PARMGEN PTF UJ05702 for APAR OA61383 (2Q21)

The PARMGEN PTF UJ05702 for APAR OA61383 (2Q21) updates include several JCL job fixes.

PARMGEN configuration framework enhancements and updates

This PTF removes the requirement for the submitting user to either have UID (0) or superuser privileges to perform various z/OS® UNIX® System Services functions to configure OMEGAMON products. The submitting user must have read/write permission to the RTE_USS_RTEDIR path.

Product-specific enhancements

The following product-specific enhancements are provided in this release:
IBM OMEGAMON for JVM
The default location of the Health Center Agent (HCA) files has changed.
  • Previous location, which is two levels above GBL_USS_TKANJAR_PATH:
    /usr/lpp/kan/
  • New location, where the path consists of two parameters, RTE_USS_RTEDIR and RTE_NAME, for all RTE types (FULL, SHARING with base libraries, or SHARING with SMP/E libraries).
    /rtehome/rte_name/kan/