Completing the configuration - IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor

After you configure IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor using your preferred configuration tool (either PARMGEN or Configuration Manager), you must complete several post-configuration steps. The post-configuration steps that you must complete are a combination of required steps and optional steps that depend on your particular configuration and monitoring objectives.

Table 1. Post-configuration steps
Step	Context
Performing agent-specific security configuration	Required for agent-specific security configuration
Defining monitoring agent access to the network management interfaces and commands	Required for agent-specific security configuration
Granting users authorization and resource access to run the VARY TCPIP DROP command	Required for agent-specific security configuration
Adding support for the SYSTCPD DDNAME in the started tasks	Required for all configurations
Copying started task procedures to your procedure library	Required for all configurations
Varying the VTAM major node active and copy it to your VTAMLST library	Required for all configurations
Granting APF authorization for the runtime load libraries	Required for all configurations
Enabling historical data store maintenance	Required for all configurations
Running the ITMSUPER Tools (optional)	Required to use the ITMSUPER Tools to learn about the health of your managed systems, situations, and environment configuration.
Making the performance monitor interface (PMI) exit available to VTAM	Required for all configurations
Enabling CSA tracking to display TCP/IP CSA usage	Required for all configurations
Configuring the IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor SNMP manager functions	Required for all configurations
Authorizing the IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor started tasks for TCP/IP privileges	Required for all configurations
Setting up historical data collection	Required to collect historical data
Configuring historical data collection	Required to collect historical data
Enabling historical data collection in the enhanced 3270UI	Required to collect historical data
Enabling historical data collection in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal	Required to collect historical data
Format of the SNMP configuration file	Required for SNMP data collection
Enabling Warehouse agents on a z/OS hub monitoring server	Required for IBM Z OMEGAMON Network Monitor
Installing application and language support	Required for IBM Z OMEGAMON Network Monitor
Publishing IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor data to analytic platforms for AI Ops (including OM Data Provider)	Required to publish IBM Z OMEGAMON Network Monitor data to OMEGAMON Data Provider
Verifying the configuration	Required for IBM Z OMEGAMON Network Monitor
Enabling security	Required for all configurations
Enabling security at Tivoli Enterprise Portal	Required for all configurations
Enabling SNMP V3 passwords for autonomous agents	Required to use autonomous agents on a z/OS system
Authorizing users to access IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Network Monitor managed systems on the enhanced 3270 user interface	Required for all configurations
Authorizing users to issue Take Action commands	Required to issue Take Action commands from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and OMEGAMON enhanced 3270 user interface
Relinking the runtime environments	Required for IBM Z OMEGAMON Network Monitor
Verifying the configuration	Required for all configurations
Verifying configuration if you configured both Tivoli Enterprise Portal and the Enhanced 3270 user interface	Required if you configured both Tivoli Enterprise Portal and the Enhanced 3270 user interface
Verifying configuration if you configured only the Enhanced 3270 user interface	Required if you configured only the Enhanced 3270 user interface