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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Read on to see how a typical a systems programmer would answer this question…   As a System Programmer I need the ability to closely monitor the utilization and overall health of our production LPAR. This involves having the proper tools that allow me access to the pertinent information in a centralized location. When my manager inquired about the traffic utilization for the two OSA Ethernet adapters on our production LPAR, I was able to check their status effortlessly using OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks.     Checking... [More]

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Happy New Year!  Thanks for your attendance of the previous PARMGEN customer open Q&A teleconference call held on November 18, 2015 .   We are scheduling the next monthly PARMGEN customer open Q&A webcast call, planned to be held on Wednesday, January 20th @ 11 a.m. US ET .  We tried to choose a time that would be convenient for most participants -- we apologize to those of you where this is very early or very late in the day.   As part of our continued focus on further improving PARMGEN and helping answer any... [More]

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The enhanced 3270 User Interface (UI) of OMEGAMON® XE for DB2® Performance Expert on z/OS® V530 captures snapshot of statement level statistics for all statements in the dynamic SQL cache. With potentially thousands of statements in the cache, locating the particular statements that are affecting application performance becomes a very time-consuming task. With the newly added filter options in V530, selectively displaying statements of interest becomes as simple as choosing the right filter options. In addition, using filters can... [More]

CICS/TS V5.3 is now available and provides enhanced capabilities in these focus areas: Service agility, Operational efficiency, and Cloud with DevOps.   OMEGAMON XE for CICS, part of the OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS, delivered support for CICS/TS V5.3 as follows:     OMEGAMON XE for CICS V5.1.0 requires PTF UA80210 (APAR OA48778). OMEGAMON XE for CICS V5.3.0 requires PTF UA80219 (APAR OA49613). OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG V5.1.0 requires PTF UA80212 (APAR OA48780). OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG V5.3.0 requires PTF UA80213... [More]

In the 1 st Quarter of 2015 IBM introduced the IBM z13 processor. The hardware enhancements included Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) of the processor cores. On the IBM z13, using configuration parameters under z/OS Version 2.2, zIIP processors can be configured to run up to 2 simultaneous threads that share a physical core’s resources. Under z/OS each thread is effectively a logical CPU having its own set of related management control blocks and associated metrics. HiperDispatch introduced z/OS awareness of the topology of the physical... [More]

CICS-DB2 thread analysis with the enhanced 3270 and OMEGAMON XE for DB2 Performance Expert   The Enhanced 3270UI “embedded data” feature merges relevant data from multiple IBM® monitoring products into a single workspace in a seamless manner that can enable much quicker and more comprehensive problem identification for enterprise applications.   In OMEGAMON® XE for DB2® Performance Expert on z/OS® V530, if a DB2 thread is originating from a CICS®-DB2® transaction, those DB2 thread workspaces can... [More]

Today, December 4, the next refresh release of IBM Service Management Unite is generally available. The new IBM Service Management Unite Version 1.1.1.0 is available as software downloads from the following download portal: https://www.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-ibmsms . IBM Service Management Unite is a customizable dashboard user interface that consolidates mainframe management information and tasks from disparate sources into a single environment. Operators can quickly and confidently analyze, isolate and diagnose... [More]

With the delivery of APAR OA48147 in 4Q2015 System Automation z/OS implements the following RFE written and voted by several customers. RFE 73256 - Copy Function for Timer in PDB  RFE 73258 - New Action Find in Panel AOFGENAM RFE 73426 - Correct DB2 Recycle These requirements address mainly the navigation within the Policy Data Base and with the delivery of those functions it will be much easier than before.  ... [More]

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