The new version has the ability to define subset templates to archive or view spooled files by defined category.
Systems management software provider, Halcyon Software Inc., has announced a major release of one of its key products —Spooled File Manager V9.0 for the IBM i platform. Spooled File Manager V9.0 is a comprehensive spooled file distribution and archiving tool that offers real-time spooled file monitoring, filtering, and fast retrieval of archived spooled files. It performs actions on spooled files without the need for program changes, such as automatically emailing the summary page of a report, or converting them into PDFs or HTML Web pages.
Enhancements
The capability of archiving files has been substantially enhanced so that archived spooled files can be retrieved in sub seconds. There are no limits to the number of spooled files that can be stored within an archived file.
The new version now has the capability of defining “Subset Templates.” These can be defined, for example, by department, type, user, or any combination so that spooled files or archived spooled files can be viewed according to defined categories.
New authorization features within the software give security administrators the ability to define by default, or individually permit, which subset templates members of staff can use thereby restricting the spooled files they can view at the user level.
Other changes have been made to the software to significantly improve performance by using smart caching techniques.
A further enhancement in the new version enables system administrators to use “report types” to identify spooled files and define the archive and retention periods.
Tom Skillman, Data Processing Manager of City of St. Louis Water Division said, "Spooled File Manager archives and compresses hundreds of thousands of spooled reports to immediately save me disk space, but gives me very flexible and powerful search tools to enable easy retrieval later."
John Dominic, VP of Sales at Halcyon Software, said, “Automated report distribution and archiving are extremely critical to our clients, some of whom are generating spooled files over one million pages long. We worked with clients to ensure that the new version has all the scalability they need and provides them with efficient authorization, reporting, and retrieval methods.”
Pricing and Availability
Spooled File Manager V9.0 is available immediately, either as a single utility or as part of Halcyon’s Level 3 or Level 4 monitoring software suites. Existing customers can upgrade to Spooled File Manager V9.0 free of charge. Product pricing is tiered and based on IBM processor groups. In addition, Halcyon says it has published a fair pricing policy so that if customers increase the Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) rating of their IBM hardware, they will not incur software upgrade fees, thus giving them long-term assurance of costs. For more information about Spooled File Manager visit: http://halcyonsoftware.com/sfm
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