The KN3FCCMD commands

The z/OS® MODIFY KN3FCCMD commands enable or disable data collection by component, providing more granular control over which types of data are collected. These components are supported. The commands use this syntax.

The IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for Networks monitoring agent is made up of components that map to data types. By default, each of the components is enabled. The default collection interval is 5 minutes.

You can enable or disable data collection by component, providing more granular control over which types of data are collected. These actions can be specified at the time you configure the IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for Networks monitoring agent (the preferred method) or through the z/OS MODIFY command. The z/OS MODIFY command is issued when the IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for Networks monitoring agent is running. Then you can use the z/OS MODIFY command to initialize, start, stop, and display the status of components.

This section shows you how to use the z/OS MODIFY command with the following components:

CONN for TCP/IP Connection and Application performance data. You can enable or disable collection of TCP/IP Connection and Application performance statistics by starting or stopping the CONN component. The default is to start this component.
CSM for Communications Storage Manager data. You can enable or disable the Communications Storage Manager buffer reporting by starting or stopping the CSM component. The default is to start this component.
EEHPR for Enterprise Extender and High Performance Routing data. You can enable or disable collection of Enterprise Extender and High Performance Routing statistics by starting or stopping the EEHPR component. The default is to start this component.
FTP for FTP session and transfer data. You can enable or disable collection of FTP session and transfer data by starting or stopping the FTP component. Additionally, you can modify the display interval for FTP data. The default is to start this component.
GLBS for TCP/IP Stack Layer statistics data collection. You can enable or disable collection of TCP/IP Stack layer statistics by starting or stopping the GLBS component. The default is to start this component.
INTS for Interface Statistics data collection. You can enable or disable collection of interface statistics by starting or stopping the INTS component. The default is to start this component.
INTE for interface Data Link Control (DLC) data collection. You can enable or disable collection of interface DLC statistics by starting or stopping the INTE component. The default is to start this component.
IPSec for IPSec security extensions to the Internet Protocol. You can start or stop collection of IPSec data. The default is not to start this component.
OSA for OSA devices. You can stop and start OSA-enabled data collection. The default is to start this component.
ROUTE for gateways. You can enable or disable the collection of routing information (for example, the gateway table). The default is to start this component. Additionally, the Routing Table Collection Frequency allows you to collect data less frequently for this table.
TN3270 for TN3270 server session data. You can enable or disable collection of TN3270 server session data by starting or stopping the TN3270 component. Additionally, you can modify the display interval for TN3270 server session data. The default is to start this component.

On a more global level, you can start or stop collection of TCP/IP data by starting and stopping the TCPC task. Starting TCPC will initiate data collection for ALL enabled components. Stopping the TCPC task will disable ALL data.

For a more complete view of these data types and the workspaces associated with them, see IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for Networks: User's Guide.

The general syntax for KN3FCCMD commands issued as a z/OS MODIFY command is:

Where:

proc_name: Is the name of the started procedure for your monitoring agent.
component: Is the component in the monitoring agent to take action on.
command: Is the action to be taken. STATUS, HELP, INSTALL, START and STOP are supported commands.
options: Are one or more arguments that provide further information about the action to be taken against the component.

Command responses are written to the RKLVLOG but are buffered in memory and might not be written immediately. To immediately view the command responses, enter the following command, where IBMN3 is the name of the IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for Networks started procedure. This command causes the buffered output to be written to RKLVLOG:

 F IBMN3,FLUSH