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Implementing Automatic Restart Manager (ARM)

The Automatic Restart Manager (ARM) is an IBM facility that allows the IBM z/OS product to automatically restart Started Tasks (excluding TSO users) after an abnormal termination occurs. By implementing support for ARM, you can ensure that 

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 is restarted quickly and automatically after an abend with no operator intervention required.

Previously, to ensure BMC AMI OpsA availability, you had to use a second BMC AMI OpsA system to monitor the primary BMC AMI OpsA PAS or use an outboard processing facility. If the primary BMC AMI OpsA abended, user-defined automation routines in the secondary BMC AMI OpsA (or outboard facility) would attempt to restart the product.

ARM eliminates the need for a secondary BMC AMI OpsA PAS (or outboard facility ) to monitor BMC AMI OpsA availability and can simplify restarts by allowing MVS to monitor and restart the product. 

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