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Velocity Software's zDIRECT vs IBM's DirMaint and Broadcom's VM:Secure Directory Manager

Information for this comparison was taken from the documentation available at the time of the comparison.

zPRO has been designed to assist installations with guest server cloning and provisioning processes as well as many of the tasks related to z/VM system management.

The zDIRECT feature of zPRO provides installations the ability to manage the CP Directory on any z/VM system in the enterprise from a single browser window. The zDIRECT feature provides system programmers the ability to add, view or edit the full directory entry for a USER, IDENTITY, SUBCONFIG or PROFILE. Resource management for guests is fully integrated for adding or changing memory, CPUs, SHARE, MDISKs, LINKs, and more. Password management and support for special passwords (NOLOG NOPASS AUTOONLY LBYONLY PROTECT). Storage Pool management is also built-in to assist with defining and adding volumes of DASD within specific storage groups, along with mapping their usage.
Function/Feature Velocity Software, Inc. zPRO zDIRECT Feature IBM DirMaint Broadcom CA VM:Secure Directory Manager More Detail
Browser Based User Interface
Yes
No
No
Integration with installed External Security Manager
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create, Edit, View USER/IDENTITY/SUBCONFIG/PROFILE entries
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create or Edit IDENTITY/SUBCONFIG entries all at once
Yes
No
No
View USER/IDENTITY with PROFILE and SUBCONFIG details included
Yes
No
No
Add/Change Memory, CPU, SHARE, MDISKs, LINKs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syncronization of CPU changes with SHARE setting
Yes
No
No
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Yes
No
No
3270 Command Line Interface
No*
Yes
Yes 		*We believe that anything that can be managed with a web interface should be managed with a web interface

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