Announcing OMEGAMON Vnext Beta Program
We are pleased to announce the beta program for the latest updates for Service Management Suite for z/OS and OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS. Building on the recent V5.4.0 updates delivered in late 2016 for DB2, Java Runtime and Storage monitoring , the new beta contains updates for z/OS, Networks, CICS, IMS and Messaging. In addition to product-specific updates, including the delivery of dozens of customer enhancement requests, the OMEGAMON family of offerings have focused on simplifying the deployment process , reducing... [More]
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Avoid unnecessary complexity with the latest version of OMEGAMON
'Dear Rocky' answers your System z monitoring and performance tuning questions. Rocky McMahan, a Senior Software Performance Engineer in z System Software R&D, offers valuable tips to help you get more out of your z System monitoring software. By streamlining the product and simplifying the architecture, the latest version of OMEGAMON now serves its core customers better while reducing the total cost of ownership in terms of CPU and maintenance. OMEGAMON has been monitoring IBM z Systems for decades and with... [More]
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IBM Security zSecure Audit for ACF2: new DISA-STIG compliance checks
On July 4, 2017 a new service stream enhancement (SSE) to zSecure Audit 2.2.1 has become generally available, adding additional compliance checks for the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) for z/OS from the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This SSE focuses on adding Access Control Program (ACP) controls for systems protected through CA-ACF2. This builds on the ACF2_SENSDSN_ACCESS report type first provided in zSecure Audit 2.2.1. Background The Security Technical Implementation Guide from DISA provides a... [More]
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Documentation tip: How to locate a workspace for a specific attribute of CICS Monitoring Agent
The CICS Monitoring agent provides dozens of workspaces for you to view monitoring data. Some workspaces can only be linked to from another workspace, which might not be that obvious especially when you are not familiar with the agent. If you want to locate some specific attribute and don’t know which workspace contains this attribute, here is something you can try with the documentation. Note: Only the workspaces on TEP are discussed here. For enhanced 3270 user interfaces, go check this booklet to get the information about a... [More]
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IBM Security zSecure support for CICS V5R4
IBM CIC S Tr a nsa c tio n Se r ver for z/O S V5 . 4 has become generally available on June 16, 2017. Toleration fixes for zSecure 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, and 2.2.1 have been made available on June 23, 2017. A new field is introduced to report on the terminal read timeout for a CICS transaction. Background IBM Security zSecure can detect security settings for CICS regions and report on CICS transactions and programs, and can process CICS security events. ISPF menu option RE.C displays information about... [More]
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Save the Date! IBM OMEGAMON EAP (Featured topic: Proposed 2H17 TTV improvements for configuration deployment phase) - Thursday, June 29, 2017 @ 10 a.m. US EDT
Hi everyone, We hope all is well. Thank you for your ongoing support of our IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS and IBM OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite's EAP programs and for your attendance of our l ast PARMGEN EAP held in 1Q17 . Schedule : The PARMGEN development team will be hosting an EAP web conference on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at 10:00-11:00 a.m. US EDT. June 29th Focus Topics : As part of our continued focus on our suites' deployment simplification, we want to provide a roadmap update to various... [More]
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Sign-up for IBM z Service Management and IT Optimization Newsletter!
We're always looking for new and better ways of keeping you in the loop with the latest developments from the IBM z IT Service Management and Operational Analytics teams. This blog is one such forum and we are pleased to announce a new regular newsletter to complement this Our newsletter gives you a quick summary of IBM's z Systems service management and IT operational analytics latest announcements, upcoming events, educational material, and product introductions and updates -- straight to your inbox. Our... [More]
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Save the Date! Monthly OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite V5.4 Deployment Customer Call on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 @ 11 a.m. US EDT
Thanks for your attendance of our previous z Management Suites Deployment Customer Open Q&A teleconference call held on May 10, 2017 . The cumulative 2015-2017 meeting minutes, which include the Q&A low-level details from our last call, are available in a downloadable PDF from the following link in SMC z Systems community: URL: h t t p : / / w w w . i b m . c o m / d e v e l o p e r w o r k s / c o m m u n i t y / g r o u p s / s e r v i c e / h t m l / c o m m u n i t y v i e w ? c o m m u n i t y U u i d = 5 e 6 5 9 9 0 a - 9 6... [More]
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IBM Doc Buddy V1.3.0 available - online search supported!
IBM Doc Buddy V1.3.0 is now available for download in Apple App Store and Google Play ! IBM Doc Buddy is a mobile app that enables you to search for the error messages issued from IBM z Systems products. Once you install the app on your smart phone or tablet, you can search for the explanation of z Systems product messages within seconds. This release includes major search enhancements: • The app now supports online search in addition to offline search . You can get instant search results if you are connected to... [More]
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