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Press Release

Announcing ACO PAGER™ Version 4.7
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More than a paging system; ACO PAGER™ is a complete systems management solution for your IBM System i®.

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For Immediate Release
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NORTHWEST INDIANA/CHICAGOLAND, October 5, 2001--DDL Systems Consulting, Inc. announces ACO PAGER™ Message Alert System Version 4.7. ACO PAGER™ manages your System i 24 hours a day and notifies you immediately when problems occur.

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You set up the specific events you want to monitor (e.g message queues (including QHST), job queues, active jobs, library/file objects, IFS directory objects, spool files, System i email, TCP/IP network etc.) and the actions to be performed based on the System i specific or generic message id and job information. When a message is sent to a monitored message queue, ACO PAGER™ performs the appropriate user-defined action. ACO PAGER™ notifies you of important system events, eliminates unwanted messages, and ensures problem resolution through message escalation features.

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Version 4.7 offers the following new features:
  • New ACO ESI™ Enterprise Servers were developed and integrated into ACO PAGER™ that significantly improve performance associated with sending/receiving messages to/from an enterprise system.

  • Like a job scheduler the ACO Unattended Operations Monitor executes your commands and application programs based on your user-defined entries. However, unlike IBM's job scheduler, this scheduling engine can perform even while the system is in a restricted state. Use this monitor during restricted or non-restricted state processing to perform "lights-out" operations.

  • Monitor Integrated File System (IFS) directories and optionally move, copy, or delete IFS objects.

  • Enhanced two-way reply/command engine. Receive reply/command confirmation messages on your two-way device and/or e-mail client.

  • Monitor library and file object size (including current and deleted record counts).

  • Monitor spool file events; scan for messages, keywords, and optionally move, copy, or delete spool files.

  • Monitor distribution queues.

  • Monitor active joblogs for messages or keywords.

  • Support for multiple message action sets and additional generic message action search capabilities.

  • Expanded job event monitors allow you to quickly identify problem jobs.

System Requirements
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Your system may require installation of IBM PTF’s to ensure proper operation of the ACO products. Several important IBM PTF’s are required to properly run certain SQL statements based on the installed version of IBM i 6.1 (and i5/OS). These PTF’s are included in the latest version of the database group PTF for each respective release.

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IBM i 6.1 required PTF's (not included in cumulative package)
 SI38393  See APAR SE41176
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IBM i5/OS 5.4 required PTF's (not included in cumulative package)
 None
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We STRONGLY recommend that you put in place a process to regularly obtain (and apply) the latest cumulative PTF, HIPER group PTF, and database group PTF packages to your System i (and AS/400) system(s).

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All DDL Systems enterprise systems management products earn IBM's "Ready for Power Systems" validation. Learn more about this IBM validation and what it means to your business.

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Hardware Requirements

Requires one standard System i V.24 SDLC communications line and one ECS (or Hayes® compatible) modem (or a properly configured SMTP e-mail connection to the Internet). Works with all alphanumeric and  two-way pagers, properly equipped cellular phones, and smartphones (like BlackBerry®).

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Software Requirements

ACO PAGER™, ACO NET™, ACO ESI™, and ACO CLIENT™ execute on System i® systems (all models) running V5R4M0 (or higher). ACO Client™ requires WebSphere® Application Server 6.1 (or higher), WebSphere® Application Server - Express, or any Java 1.4 (or higher) compliant web application server like Apache. ACO ESI™ requires a separately licensed copy of ACO PAGER™ and a separately licensed copy of one of the following enterprise systems; IBM Tivoli® Monitoring 6.2 (or higher) or IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3 (or higher).

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Notice: The enterprise system software may also require the purchase of other hardware and licensed software. This hardware and software is available from IBM (or other business partners) at an additional fee and is not included in the purchase of the ACO ESI™ software product.

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ACO ESI™ optionally monitors your network connected Windows® servers using a Windows compliant software agent. The Windows® agent software is available for purchase (at a nominal fee) from one of our business partners. Monitoring your Windows servers does not require the installation (or use) of an enterprise system software product.

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