OMEGAMON configuration parameters overview

The IBM® OMEGAMON® for IMS on z/OS® product and the related OMEGAMON for IMS Classic component use parameters to set and store configuration values.

Some parameters, such as those used by runtime environments and the Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server, are common to all the OMEGAMON monitoring agents. Other parameters are specific to a particular agent. The Parameter Reference contains the information for parameters specific to the OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS and OMEGAMON for IMS Classic components.

For information about common and global parameters, including the ones for the OMEGAMON enhanced 3270 user interface, see Common parameters in the Reference section of OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above. In addition, review the PARMGEN Technote.

Attention: Do not attempt to configure this product by using only the information in this reference. This reference supplements the information in OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above. Many of the pre- and post-configuration tasks described in the Configuring section of OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above, and in the IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS: Planning and Configuration Guide must also be completed.

PARMGEN configuration method

The Parameter Generator (PARMGEN) is the only configuration tool that provides a runtime environment approach to configuration.

By using PAMRGEN, you edit a comprehensive list of parameters for configuring all the installed products and components in a runtime environment. The comprehensive list of parameters is grouped logically in the PARMGEN configuration profile. A PARMGEN configuration profile contains the values for all the parameters in a runtime environment.

Then, you submit a series of jobs to create a complete runtime environment with the values of the parameters that you specified. In addition, you can go through the configuration process by using the PARMGEN WORKFLOW interface.

For more information about using the PARMGEN configuration method, see the Configuring section of OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above.

Attention:

The interactive ICAT was the original method to define the configuration parameters for OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS, which is no longer supported since version 5.3.0. If you have runtime environments that are already configured by ICAT, run the conversion utility (the KCIJPCNV job) on the existing parameter values in your runtime environment and set up initial values for a new runtime environment (RTE) to be configured by the PARMGEN method.

For information about using the KCIJPCNV utility, see Convert a Configuration Tool runtime environment batch member. To see the conversion scenario, see Scenario PGN05 of OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above.

Name of configuration parameters

You can see the name of the parameter in the PARMGEN parameter list, for example: KI2_CLASSIC_ATFI2.

This reference guide describes the parameter names for this monitoring agent. To investigate the complete list of names for the runtime environment and Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server parameters, see Common parameters in the Reference section of OMEGAMON shared documentation, Version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 and above.

The names of some parameters include n or nn. Note that these are not the actual names of these parameters that you see in the configuration profile (your given rte_name). The n or nn means that you can have multiple instances of this parameter in your configuration profile. For example, you might have multiple instances of KI5_IInn values if multiple IMS subsystems are defined. If you cannot find a parameter by searching on its full name, omit the numbers that define its instance and try searching on a part of the parameter.