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Reducing CONTROL-M TCO with Version 6.3.01
August 2006
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Agenda
› Agentless Job Scheduling
› CONTROL-M Configuration Manager
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CONTROL-M Maintenance Costs
› Initial install
› On-going software updates
› Maintenance and administration
› TCO examples:
– Large Insurance Company (15,000 agents), Computers Manufactures, Large Banks…
› The need: reduce CONTROL-M TCO
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Addressing the Challenge
› Dramatically reduce the CONTROL-M TCO by significantly decreasing footprint over the IT enterprise while maintaining:
– No footprint on the application host
– Scalable solution
– Out of the box approach
• Straightforward usage
• Transparent to existing CONTROL-M end-users
• No need to change existing job definitions
• Simplify CONTROL-M topology and architecture
• First day support for new platforms
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Use Case Example
› A customer is running jobs on 2500 agents, out of which 1500 aresimple backup jobs
› Once in about 6 months the CONTROL-M administrator is required to Install a new fix pack on all agents to upgrade the environment.
› Using Agentless technology, performing such maintenance activities is not necessary
› There is no need to upgrade, uninstall or maintain the servers on which the backup jobs are executed in any way
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Solution Overview
› CONTROL-M 6.3.01 can submit jobs to Remote Hosts– Modern O/S platforms provides the technologies to run O/S jobs without installing
software on the target machine or leaving footprints
– SSH (Secure Remote Shell)
– WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)
› The job submission method (using regular agent or agentless technology) is operated by CONTROL-M/Server
› CONTROL-M/Agent 6.3.01 execute the job on the remote host
› Requires CONTROL-M/EM 6.3.01.100 (Fix-Pack 1)
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Installation Simplicity
› “Agent-less” implementation requires no CONTROL-M/Agent installations on the remote hosts
– A single CONTROL-M/Agent is required to access remote hosts
– CONTROL-M/Server installation bundles CONTROL-M/Agent installation
– Elapsed time until first job execution drastically reduced
– Simplify the solution for small/medium workload
› CONTROL-M/Agent installation is still available on a separate CD
– Can be implemented as a regular standard agent
– Can be used to balance the remote execution workload
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Agentless Architecture
CONTROL-M/EM CONTROL-M/Server
WINUNIXLinux
CM for Remote ExecCONTROL-M/Agent
UNIX
CONTROL-M/AgentRemote Execution Interface
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Submitting Jobs To Remote Hosts
› Job submission to remote hosts is transparent to end-users
› The remote host name is set in the NODEID field on the job definition
› CONTROL-M/Server maps the remote hosts and monitors their availability (as done for CONTROL-M/Agent)
› Remote host administration is set on the Configuration Manager GUI
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Agentless Architecture Benefits
Significantly reduces CONTROL-M TCO
› Decreasing the amount of CONTROL-M/Agents
– Remote execution technology allows zero footprint
› Substantial improvement in CONTROL-M deployment
– Day one support for new platforms
› Dramatically reduce on-going maintenance effort
– Fix Packs, Patches, etc..
› Simplified administration
– Centralized management using Configuration Manager
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Central Management - The Need
› Different management tools for different components
– CONTROL-M/EM: Using the Administration Facility
– CONTROL-M/Server (DS and z/OS), Agent & CM’s: Local abilities only
› Full picture of the enterprise is not available
› Example: Setting the CONTROL-M/EM port in CONTROL-M/Server
– Login to server Enter “ctm_menu” Select the “Parameter Customization” option Select the “Basic Communication and Operational Parameters” option
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Addressing The Challenge
› CONTROL-M Configuration Manager
– Central management capabilities to the CONTROL-M administrator
– Enhanced management tools allow controlling the entire CONTROL-M environment from a single focal point
• CONTROL-M/EM
• Batch Impact Manager & Forecast Server
• CONTROL-M/Server, CONTROL-M/Agents and remote hosts
• CONTROL-M/CM’s
– Reduced TCO through faster implementation & deployment of CONTROL-M
– Improved problem detection and analysis
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Automatic Components Definition
› When starting the CONTROL-M Configuration Manager at the first time, it realizes there no CONTROL-M/EM server components defined and suggest to automatically define them
› Gateways are automatically defined with CONTROL-M/Servers
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Components View
› By Component / By Computer
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CONTROL-M/Server Definition
› A singleCONTROL-M/Server definition serves all CONTROL-M/EM components
– No need for multiple CONTROL-M/Server definitions
– CONTROL-M details are retrieved fromCONTROL-M/Server
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CONTROL-M for z/OS
› One Configuration Agent is installed for the entire SYSPLEX
› Monitor and manage the following components:
– IOAGATE
– CONTROL-M Application Server
– CONTROL-M Global Monitor
– CONTROL-M Local Monitor
– CMEM Monitor CONTROL-O Monitor
› All CCM management activates can be blocked from the MF side
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CONTROL-M/Server Security
› CTM/Server security graphical management interface(Graphical “ctmsec”)
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CONTROL-M/Server Debug
› Set a debug level for each of the CONTROL-M/Server processes
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CONTROL-M/Agent Properties
› CCM users can modify the communication properties ofCONTROL-M/Agents or add new CONTROL-M/Agents to the topology
Ping Agent
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Configuration Manager Benefits
› Enhanced management tools allow controlling the CONTROL-M environment from a focal point
› Reduced TCO through faster implementation & deployment of CONTROL-M
› Provide faster problem detection and analysis
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Reducing TCO with CONTROL-M 6.3.01
› Agentless Technology
– Decreasing the amount of CONTROL-M/Agents
– Dramatically reduce on-going maintenance effort
– Simplified administration
› CONTROL-M Configuration Manager
– Enhanced management tools allow controlling the CONTROL-M environment from a focal point
– Provide faster problem detection and analysis
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