BMC Mainframe Cost Reduction Advisory Service

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This Advisory service provides an Assessment Report containing recommendations on how to potentially reduce mainframe cost including hardware, software and workload costs.

What you get:

BMC will perform the following:

  • Perform a mainframe cost review of up to three LPARS*
  • Conduct workshops to assess the Customer environment in collaboration with Customer
  • Identify the top consumers of mainframe resources
  • Identify CPU* allocation and specialty engine utilization at peak intervals
  • Identify Workload Manager (WLM) performance at peak intervals
  •  Identify workload balancing options to minimize software license costs. 
  •  Prepare and deliver an Assessment Report.

The Customer will be responsible for:

  • Providing access to Customer’s subject matter experts
  • Arranging all meetings with stakeholders
  • Providing access to necessary analysis data

Deliverables: Using BMC’s standard methodology and templates, the following Deliverables are in scope for this project and will be delivered:

  • Assessment Report

Completion Criteria: BMC will have completed the Services when the in-scope Services have been completed and the Deliverables have been reviewed in accordance with the Terms of Use and delivered to the Customer Project Manager.  From delivery start date, the service must be consumed and complete within 90 calendar days.   .

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Pre-requisites:

Customer must:

  • Providing access to Customer’s subject matter experts
  • Arranging all meetings with stakeholders
  • Provide access to necessary analysis data

Additional information:

  • Estimated Duration: Six weeks   
  • In-scope Product: BMC AMI OPS Automation for Capping,BMC AMI Capacity and Cost
  • Service Type: Advisory and Planning
  • Availability: Active
  • Success Service Code: IZOT_ASCO_001
  • Date Last Updated: 01/24/2025

Definitions:

  • CPU – Central Processing Unit, where machine instructions are processed.
  • LPARS – Logical Partition of Mainframe resources into logical machines each running a copy of the operating system

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