2019-10-27T06:20:00Z

What needs improvement with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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Hennie Du Toit - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2023-05-10T13:45:00Z
May 10, 2023

Honestly, the solution has a very complicated licensing model. Firstly, there should be an easier-to-understand model, more of a flat-structured model rather than different tiers of licenses which complicates licensing. There’s also no dashboard where you can see how many licenses you have consumed or what is free, which makes it quite challenging to know where you are at a certain space in time. So, you always have to do an audit to find your usage, which is a complicated exercise. The other thing is that we buy a lot of their products, but it takes a while for them to reintroduce the Blue Eyes functionality as part of the product suite. It requires separate licensing. So, if you want to use that functionality, you must buy a different product rather than being part of an existing product suite.

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Real User
Top 20
2023-04-21T08:38:00Z
Apr 21, 2023

There are too many complicated layers in the solution. They should improve this particular area.

PG
Real User
Top 5
2022-02-18T15:24:00Z
Feb 18, 2022

I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly and out of date. The next release should focus on the cloud, AI, and ML technologies.

VD
Real User
2020-12-23T11:34:36Z
Dec 23, 2020

Its integration could be better. They should provide an easier integration for all the monitoring stuff, and it will make things easier for us. Currently, there is a complexity in integrating it with a vendor application, and we have to use another tool to integrate it with a vendor application. To integrate some applications with NetCool, I need to install an IBM tool on top of it. It would be good if they can provide an API or any kind of interface that we can leverage while developing a new protocol interface or application. We should be able to use an API or interface with NetCool. Its GUI can also be better. As compared to other tools, it is not user friendly, and it is not easy to do stuff through GUI. Whenever we do anything on the GUI, it takes time. They need to focus on the GUI part, especially the dashboard. They should focus on how users can effectively drill down from one box to another. The visual appeal of the dashboard is as important as the data and functionality.

RC
Real User
2020-05-28T06:26:41Z
May 28, 2020

The web portal and typical event controls are a little outdated. The need to work on improving the dashboard layout. The whole layout is an old style and needs updating. The functionality is great but it needs to look more modern, perhaps by moving to HTML 5 dashboards. The price could be made more competitive.

SA
Real User
2019-10-27T06:20:00Z
Oct 27, 2019

The cost of the product is quite high. They should work to adjust their pricing models.

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