Most IT organisations struggle to get meaningful reporting from the HCD. Looking for simple things like changes and/or solving problems require tedious reviews of long reports. Information gleaned from these reports is difficult to share and is typically created manually.

Discover a new tool that demystifies changes to the Input Output Definition File (IODF). The IODF Explorer will find and document the content of the IODF for a named z/OS System using a collection of highly formatted Configuration Reports. It “Blueprints” the IODF configuration elements - OSCP, SWCP and IOCP - with sufficient detail to allow the pinpointing and reporting of changes in Configuration Change Reports. These reports are easy to read and produce, can be emailed, printed or exported in a comma-delimited file. More importantly for those dealing with hardware changes, these reports can also span multiple generations of IODFs, including look-alike IODFs such as Home Site and Hot Site IODFs.

Webcast attendees will also learn about IODF configuration weaknesses such as:

    - Incomplete pathing

   - Required configuration values

   - Inconsistent definitions between the IOCP and the OSCP

   - Under-utilizing the benefits of service elements such as the Eligible Device Table

Attendees will also be given the opportunity to receive the results of a complimentary IODF Extraction Report of “their” IODF.

The webcasts will be held each afternoon from Mon. 30^th June – Wed. 2^nd July at 2pm and 4pm and again the following week from Wed. 9^th July to Fri. 11^th July, same times. Please email us where possible by 20th June if you’d like to take part letting me know which date and time suits you (and your colleagues).