise ControlStation is its ability to reduce the complexities of managing a distributed production environment. Instead of managing a network of many physical systems, the operator manages a single logical production environment. Through management by exception, the scheduling and event management of even very large networks can be accommodated by a single Enterprise ControlStation. The production environment can also be managed from a framework such as Solstice, and as a single network object through an SNMP interface built into the Enterprise Control/Station. Alerts (exceptions) received by the Enterprise ControlStation can be forwarded to the Solstice Enterprise Manager via the SNMP interface. With this capability, users can implement a network-wide console. If there is a problem in the production environment, a message can be sent to the Solstice Enterprise Manager console. This notification can be customized to trigger capabilities such as beeping, changing an icon, paging or opening a trouble ticket. The operator could then take several actions, one of which could be to open the Enterprise ControlStation window (on the Solstice Enterprise Manager console) and solve the problem. The Enterprise ControlStation provides several tools (such as scrolling through job logs, viewing job sysout and editing the script/JCL) which facilitate straightforward resolution of problems.
Solaris version: SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.3
Solstice application/version: Solstice EM 1.0
Type of integration: Console Menu Interface