FTU Task 5: Start and verify the monitoring system

In FTU task 3, you added security and network definitions to z/OS® for this runtime environment (RTE). In FTU task 4, you configured the RTE to use the names you defined. Now, you are ready to start the tasks needed for this RTE and log on to the Enhanced 3270 to test your installation.

About this task

The started tasks for the configured components are located in the rte_hilev.rte_name.RKANSAMU data set. The name of the started task for the monitoring server is rte_stc_prefixDS, where rte_stc_prefix is IBM by default, or the prefix you specified when you configured the RTE. This started task also starts the OMEGAMON® for z/OS monitoring agent, if configured. The started task for the Enhanced 3270 user interface is rte_stc_prefixTOM.
Tip: If you don't want to start the components individually, the PARMGEN configuration method provides a composite rte_stc_prefixSTRT member in the RKANSAMU data set of each RTE. This composite member has the start commands for all configured products in the order in which they should be started. If you used the PARMGEN-supplied KCIJPSYS job, this job also copied the rte_stc_prefixSTRT member in the system procedure library (or the data set you might have customized in the GBL_DSN_SYS1_PROCLIB global parameter).
To verify that the monitoring system is successfully configured, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Start the hub monitoring server. Check the job log for any errors.
    For more information, see Verifying that you can start and stop the monitoring server.
  2. Start agents' started tasks.

    If you installed the OMEGAMON for z/OS monitoring agent, start the real time collector component IBMM2RC. If you installed any agent other than OMEGAMON for z/OS, start the started task for that agent. For a list of started task names, see Predefining and managing OMEGAMON started tasks. Check the job logs for errors.

  3. Start the Enhanced 3270 user interface (Enhanced 3270UI) started task. Check the job logs for errors.
  4. Verify that the monitoring agent is collecting data. Use a 3270 emulator to log into the Enhanced 3270UI APPLID (default CTDOBAP).
    For more information about using the Enhanced 3270UI, see OMEGAMON enhanced 3270 user interface.

What to do next

Hopefully you have seen that the PARMGEN process is easy to use, but with so much going on, it might still take some practice to fully understand and use it for optimum effect at your site. Now that you’ve created your first RTE, you might find that you have a better understanding and want to do things differently. If so, it is easy to delete your first RTE and create a new one. There is no reason to continue on with something that is not right for your site. However, to continue with the FTU process, you’ll need to re-create the same type of RTE as you did in FTU Task 4.