System Automation Software on DB2 for z/OS 
The figure below shows an example for SAP on DB2 z/OS where the complete SAP environment is controlled by system automation software. For more information on this configuration, see the IBM documentation Business Continuity for SAP on IBM System z (SC33–8206) at the IBM website.
In the above figure, System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS) controls and automates all SAP-related components that are supported to run under z/OS or UNIX System Services (USS):
DB2 z/OS data sharing members
SAP central services (for ABAP or Java)
NFS server
Sysplex-wide SAPOSCOL
Other SAP utilities capable of running under z/OS or USS
Non-z/OS SAP resources such as application servers and other utilities (with an affinity to those application servers) are automated in a cluster managed by System Automation for Multiplatforms. Since a complete SAP on System z solution is heterogeneous by nature, it is recommended to use System Automation Application Manager (SAMP) to create an end-to-end automation and high-availability solution. End-to-End automation allows the definition of relations between the platforms:
The application servers under AIX/Linux are started after the NFS server running on z/OS is up. If the NFS server is down, the application servers are started automatically.
The health status of the whole SAP solution can be verified from a single point in the SA AM GUI