New in Version 6.2.2

This topic describes enhancements to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal since the release of Version 6.2.1. Many of the changes are obvious as soon as you log on, such as the new toolbar icons. Others are changes in behavior or changes that are not apparent until you open workspaces or one of the editors.

User interface updates
The toolbar buttons and graphic icons have been updated and consolidated to further align the Tivoli user interfaces. Move the mouse pointer over a tool in the Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal to see its identity.
Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal Version 6.2.1
Desktop mode:
V6.2.1 toolbar for desktop mode
Browser mode:
Tivoli Enterprise Portal V6.2.1 toolbar for browser mode
Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal toolbar for Version 6.2.2
Some of the icons have been regrouped to align them with their function: Switch to Home Workspace Switch to Home Workspace has moved to the first position in the toolbar, next to BackBack in the desktop mode toolbar, and SaveSave in the browser mode toolbar; and the Situation Event Console Situation Event Console, Common Event Console Common Event Console, and Tivoli Enterprise Console Tivoli Enterprise Console views are grouped near the end of the toolbar.
Desktop mode:
Tivoli Enterprise Portal V6.2.2 toolbar for desktop mode

Browser mode:
V6.2.2 toolbar for browser mode
See Version 6.2.2 changes to the Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal appearance.
Workspace gallery for identification and selection
As well as the default workspace that opens when you click a Navigator item, additional workspaces are often available for the item and selectable through the Navigator menu or the View menu. Now you have the Workspace Gallery tool for showing you the workspaces that you can open for the current Navigator item. See Opening a workspace.
ManageCloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server workspaces and situations
New self-monitoring workspaces and situations have been added and are accessible through the Enterprise Navigator item to help you monitor for and diagnose typical monitoring server configuration issues. See Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server status.
Configure historical data collection with distribution lists
The Historical Collection Configuration window has been redesigned. It looks similar to the Situation editor, with a tree on the left and user assistance on the right until you select a tree item: The summarization and pruning settings are displayed when you select a managed application; and the historical collection configuration is displayed when you select a collection name within the managed application branch.
You can now have multiple collection configurations for an attribute group. There is also a new distribution method called Managed System (TEMA) that enables you to specify the managed systems that data collection will occur on. (With this method, the managed systems must connect to a V6.2.2Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server.) See Historical collection configuration.
Several tacmd commands have been added for creating, deleting, editing, listing, viewing the configuration of historical data collections. Although not new for this release, the bulkExportSit -h and bulkImportSit -h commands can be used to export and import historical collection configurations. See the Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server Command Reference.
Granular data collection with historical configuration object groups
Object grouping was introduced in the previous release for situations and managed systems. Now you can create historical configuration object groups, which can include managed system distribution, and assign historical collections to them. See Object group editor.
Managed system lists renamed to managed system groups
The term managed system list has been renamed to managed system group to follow the naming used in the Object Group editor.
Modeling conditions for situations
Now you can capture data from a query-based view and use it to model possible threshold scenarios, then apply the results to a situation. You can also select a situation from the Manage Situations at Managed System window, compare the criteria with current and historical data samples, for modeling, and use the results to edit the situation thresholds. See Modeling conditions for situations.
Baselining added to charts for trend analysis
The bar chart, plot chart, and area chart have a new Add Monitored Baseline Add Monitored Baseline tool for selecting a situation to compare with the current sampling and anticipated values. The plot chart and area chart also have a new Add Statistical BaselineAdd Statistical Baseline tool with statistical functions. In addition, the plot chart has a new Add Historical BaselineAdd Historical Baseline tool for comparing current samplings with a historical period. See Chart baselines.
Situation overrides can be assigned to subnodes
Situation overrides for dynamic thresholding has been extended to include subnodes. For situations that are distributed to managed systems that are subnodes of other managed systems, you can now apply expression overrides to the managed system subnodes. See Situation overrides for dynamic thresholding.