This is John Arnesen with NetView and System Automation for z/OS level 2 support. Have you ever had a resource that won't start or stop as expected in System Automation? There is a quick and easy way to check and see what is holding things up - using option X from INGLIST.   This option lists potential problems that might hinder the resource reaching the desired status. The display will simply show the resources concerned and a note of the potential problems that have been detected with them. Here we see that PLOGMODE... [More]

This is John Arnesen with NetView and System Automation level 2 support. Have you see any of these messages in NetView indicating a storage issue: BNH162I : Issued when NetView has used 80% of below the line storage BNH163I : Issued when NetView has used 80% of above the line storage DSI124I : Issued when a NetView storage request failed due to not enough available storage. DSI374A : Issued to report a storage growth on the Public Queues (shown in TASKUTIL) depending on thresholds set in NetView constants module DSICTMOD. 878 Abend : Indicating... [More]

  On z/OS data collected during the OMEGAMON history collection process is stored in the OMEGAMON Persistent Data Store (PDS). The PDS is a set of predefined flat files that are continually re-used. When the active PDS data set becomes full, the PDS data set containing the oldest data will be emptied and initialized for reuse. The PDS maintenance process is an automated process which should not require intervention by the system administrator. However, there are a number of PDS related MVS modify commands which can be issued to assist in... [More]

If this is your question, the answer is: YES, by accessing IBM Knowledge Center! IBM Knowledge Center is a single location where you find all IBM product documentation. After signing in with your IBM ID, you can create your own collection of pages by selecting them from any manuals of any product listed. From the collection, you can create your custom PDF, download it, and even share it with others. To create your custom PDF, complete the following procedure: In the Table of Contents tab, access the manual you want and locate the section that... [More]

A new tool, KCIPDCOL, to collect documentation (DOC) for OMEGAMON XE Agents and the Tivoli Management Server (TMS) on z/OS is currently being developed.   Have you opened a Problem Management Record (PMR) with the IBM Support Center and have been requested to send DOC in for your PMR and later been requested to send additional DOC? If so, KCIPDCOL, will address this issue.   We are striving to collect most of the necessary DOC for 80% of the problems opened by you the clients.   KCIPDCOL is a REXX exec which will be shipped in... [More]

Hello System Automation for z/OS and NetView for z/OS Experts, this is just a small reminder not to forget to register to EOTC 2013. There are still some seats available.  The conference will be held Monday, May13 through Friday, May 17, 2013 in the IBM Lab in Boeblingen, Germany. Conference language is English. We can promise a bunch of interesting presentations and workshops. See the registration page for the final agenda. Link below.  This conference addresses the needs of System, Network and Automation Administrators.... [More]

In recent times, Operations Teams have been getting overwhelmed by the volumes of data that they have to manually process, whether that is log data, file data, transaction log data, metrics coming into the system and so on. They have always had large volumes of data coming into their systems, but these ‘Big Data’ volumes have seen very rapid growth. All of this data, which needs to be stored on the backend / mainframe system, is that which forms the system of records where critical business transactions reside. This means that very... [More]

Important information for former AOTC participants and PULSE participants with focus on IBM System z products : Below you will find the basic information announcing and inviting you to Pulse which we will again be a part of so I also want to add some AOTC (Automated Operations Technical Council) specific information. The most important information below is that the call to speakers is open and we need speakers.  Accepted speakers will again be provided with a free conference pass.  Topics around automation, monitoring, scheduling,... [More]

  Today we announce the addition of OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 UI and OMEGAMON DE 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 these OMEGAMON products. 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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Dear All,  if you are interested in seeing what's new in Tivoli System Automation for z/OS or if you are even keen on trying out the latest code in development, then you are welcome to join our Transparent Development program now and benefit from presentations, webcasts, demos that the development team created for you and published in the Transparent Development community on developerWorks.   A forum is in place where you also can interact directly with the members of the development team to give feedback... [More]

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IBM Education Assistant flash module released  in the Problem determination category Titled: Running Information Management for z/OS by batch See it here: http://ibm.co/18RlN2T See all Tivoli IEA content here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/tivv1r0/index.jsp

Hello, Bobby DIxon will be representing Level 2 support for NetView and System Automation  z/OS at Pulse and AOTC this year in Las Vegas. Bobby will be attending presentations during Pulse for z/os Automation Products (NetView, System Automation and Omegamon), as well as AOTC. Be sure to say hello if you see him!!                       Thank you, John    

Message Revision Table (MRT) and Command Revision Table (CRT) are now available in IBM Automation Control for z/OS 1.1. Message revision enables user-defined modification of attributes such as color, route code, descriptor code, display and syslog settings, and text of original z/OS® messages (rather than copies). For example, you can take the following actions: Revise messages before they are presented to the system log, console or automation. Treat a message differently depending on its source. Suppress messages entirely. Automate only.... [More]

Going to the IBM Interconnect 2015? This is the premier Cloud and Mobile Conference. Be sure to look out for the following great sessions in the area of performance, capacity management, log analysis and analytics on z Systems: Session 3381 Best Practice Performance and Capacity Management using TDSz KPI Features. Get an overview on the new Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS, including its new Key Performance Metric components. Session 4611 CMA New Features Why Capacity Management Analytics on Distributed & z Systems. Session 6021 Analytics... [More]