Overview

Unlike the exception-based monitoring that SA z/OS uses for classic OMEGAMON monitors, the IBM Monitoring infrastructure provides the means to react to situations whenever they occur. On the Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP), a user can specify what kind of automated response (reflex automation) should be triggered for each individual situation.

SA z/OS makes use of this capability by providing a simple command called INGSIT. The ITM administrator enters this command on the TEP with the Situation Editor dialog for those situations where SA z/OS health monitoring or health-based automation should take place. For more details about INGSIT refer to IBM Z® System Automation Programmer's Reference.

The Take Action command is carried out on the agent, for example, OMEGAMON XE for z/OS, and not the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS) unless the TEMS is running on the same system. This is because it is possible that the hub TEMS may not reside on z/OS and so the command may not be delivered.

INGSIT triggers message ING150I that allows you to set the health status of individual monitor resources. It is then possible to issue commands, such as recovery or notification commands, to automatically fix the situation. You can specify what the health status is and what associated commands are issued in the customization dialog.