MessengerPlus is designed for single-system monitoring, while MessengerConsole adds centralized control for multiple servers and partitions.

Bytware has announced the release of V7 of MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole, its popular message management and alerting products for Power Systems running IBM i. V7 offers users a number of enhancements to make the products more efficient, including:

• SNPP paging, allowing users to send pager messages via TCP/IP
• An increased character limit in e-mail addresses and server names (to 50 characters)
• The option to suppress the alert message number from an e-mail subject line
• Support for sending IFS attachments and job logs with e-mail messages
• An enhanced CPU monitor to handle systems with multiple processors
• The addition of a date field to the history file to provide more information about when events occurred

The Messenger products offer around-the-clock system monitoring; automated message handling, including escalation and reply management; and e-mail, text, or pager notification. MessengerPlus is designed for single-system monitoring, while MessengerConsole adds centralized control for multiple servers and partitions. Bytware offers native anti-virus, network monitoring, and consoling solutions for IBM Power Systems servers.