How Console Consolidation Works

Using CA Automation Point, you could respond to the problem of multiple sites as follows:

Consolidate alerts. Since you typically want to interact with a system in response to a problem, it is inefficient to have to inspect each system for those problems. Collecting the alerts provides a starting point for managing your various systems on a priority basis.
Coordinate activity across systems. Your order entry system may be tightly tied to your distribution system. Responding to a problem may require interacting quickly with more than one system to address the real problem plaguing your enterprise.
Use a centrlized notification application. When you need some outside expertise, you typically use your telecommunication facilities to contact an expert - phone, pager, and so on. You should feed problems from all systems into such a notification mechanism, not through a data center that happens to have the connection to your paging service provider.
Group systems by function or type. Once you have access to all of your enterprise, you can group systems in a fashion meaningful to your site. You can group by a system type (such as z/OS, VAX, or UNIX), or you can group by the function performed (such as all systems involved in your payroll system, or your billing system).

The following illustration shows a sample end result of this console consolidation. (We will revisit this illustration later.)

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