Through many years experience migrating and rehosting mainframe workloads, Clerity has learned that projects cannot focus on individual applications in isolation, but must also have a broad focus that encompasses the entire application environment. Mainframe applications are usually surrounded by well-established infrastructures and procedures that are integral to daily operations.

No two mainframe installations are exactly alike and there is really no concept of a 'typical' configuration. Through experience, however, Clerity has encountered many common infrastructure solutions for mainframe environments and has helped customers identify their requirements for equivalent levels of functionality in their rehosted environment.

The following table, Common Mainframe Infrastructure Solutions, lists many of the commonly required mainframe infrastructure solutions, organized by category:

PRODUCT NAME COMPANY Accounting and Chargeback JARS Computer Associates MICS Computer Associates IT Resource Management SAS IT Charge Management SAS SMF IBM Business Intelligence/Report Generation Base SAS SAS Easytrieve Computer Associates FOCUS Information Builders, Inc. QMF IBM Capacity Planning CMF IBM RMF IBM Sysview Computer Associates Content Management CMVC IBM Endevor Computer Associates Harvest Computer Associates Librarian Computer Associates Panvalet Computer Associates PVCS Serena Software ViewDirect Mobius Development Abend-AID Compuware Debug Tool IBM File-AID Compuware ISPF IBM Roscoe IBM SDF IBM XPEDITOR Compuware Monitoring, Performance and Systems Management DADS/Plus Computer Associates OMEGAMON II IBM MAINVIEW BMC MIC Computer Associates NetView IBM NeuMICS Computer Associates PR (Visualizer) IBM SYSVIEW/-E Computer Associates Printing and Output Management CONTROL-D BMC DCF IBM Deliver Computer Associates PSF IBM Spool Computer Associates View Computer Associates VMCF Levi, Ray & Shoup VPS Levi, Ray & Shoup Schedulers CA-7 Computer Associates CONTROL-M BMC Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS IBM Zeke ASG Security ACF2 Computer Associates Examine Computer Associates RACF IBM Top Secret Computer Associates Sort Packages DFSORT IBM SyncSort SyncSort Unicenter CA-Sort Computer Associates Storage Backup CONTROL-T BMC DFSMS, DFSMSdfp, DFSMS/dss IBM SAMS:Allocate Computer Associates SAMS:Vantage Computer Associates SMS IBM Vantage Computer Associates Zara ASG Tape Management Brightstor CA-1 Computer Associates DFSMShsm, DFSMSrmm IBM CONTROL-M/Tape BMC MIA Computer Associates VTS IBM

To help customers replicate their mainframe infrastructure on an Open Systems platform such as Solaris OS, AIX or HP-UX, a broad selection of infrastructure solutions is available. The following table, Common Third-party Solutions Available on an Open Systems platform, lists some common third-party solutions which provide similar functionality to the mainframe solutions listed above.

PRODUCT NAME COMPANY Accounting and Chargeback CIMS Resource Accounting CIMS Lab Inc. NetCountant Apogee Networks, Inc. SAS IT Resource Mgt/IT Charge Mgt SAS Business Intelligence/Report Generation Advantage CA-EasyTrieve Computer Associates Business Objects Business Objects Cognos BI Series 7 Cognos FOCUS for Unix Information Builders, Inc. Capacity Planning PATROL - Perform and Predict BMC Software, Inc. TeamQuest Model TeamQuest Compilation Acucorp ACUCOBOL-GT Acucorp Open PL/1 Liant Software Server Express COBOL Micro Focus Connectivity SNAP-IX (SNA Stack) Data Connection TPS SNA Primary (PU4/5 Stack) TPS Systems, Inc. U/SQL Driver Transoft WebSphere MQ Series IBM Content Management Dimensions Serena Software PVCS Serena Software Development DataVantage Global Direct Computer Resources PVCS Serena Software Uni-SPF Workstation Group Database Oracle Oracle Sybase Sybase UDB DB2 IBM Job Schedulers CONTROL-M BMC Software, Inc. ESP: dSeries Cybermation Tivoli Workload Scheduler IBM Unicenter Autosys Job Management Computer Associates Monitoring, Performance and Systems Management Centauri Business Service Manager Proxima PATROL for Unix BMC Software, Inc. TeamQuest Alert TeamQuest Unicenter Computer Associates Printing and Output Management Columbus OM (Output Management) Macro 4 ISIS Papyrus Papyrus UniQue LBM Systems ViewDirect Mobius Management Systems Vista Plus Quest Soft VPSX Levi, Ray & Shoup Sort Packages CoSORT for Unix IRI, Inc. SyncSort for Unix SyncSort inc. Storage Backup LEGATO Networker LEGATO VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS Software Corporation Tape Management Brightstor CA-1 Computer Associates eMag MediaMerge eMag Solutions TMS/ix LXI Corporation

The Clerity Mainframe Rehosting Reference Architecture (MFRRA) contains additional information regarding the integration of many of the solutions listed above with the Clerity Mainframe Rehosting solutions.

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