A new video series has been posted to YouTube that you'll want to see.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiD3_RDV00JfKwN5A15uAk9FkvidFegRG     This playlist shows a real world example of how a modern zSystems hybrid cloud application environment can be managed easily from your browser with Service Management Unite (SMU), part of IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS (SMSz), and also Application Performance Management (APM). Short vignettes show how a subject matter expert creates customized management dashboards, for... [More]

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During the process of creating and configuring a brand new RTE, you may encounter lots of unexpected problems especially when you are a beginner. Don't worry, today, we'll show you a video demo guiding you to complete creating an RTE with the latest PARMGEN DLA feature. We'll highlight the following parts in our video: 1. Take you through scenario QCF10--configuring a sharing-with-SMP/E runtime environment with a hub monitoring server . This is a very detailed step-by-step guide, and  for the purpose of covering all kinds of... [More]

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     'Dear Rocky' answers your System z monitoring and performance tuning questions. Rocky McMahan, a Software Performance Architect at Rocket Software, offers valuable tips to help you get more out of your monitoring software.   The objective of this document is to provide clear and concise tuning guidelines for IBM® OMEGAMON® on z/OS® products. These products include OMEGAMON for z/OS, CICS®, IMS™, DB2®, Mainframe Networks and Storage. This document also provides tuning guidelines for the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and Tivoli... [More]

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Today we will show you video examples introducing the new feature in PARMGEN: the autodiscovery functions of z/OS Discovery Library Adapter (DLA) (FMID HIZD310). PARMGEN PTF UA82508 for APAR OA50912 (4Q16 Interim Feature) introduces the PARMGEN z/OS DLA integration enhancement. It enables self-discovery of product parameter values during the PARMGEN configuration phase of z Management Suites deployment, thus reducing the time and effort in creating accurate configuration files. This key integration is especially useful in large environments... [More]

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The OMEGAMON development team is inviting you to join us on our fourth installment of the Enhanced 3270UI Webcast Series on  December 1 at 11AM EST . On November 11 2016, IBM OMEGAMON for Storage V540 became generally available . Key updates include the addition of monitoring for FICON director, integration with other OMEGAMON data and key problem solving scenarios, plus how the bolstering of data available within the Enhanced 3270UI simplifies configuration, reduces the need for distributed... [More]

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Today we will give you a video example of QCF10 to better step you through the creation of runtime environments.This video shows you how to create a runtime environment AKA RTE using one of the IBM-provided templates and the PARMGEN method. A sharing-with-SMP/E runtime environment (RTE) contains LPAR-specific libraries and references the read-only target libraries managed by SMP/E. Because an RTE that shares the SMP/E target libraries is updated when the SMP/E maintenance is applied, a sharing-with-SMP/E configuration is good for testing... [More]

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The Enhanced 3270UI team is inviting you to join us on our third installment of the Enhanced 3270UI Webcast Series on October 27th at 11AM EDT .           z/OS systems management experts rely on having fast and accurate information about their enterprise to quickly identify problems, locate the root cause and take the appropriate actions. The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270UI is the strategic interface for these subject matter experts to manage their z/OS infrastructure and key subsystems. To help new users become familiar with... [More]

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A new release of the IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS (SMSz) has been announced. SMSz 1.4.1 provides compelling new functions to manage the dynamic growth of transaction workload on z Systems.   The new release contains significant updates to the following components t IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS, V5.4.1: OMEGAMON for JVM on z/OS (OMEGAMON for JVM), a new stand-alone product, which is also integral part of SMSz, provides resource monitoring of all Java virtual machines (JVMs) on z/OS. The growth of Java... [More]

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Thanks for your attendance of the previous OMEGAMON deployment customer open Q&A teleconference call held on September 14, 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: 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 9 0 - 4 2 e 2 - 9 3 b 1 -... [More]

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