- Include any or all of the tasks' SYSOUT data in the email.
- Reduce MTTR with immediate, actionable alerts
- Eliminate manual checks with event-driven delivery
- Standardise messages with reusable templates and routing
- Set up and forget as SyzMAIL/z will run in automatic mode.
- Keep track of every email sent, who, what, when, where.
- Running totals, see how many email and sms/text messages you send.
- You can elect to hold email processing when SyzMAIL/z is not active.
- VERY low system resource consumption.
Provides a way to escalate from email to SMS (text) if acknowledgements are not received within set intervals. Respect quiet hours and rotate contacts automatically.
Provides the interface to send completion alerts on job end with CC/RC and key step diagnostics. Route failures to app owners, successes to dashboards, or suppress per policy.
Provides the mechanism to notify operators, support staff and external users on critical console messages, dataset thresholds, JES queue buildup, and subsystem health events. Include actionable details and runbooks links to speed response.
- Platform: IBM z/OS v2.3 to v3.2 or earlier (even supports back to os/390)
- Prereqs: TCP/IP stack active; SMTP relay or SMS gateway access
- Security: RACF/ACF2/Top Secret for resource protection; TLS for SMTP where available
- Resources: VERY low CPU and storage footprint; runs as a started task
- Operations: Config via simple parmlib members; policies reload without IPL
Licensing is straightforward and extremely cost-effective, available per physical CPU or enterprise. Annual maintenance includes updates and expert support from Syzygy Technical Specialists.
- Flexible per-CPC or enterprise licensing
- Maintenance: updates, fixes, and priority support
- Fast, knowledgeable responses from mainframe specialists