Sysplex and Image Management is the systematic process of reducing the risk of system outage due to IPL failure and the development of related System Recovery Strategies.

NewEra Software, Inc. was founded in 1989 with the goal of developing, marketing, and supporting innovative System Repair and Recovery software products for users of IBM Large Systems. Today, thanks to the continued commitment and support of thousands of system professionals worldwide, we believe that we are the industry leader in our chosen area and that our products are an industry standard for Sysplex and Image Management. 

Since its introduction in 1990, SAE has become the standard for the repair and recovery of large IBM Enterprise Systems. The Stand Alone mode of operation used by SAE is absolute critical to you in disaster recovery. Without it, how will you access system files? How will you diagnose and fix problems? Many use SAE at their Hot Sites as an integral part of Disaster Recovery Test.

In the event of a system failure, the responsiveness of your Technical Team will be tested as they struggle to determine what went wrong., how to find it, fix it, test it, and move it back into production. SAE (Stand Alone Environment) is the only viable product strategy you should consider for Sysplex or Image Repair and Recovery. When SAE and IMAGE Focus are used together, they ensure that you are able to access stored Sysplex and Image Configuration Files to answer the questions like, “What changed?” or what went wrong?”

In addition, SAE will more than pay for itself in time savings during your next Hot Site Disaster Recovery Test. No longer will it be necessary to waste time IPLing an unfamiliar “Floor System”. And when your team is ready to come home, SAE/FAST DASD Erase will do an audit-approved exit erase up to 10 times faster then any other conventional tool.

IMAGE Focus Inspectors will, on demand, or at programmed intervals, evaluate the integrity of the Sysplex and its Images, their Operating Systems and subsystems. Each Inspector dynamically determines the Release Level of its target and loads the appropriate matching Release Rules. Mixed release environments are no problem for our Inspectors. The process each member and/or component as defined to the Sysplex or Image to determine its accessibility and referential correctness. In all, there are thousands upon thousands of detailed inspections performed during a complete Sysplex Inspection. Only NewEra offers the breadth and depth of technology needed for such detailed inspections.

IMAGE Focus supports real-time IMAGE Change Control by monitoring and reporting on events that would result in IPL failure of the operating system and/or subsystem. IMAGE Configuration Files are automatically created and shared with SAE.