IBM Z NetView™ provides functions to help maintain the highest degree of availability for IBM Z® networks. It is a core component of IBM Z Service Management Suite and IBM Z Service Automation Suite. IBM Z NetView has an extensive set of tools that help to manage and maintain complex, multi-vendor, multi-platform networks and systems from a single point of control. 

Key capabilities and advanced functions include networking and automation, and enhanced enterprise integration and customer time-to-value and ease of use. System and Network Automation addresses the continued drive for increased IT availability. As expanding network requirements increase, such as adding mobile devices, the need for a complete network management solution becomes increasingly important.

Features

• **Support network and system requirements: **Support heterogeneous networks, including Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and TCP/IP, and changing network and system requirements on IBM Z systems.
• **Improve diagnostics and management: **Take advantage of improved problem diagnostics and management with new packet tracking and analysis capability.
• **Improve enterprise resiliency: **Gain improved enterprise resiliency for continuous availability combined with GDPS Active/Active support.
• **Accelerate problem resolution: **Use the new Canzlog functionality for faster problem solving with network and system log browsing and enhanced automation with new consolidated message logging capability.

Benefits

• **Simplify management: **Easily manage your entire network through a single console.
• **Increase efficiency: **Increase operations efficiency and effectiveness with enhanced problem determination and management features.
• **Improve system availability: **Improve overall system availability with high availability and automation.