At Halcyon, we have developed an extensive range of software, giving you the best choice of available. Since we have all spent time in busy IT departments carrying out the same jobs as you, you will find many unique features in our software and a fine attention to detail not found anywhere else.
Software Suites
Stand Alone Software
Software by Platform
These Suites offer you various degrees of automation at discounted prices. We have put together some of our most popular products and then applied a generous discount.
Monitor Suite
Comprises message monitoring, TCP/IP monitoring, job queue monitoring, output monitoring, device monitoring and the Message Communicator to send out messages to phones, pagers and email addresses and includes 2-way SMS facility.
Systems Operations Suite
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
High Availability Suite
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; disk space management; Performance Manager; restricted state management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
Operations Center
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; advanced job scheduling; spool file management; disk space management; Performance Manager; restricted state management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
Security Compliance & Monitoring Suite
Assess your risk, build your security policy and maintain security compliance through continuous monitoring and management.
Network Server Suite
Provides value for money to all users from small networks to large data centres. Offering a fully integrated solution it manages all your network servers and devices from a single console.
Data Center Management Suite Developed specially for managed services companies, outsourcers, remote monitoring and management companies and large corporate data centers.
Whether you have chosen one of our popular Suites of software and want to add an extra product or two or whether you want to put together your own shopping basket, these individual products offer you exactly what you need at a price that is right.
Enterprise Console View messages, alerts and important event notifications from any Halcyon product and from any platform on the centralized GUI Enterprise Console.
Message Manager
Monitors any message queue or the QHST history log for any type of message. Comprehensive filters ensure you are alerted to important messages while ignoring the routine.
Message Communicator
Sends messages to phones, pagers or to email addresses. Used in conjunction with one of the Halcyon message monitoring products, 2-way SMS can be used to answer inquiry messages or to execute any command on an IBM iSeries server. Set up Escalation Lists, Broadcast Groups, Schedules and Rotas so that messages get sent to the appropriate on-call personnel.
System Event Manager
Monitors system events that do not generate a system message yet still might hold up processing. For example, comms line varied off or a job queue held at the wrong time. Includes comprehensive filtering so that only your pre-defined error conditions are actioned.
Inactivity Manager
Take action if screens are left unattended, especially relevant for the new VISA PCI regulations. Different actions possible for different users, group profiles, devices etc.
Audit Journal Monitor
Monitors in real-time the system audit journal, QAUDJRN. Comprehensive filters can identify important security events and bring those to your immediate attention.
Performance Manager
Analyzes current and past performance to produce accurate and up-to-the-minute performance statistics and trends. PC GUI front end shows instant performance snapshots. Service Level Report Wizard included for you to print either standard reports or your own fully customized reports.
Restricted Tasks Manager
Schedule, or submit to a job queue, any number of restricted state functions, such as SAVSYS, SAVLIB(*NONSYS), RCLSTG etc. to be executed in a completely unattended environment. Monitor and answer messages during restricted state and optionally notify personnel about completion and error messages by SMS or pager.
Disk Space Manager
Discover what’s eating up your disk space and use for regular system housekeeping. Identify objects not being saved, objects without source and vice versa, objects not used in a long time etc. PC GUI front end allows quick inquiries and reporting and many drill-down options.
Job Scheduler
Functionally rich yet very easy to use. The Halcyon Job Scheduler's design incorporates some important features not found in other Job Schedulers. Multiple dependences allow a job to be conditioned on the status of other jobs and jobs can be submitted to different iSeries servers and even to other platforms and the jobs can also be tracked on those machines.
Spool File Manager
Easy-to-use spool file distribution and archiving. Comprehensive, real-time, spool file monitoring and filtering options can automatically override spool file attributes without any need for program changes. Spool files can also be distributed automatically based on information contained within report titles. Export Spool Files to PDF. Includes email facility.
Policy Minder
Policy Minder is a security policy management tool that aides in security compliance. By simply running one command you will quickly know if your system's configuration is in compliance with your policy, and, if not, you can fix it - fast.
Risk Assessor
Risk Assessor is diagnostic tool that compares your security configuration to "security best practices". The product is designed to automate the gathering and analysis of essential security configuration information for your auditors.
Record and Playback
Use the Halcyon Record and Playback when jobs are either run interactively, or interactive screens have to be processed before a job can be submitted to the job queue. Record all the keystrokes (including Function and Enter Keys) necessary to submit a job and playback the sequence automatically within Job Scheduler. Run-time variables also catered for.
HA-MX Monitor
The Halcyon HA-MX Monitor allows you to monitor the status of your MIMIX® processes, alerting you to any problems as they occur and reporting when the problems have been resolved. Within each type, multiple filters can be created which will allow you to have separate filters for each data group.
MIMIX® is the registered trademark of Lakeview Technology Inc.
Remote View Directly assist your users with this screen controlling utility. View and take full control over their screens, regardless of their location, or whether they are there or not - and to do so without leaving your desk.
DataGuard
A real-time database monitoring solution. Stops non-compliant data entry and even prevents records being written to the file if necessary. Full audit trail gives you before and after record images and a complete history of who performed the record update. Can rewrite deleted records.
IXS/IXA Manager
Monitor the key areas of your IXS and IXA servers and perform pre-determined actions as required. Includes 18 essential monitors plus instant notification by SMS or Email.
Screen Message Utility
Use the Halcyon Screen Message Utility for the iSeries i5 / as400 to send messages to devices, before users sign on. Users can be kept fully informed of events and progress of system downtime on screen, without you having to continually phone to let them know.
