VIP 7.0 monitors SNA-HPR traffic, Enterprise Extender routes, Sysplex Distributors.
It's All About the Applications!
Even the remote applications...printers, servers, socket app's.
If applications aren't working, network speed doesn't matter.
VIP IP Monitor can report what applications are running and who is using them. If any piece goes missing, VIP IP Monitor will alert you.
Printers and servers may be outside of the mainframe and outside of your turf, but when the mainframe can't reach them, the users call you.
So get a VIP IP Monitor monitor. Know what's up.
Detect, diagnose, resolve, and prevent TCP/IP problems on z/OS and OS/390 networks. Vital Signs VisionNet (VIP) provides real-time graphic displays of network health and traffic--at common desktop browsers.
Now HTTP Performance and Response-Time Monitoring!
See response times for all HTTP connections and users.
VIP: performance monitoring for z/OS - TCP/IP networks...
- Extremely efficient monitoring; very low CPU demand.
- Simple to learn and use: Let the help desk diagnose trouble in real time.
- No blind spots--VIP IP Monitor monitors the entire network in full detail.
- You get performance data and trouble alerts in genuine real-time.
- Provides easy access to graphic history data--charts and/or tables.
Click on the sample VIP screens!
HTTP Performance Analysis
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- Display response times, numbers of connections, and data-transfer rates immediately, in real-time.
- Chart response times and traffic volumes over the long term.
- Get alerts by e-mail if response times degrade.
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VIP Server Runs on z/OS
Typically, VIP monitoring Agents on any number of z/OS systems deliver their monitoring data to a single VIP Server.
The VIP Server, in turn, delivers the z/OS data to VIP users at desktop web browsers.
The VIP Server most often runs on a z/OS system, via Unix System Services (USS).
In alternative configurations, VIP Agents might report to multiple VIP Servers,
because the redundancy insures against breakdown.
And VIP Servers can run outside of z/OS: they install equally well
on Unix, Linux, or Windows machines.
VIP IP Monitor: Versatile, Robust, Reliable, Easy to Use
See Real-Time Data Regarding Configuration, Status, and Performance:
- Application status and round-trip times
- FTP, telnet, OSA, Enterprise Extender, and socket application traffic
- CSM buffer capacity and utilization
- CPU utilization
- Interface configuration, connections, traffic
- TCP/IP stack configuration and buffer use
- Configuration, routes, round-trip times, and status changes for any remote node in your network
Versatile Alert, History, and Logging Features:
- Customize alerts for specific configurations and performance thresholds
- Send alert notifications to e-mail, browser displays, and/or Netview
- VIP automatically discovers the local z/OS network configuration
- Easily search event logs for the entire network
- On-line reports of performance history for a quarter-year or more
- Fully-automated chart drawing for history data
- Export history data to comma-delimited files for other uses, spreadsheets for example
State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Tools:
- Run complete packet traces on any stack
- Filter trace data to display for specific interfaces, addresses, ports, and/or protocols
- View traces in real-time, as packets move through stacks, and/or save them to mainframe datasets
- Send ICMP and UDP pings
- Translate between IP addresses and domain names
- Trace routes and round-trip times between mainframes and remote nodes
- Easily retrieve complete SNMP data from any SNMP-able node on the network
- Quickly find and get the status of all the connections for a given address, application, interface
- Easily drop individual connections
- Send system operator commands directly from the browser to z/OS and OS/390
Intuitive Graphic Interface for Web Browsers:
- High-level summary screens take the pulse of your entire network
- Easily drill down to specific applications, buffers, interfaces, and stacks
- Quick access to pie, bar, and line charts for recent history on hundreds of fields
- Monitor multiple mainframe hosts from a single screen
- Built from the ground up as a browser-based product
--displays significantly more information on one screen than a 3270-based offering
VIP Monitors All these System & Network Resources
- FTP, telnet, OSA, Enterprise Extender, CSM, and socket-application status, availability, performance
- IBM First Failure and Intrusion Detection data
- ICMP message traffic
- SMF and SNMP record data
- System console messages and control blocks
- TCP/IP connections, interfaces, regions
- Remote and tier-1 stacks and interfaces
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See performance and configuration of SNA network connections via HPR. |
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Get a handle on server and DVIPA availability and response. |
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Real-time, low-overhead monitoring of HTTP response times, transfer rates, numbers of connections. |
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Excessive IP fragmentation consumes CPU and invites data-transfer errors. In real-time, identify the amount and the source of fragmentation on your TCP/IP stacks. |
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See response times for all TN3270 connections and users. |
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See full reports of all network activity at a single screen. Immediately see which applications get the most demand and use the most bandwidth. |
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For all TCP applications, keep tabs on availability, round-trip times, backlogs, and performance alerts. |
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Invaluable FTP history: user IDs and addresses, FTP commands and error codes, names of files transferred. |
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IP packet tracing is the most powerful diagnostic and security tool on the network. Now VIP's GUI interface makes IP packet tracing easy to use. |
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OSA at a Glance
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OSA at a Glance. VIP monitors standard TCP/IP interfaces and those unique to z/OS: OSA and Enterprise Extender. |
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Remote Hosts at a Glance
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For any host outside the mainframe, monitor availability, path lengths, trip times. And do it without the high overhead of using SNMP. |
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History Charting
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Full-depth history records and automatic charting tools inform capacity planning and management decisions. |
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Network at a Glance
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VIP provides real-time data for multiple mainframe systems at a single screen. |
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