The z/OS syslog – the main source of information for every operator as soon as problems occur on the mainframe & the main source for monitoring and automating resources on the mainframe for System Automation. But detailed information for specific problems can only be found in the job logs of the corresponding jobs or started tasks, which are not included in the z/OS syslog. With System Automation it is possible to monitor these logs and write important messages to the syslog. This process is called Job Log Monitoring and enables... [More]

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The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270UI team would like to cordially invite you to participate in an educational series of web based seminars on the Enhanced 3270UI. The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270UI is the strategic interface for subject matter experts managing their z/OS infrastructure and key subsystems (CICS, DB2, MQ, IMS, JVM). The interface has been designed with the help of extensive feedback from existing clients to focus on simplification and integration to help identify and fix problems fast. Have you planned your migration to this new tool yet? To... [More]

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A set of user interface productivity enhancements to zSecure 2.2.0 has been made available in a Service Stream Enhancement (SSE) on July 30, 2016.   Background IBM Security zSecure suite can help you protect your enterprise, detect threats, comply with policy and regulations and reduce costs. Most of the products run on the z/OS operating system. IBM Security zSecure Admin boosts productivity for RACF administrators. IBM Security zSecure Audit helps review the security of the system in various ways. IBM Security zSecure Alert is a... [More]

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Next week SHARE rolls into Atlanta for the latest week of updates, hands-on labs and discussions around IBM z Systems. The full technical session agenda is available now to read through and pick the sessions you want to attend. For those of you interested in z/OS systems management and monitoring, IBM will have many useful sessions you might want to attend. I have listed just a few of them here now:   MONDAY - AUGUST 1ST 10AM Session: 19841 Automated Performance Management on z/OS: Techniques And Best... [More]

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System Automation for z/OS V3.5 delivered APAR OA50631 that provides a best practices sample policy for OMEGAMON XE for z/OS JVM Feature.  The best practices policy allows you to quickly create the necessary System Automation resources for the ITM Infrastructure, the OMEGAMON enhanced 3270 UI (TOM), the OMEGAMON XE JVM Monitoring Agent (TEMA) and the OMEGAMON XE JVM Monitoring Collector  address spaces including the relationships between all the required parts without having to worry about the details yourself.  Once created, the... [More]

Thanks for your attendance of the previous OMEGAMON deployment customer open Q&A teleconference call held on  June 29, 2016 .  The cumulative monthly meeting minutes, which include the Q&A low-level details, are available in a downloadable PDF from the following link in SMC z Systems community: URL: htt p :// w ww. i bm. c om/ d eve l ope r wor k s/c o mmu n ity / gro u ps/ s erv i ce/ h tml / com m uni t yvi e w?c o mmu n ity U uid = 5e6 5 990 a -96 9 0-4 2 e2- 9 3b1 - c22 6 7be 7 620 c #fu l lpa g eWi d get I d=W a a62 f 018... [More]

                      We are pleased to announce a webinar this upcoming week entitled "Modern Development, Integration and Management with z/OS Connect and OMEGAMON for JVM". In this 1 hour session, Al Grega (IBM z Systems Software Global Sales Executive) and Chris Walker (IBM OMEGAMON Offering Manager) will discuss how offerings from IBM z Systems software are already enabling clients to modernize their mainframe infrastructure, leveraging existing assets to transform access to... [More]

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On Thursday, July 28th at 1000am EST, the OMEGAMON Development team are hosting an EAP session to present more details about IBM OMEGAMON for Application Performance Management (APM). OMEGAMON for APM offers integration of z/OS resource data into the APM framework, allowing you to build cross platform views of your applications. There will also be a brief discussion of our design work which allows our customers to work with development to provide input to the planning process for the upcoming software releases. This effort  helps us ensure... [More]

On December 11, 2015 IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.3 became generally available. Toleration support is available via the service stream as follows: OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS V510 APAR OA48778 PTF  UA80210 V530 APAR OA49613 PTF  UA80219 OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG on z/OS APAR OA48780 PTF V510 UA80212 PTF V530 UA80213 OMEGAMON End-to-End APAR OA49571 PTF V620 tbd ITCAM for CICS on z/OS APAR OA50357 PTF V73S UA81503 PTF V74S UA81504 OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS V510 APAR OA48722 PTF  UA80052 V530 APAR OA48805 PTF ... [More]