Liberty Based Configuration Tool Description Common Data Provider for z Systems now includes a Liberty Based Configuration Tool as of 3/4/19.  This Configuration Tool installs into WebSphere Application Server Liberty for z/OS, which Common Data Provider now includes as a DVD image.  It is introduced in Common Data Provider's UA98625 PTF.  The z/OSMF based configuration tool is still supported and is recommended for customers who prefer to use z/OSMF  to manage their z/OS environment.  For customers who don't have z/OSMF implemented,... [More]

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The IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems allows you to stream operational data from z/OS to analytics engines such as Splunk and Elastic.  I could go on and on about how this product works, but today I’m here to discuss the performance improvements that have been made over the past year, and how it impacts our customers.  For more general information regarding IBM Common Data Provider for z Systems,... [More]

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The objective of this document is to provide clear and concise tuning guidelines and best practices for the IBM® Common Data Provider on z Systems and IBM Z Operations Analytics products. This document is a "living" document. It will be updated as new and relevant information is gathered, reviewed, and deemed suitable for placement in this document. You are encouraged to send information, recommendations, and comments to: Miao Liu < lmbjliu@cn.ibm.com >   CDPz_ZOA_Best_Practices_20MARCH2019.pdf

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     'Dear Rocky' answers your System z monitoring and performance tuning questions. Rocky McMahan, a Senior Software Performance Engineer in z Systems Software R&D, 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 and best practices for IBM® Common Data Provider on z Systems product. This document is a "living" document. It will be updated as new and relevant information is gathered,... [More]

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In the next edition of our webinar series, we will focus on OMEGAMON for Messaging enhancements made in V7.5.0, which came after our previous presentation on this product. Additional workspaces provide improved support for monitoring IBM MQ across multiple systems, including a sysplex tree view of queue managers, managed system list views, enterprise-wide cluster and queue-sharing group views, and monitoring agent status. New workspaces for IBM Integration Bus similarly provide a sysplex tree view of brokers, managed system list views, and... [More]

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   'Dear Rocky' answers your System z monitoring and performance tuning questions. Rocky McMahan, a Senior Software Performance Engineer in z Systems Software R&D, offers valuable tips to help you get more out of your monitoring software. Dear Rocky, I’m a Systems Programmer at a large financial institution – you may remember my question from several years ago regarding OMEGAMON for IMS.  Our system data is very important to us, but we want a way to view and analyze this off-platform, utilizing... [More]

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When you are preparing to monitor IBM Integration Bus on z/OS with OMEGAMON for Messaging, there are two important areas requiring attention so that the agent can provide all the monitoring data you want.     First, you must authorize the agent appropriately to be able to collect data.  The following new technote covers a list of authorization steps that must be taken:   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22006965 Second, you must enable the broker to provide some of the data the agent collects.  The... [More]

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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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If you are interested in OMEGAMON support for zOS 2.3 the following tech note will provide the details.   zOS 2.3 OMEGAMON Information

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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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Listen to the recorded OMEGAMON Architecture Overview and get a quick simple view of how the modernized OMEGAMON works.  What are the major components and how do they work together to provide performance and availability information.  This is must viewing for OMEGAMON interested people.   YouTube webcast   Wiki link to webcast   Link to past webcasts, sign up for next session      

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New functions have been introduced and covered in the updates to the OMEGAMON® XE for IMS™ V530 . PTF UA 91324 (March 2017) introduces the following new feature and enhancement: Database Details workspaces You can view information in the new Database Detail workspaces such as the date and time an error occurred and the type of error, which enables you to resolve errors faster and more efficiently. You can also view the health and efficiency of your database depending on its type: For data entry databases (DEDBs), you can view... [More]

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Thanks for your attendance of the previous OMEGAMON deployment customer open Q&A teleconference call held on February 22, 2017 .  The cumulative 2016-2017 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 9 0 -... [More]

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Join us on March 30, 2017 11 EDT as Dean Butler the Lead Developer will present the next webcast in our series.   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 the Enhanced 3270UI we have planned a series of... [More]

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