System i (iSeries, A400)™ Software
Value-for-money Product Suites:
These Suites offer you various degrees of automation at discounted prices. We have put together some of our most popular products and then applied a generous discount.
Monitor Suite
Comprises message monitoring, TCP/IP monitoring, job queue monitoring, output monitoring, device monitoring and the Message Communicator to send out messages to phones, pagers and email addresses and includes 2-way SMS facility.
Systems Operations Suite
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
High Availability Suite
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; disk space management; Performance Manager; restricted state management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
Operations Center
Comprises GUI Enterprise Console for multiplatform centralized monitoring and management; advanced job scheduling; spool file management; disk space management; Performance Manager; restricted state management; 11 different monitors for system messages and system events not generating a system message; and the Message Communicator.
Security Compliance & Monitoring Suite
Assess your risk, build your security policy and maintain security compliance through continuous monitoring and management.
Individual Products:
Whether you have chosen one of our popular Suites of software and want to add an extra product or two or whether you want to put together your own shopping basket, these individual products offer you exactly what you need at a price that is right.
Enterprise Console
View messages, alerts and important event notifications from any Halcyon product and from any platform on the centralized GUI Enterprise Console.
Message Manager
Monitors any message queue or the QHST history log for any type of message. Comprehensive filters ensure you are alerted to important messages while ignoring the routine.
Message Communicator
Sends messages to phones, pagers or to email addresses. Used in conjunction with one of the Halcyon message monitoring products, 2-way SMS can be used to answer inquiry messages or to execute any command on an IBM iSeries server. Set up Escalation Lists, Broadcast Groups, Schedules and Rotas so that messages get sent to the appropriate on-call personnel.
System Event Manager
Monitors system events that do not generate a system message yet still might hold up processing. For example, comms line varied off or a job queue held at the wrong time. Includes comprehensive filtering so that only your pre-defined error conditions are actioned.
Inactivity Manager
Take action if screens are left unattended, especially relevant for the new VISA PCI regulations. Different actions possible for different users, group profiles, devices etc.
Audit Journal Monitor
Monitors in real-time the system audit journal, QAUDJRN. Comprehensive filters can identify important security events and bring those to your immediate attention.
Performance Manager
Analyzes current and past performance to produce accurate and up-to-the-minute performance statistics and trends. PC GUI front end shows instant performance snapshots. Service Level Report Wizard included for you to print either standard reports or your own fully customized reports.
Restricted Tasks Manager
Schedule, or submit to a job queue, any number of restricted state functions, such as SAVSYS, SAVLIB(*NONSYS), RCLSTG etc. to be executed in a completely unattended environment. Monitor and answer messages during restricted state and optionally notify personnel about completion and error messages by SMS or pager.
Disk Space Manager
Discover what’s eating up your disk space and use for regular system housekeeping. Identify objects not being saved, objects without source and vice versa, objects not used in a long time etc. PC GUI front end allows quick inquiries and reporting and many drill-down options.
Job Scheduler
Functionally rich yet very easy to use. The Halcyon Job Scheduler's design incorporates some important features not found in other Job Schedulers. Multiple dependences allow a job to be conditioned on the status of other jobs and jobs can be submitted to different iSeries servers and even to other platforms and the jobs can also be tracked on those machines.
Spool File Manager
Easy-to-use spool file distribution and archiving. Comprehensive, real-time, spool file monitoring and filtering options can automatically override spool file attributes without any need for program changes. Spool files can also be distributed automatically based on information contained within report titles. Export Spool Files to PDF. Includes email facility.
Policy Minder
Policy Minder is a security policy management tool that aides in security compliance. By simply running one command you will quickly know if your system's configuration is in compliance with your policy, and, if not, you can fix it - fast.
Risk Assessor
Risk Assessor is diagnostic tool that compares your security configuration to "security best practices". The product is designed to automate the gathering and analysis of essential security configuration information for your auditors.
Record and Playback
Use the Halcyon Record and Playback when jobs are either run interactively, or interactive screens have to be processed before a job can be submitted to the job queue. Record all the keystrokes (including Function and Enter Keys) necessary to submit a job and playback the sequence automatically within Job Scheduler. Run-time variables also catered for.
HA-MX Monitor
The Halcyon HA-MX Monitor allows you to monitor the status of your MIMIX® processes, alerting you to any problems as they occur and reporting when the problems have been resolved. Within each type, multiple filters can be created which will allow you to have separate filters for each data group.
MIMIX® is the registered trademark of Lakeview Technology Inc.
Remote View
Directly assist your users with this screen controlling utility. View and take full control over their screens, regardless of their location, or whether they are there or not - and to do so without leaving your desk.
DataGuard
A real-time database monitoring solution. Stops non-compliant data entry and even prevents records being written to the file if necessary. Full audit trail gives you before and after record images and a complete history of who performed the record update. Can rewrite deleted records.
Screen Message Utility
Use the Halcyon Screen Message Utility for the iSeries i5 / as400 to send messages to devices, before users sign on. Users can be kept fully informed of events and progress of system downtime on screen, without you having to continually phone to let them know.
Windows Software® Software
Network Server Suite
Provides value for money to all users from small networks to large data centres. Offering a fully integrated solution it manages all your network servers and devices from a single console.
Syslog Monitor
Receive Syslog messages from Unix, AIX and Linux servers and devices such as firewalls and routers.
Linux® Unix® AIX® Software
Syslog Monitor
Receive Syslog messages from Unix, AIX and Linux servers and devices such as firewalls and routers.