Is Your Db2 Environment as Resilient as You Think?

Your Db2 systems keep the business running, but how confident are you that they would hold up under an audit, an outage or a performance crisis? Z Mainframe Availability and Resiliency Service (ZMARS) answers that question.

What Is It?

ZMARS is an all-encompassing review of your Mainframe Db2 subsystems, with a focus on production. It will look at all areas of Db2 such as Resilience and Recovery, ZPARM settings, Workload Manager (WLM), Housekeeping and System Monitoring, amongst others. You can pick and choose the areas you feel you need looking into.

Why Do You Need It?

• Can’t Confirm Your Recovery SLAs to Auditors?
  We offer an independent assessment for your auditors to confirm whether your recovery SLAs can be met.

• Connections Slowing Down and Nobody Knows Why?
  Your most experienced DBAs have gone, and your current team is doing a great job but can’t pin down the cause. We have deep knowledge of performance settings and how to trace underlying issues.

• Not Sure You Have No Single Points of Failure?
  Your DBAs assure you there aren’t any, but an outage still risks financial or reputational damage. One of our ZMARS modules specifically looks for single points of failure and how to remove or mitigate them.

• Upgraded Db2 But Still Not Seeing the Expected Benefits?
  If new features are falling short and performance has not improved, our consultants can help. Their extensive knowledge of the latest releases enables you to realise the full value of your upgrade.

As an independent organisation, we bring deep expertise in Db2 and its practical application.

Our Methodology

• Data collection and analysis.
• Interviews with technical staff.
• Creation and delivery of study reports, to whichever audiences and levels you choose.
• Recommendations, made by you, or with our help, if you need it.

Get in Touch

Want to know where your Db2 estate stands, get in touch with Alan Roberts for a scope and quote and for more information on how we can help.