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Overview of Cost Analyzer

This section introduces the BMC Cost Analyzer for zEnterprise (Cost Analyzer) product, describing its architecture, user roles, and tools.

Cost Analyzer provides interactive tools for comprehensive analysis of your IBM sub-capacity licensing costs across your mainframe system. As part of your cost-savings program, Cost Analyzer:

    • Utilizes the Universal Information Exchange (UIE) component running on the mainframe to populate data in Capacity Management Databases (CDBs).
    • Retrieves data from CDB to create a cost model.
  • Provides you with the knowledge of the costs of your environment so you can enact effective plans to make reductions.
  • Unifies the various components of your overall cost-saving solution by providing reporting, planning, and cost management capabilities.
  • Utilizes cost analysis tools that can determine where and how to implement changes for maximum cost savings.

 

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