Message management and more!

When your System i sends a message, who sees it? When a resource is unavailable, how long before anyone notices? When someone changes a security value, or makes an FTP request, is there a way to find out who that person was? Of course, the operators on duty should be monitoring everything, but they have other duties. Messages can get missed, servers can be down, and FTP requests can go unmonitored.

To make the most of your System i, don’t force it to rely on your operators. To make the most of your operators, don’t tie them to a console. You need an intelligent, tireless assistant who sorts through incoming messages, monitors resources and system logs, and notifies a human only if it can’t handle a situation. Robot/CONSOLE, the message management automation software, is that assistant.

Robot/CONSOLE: Automatic Message Management For Your System i
You tell Robot/CONSOLE how to handle each type of message and it does it automatically. You indicate:

• Which messages Robot/CONSOLE should ignore.

• Which messages Robot/CONSOLE should reply to the same way every time, or based on the contents of the message.

• The messages you must see because they indicate a serious problem.

• The messages, such as tape-mount or paper-out messages, that require your response so the System i can keep working.

Plus, Robot/CONSOLE's automatic message management keeps a detailed message and reply history for your analysis. It also creates detail and summary reports, including a concise Good Morning report that summarizes all of the messages handled during the night. And, as you work with Robot/CONSOLE message management, it becomes more experienced and can handle more and more of your messages automatically.

Robot/CONSOLE Monitors System i Resources Effectively
In addition to message management, Robot/CONSOLE monitors your resources so you never need to worry that you’ll be caught off-guard if a critical resource such as a line, device, or server becomes unavailable. Robot/CONSOLE checks the status of defined resources at regular intervals, and takes immediate action if it finds a problem. A resource whose status is unexpected triggers a message. Robot/CONSOLE uses its powerful message-management capabilities to react to the situation by executing a procedure, or sending a message to an expert.

The Robot/CONSOLE Resource Monitor lets you see at a glance whether monitored resources are in their expected status, display and edit the monitoring properties of a resource (such as priority and interval), and hold or release resources. You’ll never have to monitor resources manually, or write your own monitoring programs with Robot/CONSOLE's automatic message management and resource monitoring capabilities.

Robot/CONSOLE Monitors System Logs Effortlessly
Robot/CONSOLE monitors system logs to help you manage FTP requests, the security audit journal (QAUDJRN), and the system history log (QHST). When you actively monitor these system logs, you see at a glance who requested an FTP transaction, who modified a system value, or the number of objects not saved in the most recent backup. Any logged event produces a message, and you can use Robot/CONSOLE message management procedures to handle those messages. Robot/CONSOLE also creates a complete audit trail that is especially useful for SOX audits, Service Level Agreements, and general system management.

Robot/CONSOLE Is Easy To Use
The Robot/CONSOLE Explorer is Robot/CONSOLE’s powerful, easy-to-use interface that makes message management, resource monitoring, and log monitoring quick and simple. The Explorer displays your message and resource management setup in a vertical tree structure, including information about message centers, message groups, message sets, monitored resources, notification lists, tables (message and OPAL), system setup, and reports. You simply expand or collapse the tree for more or less detail, and right-click to display menus of options.

It’s easy to configure and set up Robot/CONSOLE message management and its components, such as message sets, using its System Setup options, its Tools menu, and its easy-to-use Message Set Creation Wizard.

Robot/CONSOLE OPAL Is Real Message Control Muscle
When you need real message management muscle, use Robot/CONSOLE’s OPerator Assistance Language (OPAL) to create sophisticated message processing procedures. OPAL can check the contents of message variables and decide what actions to take. It can execute commands, call programs, cancel jobs, or call an expert for help. OPAL is so powerful, most message-processing procedures require only a few lines of code.

Robot/CONSOLE Means System-Wide Or Network-Wide Control
Robot/CONSOLE works with Robot/SCHEDULE to initiate Robot/SCHEDULE jobs or change job schedules when a message arrives. It can even change the parameter values used by the job based on the contents of message variables. Robot/CONSOLE works with Robot/NETWORK, the network management package, to manage messages for your entire network from a single location.

Robot/CONSOLE Always Gets The Message
Robot/CONSOLE doesn’t let you miss an important message—it makes sure you see the messages you need to see right away. Robot/CONSOLE’s automatic message notification process helps you track and respond to critical messages directly from your desktop. If you’re unavailable, Robot/CONSOLE can send the message to another expert, even an expert on a different system. Robot/CONSOLE works with Robot/ALERT to send important pager, text, or e-mail messages quickly.

Put Your New Message Management Assistant To Work Today
Don’t wait—put your intelligent, untiring message management assistant to work right away! Ask for a FREE Robot/CONSOLE Information Kit or a FREE 30-day trial while you are online today.

* New Robot/CONSOLE Version 5!

* Message management

* Resource monitoring

* System Log monitoring

* Message notification

* Message history

* OPAL procedures