It Fully Documents:

The Inspection Server generates reports that fully document your operating system and the major subsystems – JES, VTAM and TCP/IP – the tens of thousands of lines that make up your OS/390 or z/OS Sysplex/Monoplex.  This documentation is complete, current, and addresses compliance issues as well as internal and external audit demands.

It’s Automatic:

Simply installing IMAGE Focus will lead it to the IPL Address and LOADPARM of an Image by the time you reach the primary Menu. The initial Inspection will gather the PARMLIB members and all details of your Operating System, JES, VTAM, TCP/IP and other named components. 

If the Image discovered is a good citizen in a Sysplex, it will further discover all of the components of the other Images, ending the process by discovering the Couple Components giving you a complete understanding of your Sysplex, its Images and their Subsystems.  Blueprints are created, updated and maintained automatically by the Inspection Server.

It’s Complete:

The IMAGE Focus Inspection Server understands all of the releases of MVS, OS/390 and z/OS.  Additionally, it understands JES 2, JES 3, VTAM and TCP/IP.  We also have Custom Inspectors that understand REXX and CLIST syntax for checking scripts used to start your automated processes.

It Directs Action:

Once an Inspection is complete, you have direct access to all of the components that comprise a specific Image through the Image Editor.  This means there will not be any guesswork.  The member you work with will be a member in a specific dataset on a specific volume that was defined in your LOADXX member for that specific Image, meaning there is no opportunity to edit or change the wrong component.

The Inspection Server looks over your shoulder as you edit and make changes, ensuring that you do not introduce any mistakes that might ultimately cause an IPL failure.

It Assures Access:

 Under the worst circumstances, our products Stand Alone Environment (SAE) and IMAGE Focus provide their own Communication Subsystem, which will assure a single user direct access to the Inspection Server from any locally attached terminal.  This is important when MVS is down and you have no resources whatsoever available.  SAE will give you access to its functions as well as access to the Inspection Server.  If MVS is up but the Subsystems are down, IMAGE Focus gives you access to the Inspection Server through a separate started task that would generally be started once MVS was operational.

Access to the Inspection Server can also be gained through a batch process. For example, Automated Operations tools can launch an Inspection right after a successful IPL and Blueprint the results.

Additionally, access for most work with the Inspection Server by multiple users is through a VTAM application, Option 6 under TSO or via the World Wide Web using a browser.