Today IBM Service Management Unite is announced as a new component in the IBM Service Management Suite V1.3.  This component will help z/OS sites manage by exception (Situations). It allows access to exception information from IBM Automation and Monitoring products.  This access can be via mobile devices too.       Here is an example of a Dashboard listing current monitoring and automation exceptions for a site:                              ... [More]

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OMEGAMON XE for IMS v5.3.0 is a key part of the IBM® Tivoli OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS® v5.3.1 announcement today. With the new OMEGAMON XE for IMS you can find IMS system and application problems more quickly and speed up problem resolution time.    New OMEGAMON IMS real-time workspaces in the enhanced 3270 user interface The enhanced 3270 user interface has a large set of new workspaces to better monitor key resources such as: shared queues, response time analysis, IMS Open Transaction Manager Access... [More]

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IBM has just released a brand-new set of performance and availability monitoring capabilities for its zEnterprise™ hybrid computing system. With this release, IBM offers for the first time an end-to-end monitoring solution for the zEnterprise environment, its physical and virtual resources and workload resource groups. Please click here to read the announcement in detail. Only a single instance of the monitoring agent is required to monitor all zEnterprise systems in a customer's data center. Through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, the agent... [More]

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For OMEGAMON and ITM customers we have provided a new sample workspace for customers to use in the e3270ui.  The KOBSITEC workspace allows the ITM Situation Events to show on the e3270ui.  This workspace is part of PTF UA67643.   Once installed call the workspace to see the current ITM Situation status on your e3270ui.  Check out the example display.  Invoke the workspace with a "=KOBSITEC" on the command line.  Proactive monitoring is so important to allow situations to run on each system and alert you... [More]

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We recently recorded a podcast as part of the "Did you say Mainframe?!" series about the latest updates for CICS and CICS TG users in OMEGAMON XE for CICS V530. If you're a current OMEGAMON user perhaps looking to upgrade, or are simply interested in seeing what OMEGAMON can provide for monitoring your CICS environment, this 10 minute recording will highlight the key enhancements. Specifically, we discuss the following: Faster root-cause investigation of problems using Near-Term Historical data collection. Providing stronger... [More]

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What’s New in OMEGAMON XE for IMS v510      IBM® Tivoli® OMEGAMON® XE for IMS® v5.10 provides the following key enhancements and benefits: Self-Describing Agents (SDA) reduces the total cost of ownership and improves time to value by eliminating manual installation of application data on ITM servers (TEMS and TEPS) as well as eliminating monitoring outages due to recycling these servers when agents are updated by maintenance.   With SDA, the proper level of application data is automatically propagated and installed on all ITM server components... [More]

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IBM® Tivoli® OMEGAMON® XE for Mainframe Networks v5.1.0 provides the following key enhancements and benefits: Simplified and faster problem resolution through the new OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface. View the enterprise-wide environment from a single 3270 screen. The enhanced 3270 screens were designed by subject matter experts (customers) to solve real-world problems. Monitor application, TCP listener, and TCP connection activity Monitor network interface activity Monitor OSA channels, ports, and LPAR utilization Monitor... [More]

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Today we are opening our Beta program for OMEGAMON XE on z/OS with capabilities to monitor various Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) on z/OS.  This Beta is part of the OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite Beta program.  We are looking for customers and business partners who are interested in working with us to shape and validate the new capabilities we are developing to monitor JVMs on z/OS spanning multiple subsystems.  The beta program is a great way for you to evaluate the new OMEGAMON features as they are being developed, and to... [More]

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You'r running OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks 510, liking the enhanced 3270 user interface, but maybe you have questions on ways to navigate to the workspace that you need... From any workspace, you can always issue the NETWORK or NETMENU command to navigate to any of the Enterprise workspaces. Here is a quick view of the primary navigation options:   All of this and more are found in the  OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks Enhanced 3270 Users Guide . These workspaces and navigation... [More]

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OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks v5.1.0 became available today!   OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks provides system monitoring and performance management across System z with an easy-to-use enhanced 3270 user interface Improve the efficiency of network problem resolution by requiring fewer steps to isolate root cause of performance problems in real time, and therefore, enabling higher availability. Improve visibility, control, and automation across network resources with a new more comprehensive enhanced 3270-based UI capable of viewing... [More]

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Today we announce the addition of OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks to the existing OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite Beta program.  We are looking for customers and business partners who are interested in working with us to shape and validate the new capabilities we are developing in OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks. The beta program is a great way for you to evaluate the new OMEGAMON features as they are being developed, and to interact directly with the OMEGAMON Development team.   Program support includes receiving... [More]

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When you are upgrading OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks to V510 and using PARMGEN, here are a few parameters you should verify have the new values:   ICAT and PARMGEN preserve previous configuration values. Mainframe Networks 510 has new LIMIT and MINIMUM values New/higher values required for Mainframe Networks 510: –        KN3SYSIN •         LIMIT(23,X) o        KN3_X_AGT_STORAGE_LIMIT_EXTENDED 23 •         MINIMUM(768000,X) o        KN3_AGT_STORAGE_MINIMUM_EXTENDED 768000 –        PDS •         KN3_PD_CYL 261  

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Below is some information on recorded training sessions on PARMGEN.  There are two sessions (Part 1 and Part 2). Latest PARMGEN info can be found here .    Support Technical Exchange (STE): Title **Part 2** Good news for maintenance windows - install, configure and upgrade OMEGAMON/ITM suite faster using JOBGEN/PARMGEN Course number 20121001102132516 Date 01/09/2013 @ 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET (US) Description This Support Technical Exchange (STE) session plans to cover the following topics: ** Part 2 is focused on the live... [More]

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Announcing the continuation of the OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS Beta Program The OMEGAMON Development team is looking for interested customers and business partners to participate in the Beta Program for the next release of the IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS.  Both On-Premise and Hosted Beta Programs are supported and will include OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS and OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks. The Beta Program is a great way for participants to evaluate the value of new OMEGAMON enhancements... [More]

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