IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks

Monitor mainframe network operations with problem insights and root-cause analysis
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Deliver seamless z/OS management capabilities

IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks collects network performance management data across IBM Z systems. It can proactively monitor and manage the network performance of IBM Z systems resources and mission-critical applications. It is a part of the OMEGAMON family of software products.

 New release guide Add to existing installations
Drive advanced standardization

Standardize events, incidents, problems and availability management across domains and platforms.
Detect intrusions

Monitor IP security to detect intrusions and identify culprits. Protect traffic with z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology monitoring.
Get operational insights proactively

Enable IT teams to proactively identify common operational issues and define alert thresholds with OMEGAMON AI Insights.
Use alert notification and autocorrect

Track FTP job status and monitor performance throughput with alert notifications and automated actions to correct problems.

Software and hardware prerequisites

Tivoli Management Services must be installed. If you already have IBM Z OMEGAMON V5.1.0 installed, you can use the existing Tivoli Management Service components.

Required software

Features

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Enhanced problem resolution

Get better problem analysis and increased problem resolution functions with enhanced 3270 UI near-term historical display support. It is designed to perform real-time and historical problem analysis on your networking resources in a single interface.

 Historical data collection and reporting
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Improved network functionality

Find network resources quickly with the FIND command for easier use. You can debug network issues faster with PING, NSLOOKUP and TRACERTE commands.

 Quickly find network resources with the FIND command
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Identification of OSA issues

Get detailed OSA-Express performance information for your enterprise. Verify whether the ports associated with a particular OSA adapter have errors or have been configured correctly. Enable proactive alerting so support teams can respond to and avoid traffic issues or buffer space constraints.

 Interfaces and OSA use cases
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Debug & network traffic security

Fast-track problem isolation using product navigation jump commands such as NETWORK (or NETMENU), VTAM (or VTAMMENU), TCPIP (or TCPIPMENU) and OSA.
Display availability and performance statistics for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) tunnels known to the IKE daemon for a specific stack. View the IP stack security configuration information and IP stack security statistics and monitor all zERT TLS (Transport Layer Security) and Secure Shell (SSH) security sessions.

 Internet Key Exchange (IKE) tunnels attributes
Operational insights with IBM OMEGAMON

Use IBM Z OMEGAMON AI Insights as an AI/ML model to process a curated list of key performance indicators to identify anomalies that are indicative of poor performance and trends. Use the IBM Z OMEGAMON Data Provider to help detect problems quickly, determine response and automate actions to remediate and prevent future occurrences.

 Configuring OMEGAMON AI Insights
LONDON, UK - DECEMBER 19, 2014: Late office workers
Enhanced 3270 UI workspaces

Use an expanded list of 3270 UI workspaces, including Enterprise Mainframe Networks Health, Enterprise TCPIP and VTAM Overview, TCPIP Address Space Details, VTAM Address Space Details, VTAM Buffer Pools and VTAM Buffer Pool Details, Shared Memory Communications over Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) and Dynamic Virtual IP Addresses (DVIPA) currently in use.
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Enhanced problem resolution

Get better problem analysis and increased problem resolution functions with enhanced 3270 UI near-term historical display support. It is designed to perform real-time and historical problem analysis on your networking resources in a single interface.

 Historical data collection and reporting
Caucasian technician using computer in server room
Improved network functionality

Find network resources quickly with the FIND command for easier use. You can debug network issues faster with PING, NSLOOKUP and TRACERTE commands.

 Quickly find network resources with the FIND command
IT specialist walking by a line of z17 systems
Identification of OSA issues

Get detailed OSA-Express performance information for your enterprise. Verify whether the ports associated with a particular OSA adapter have errors or have been configured correctly. Enable proactive alerting so support teams can respond to and avoid traffic issues or buffer space constraints.

 Interfaces and OSA use cases
Passenger vans lined up at rental agency. New vehicles ready for customers. Business industry transportation options. Cars parked in row. Transport company offers autos. Lots of vehicles, prepared for
Debug & network traffic security

Fast-track problem isolation using product navigation jump commands such as NETWORK (or NETMENU), VTAM (or VTAMMENU), TCPIP (or TCPIPMENU) and OSA.
Display availability and performance statistics for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) tunnels known to the IKE daemon for a specific stack. View the IP stack security configuration information and IP stack security statistics and monitor all zERT TLS (Transport Layer Security) and Secure Shell (SSH) security sessions.

 Internet Key Exchange (IKE) tunnels attributes
Operational insights with IBM OMEGAMON

Use IBM Z OMEGAMON AI Insights as an AI/ML model to process a curated list of key performance indicators to identify anomalies that are indicative of poor performance and trends. Use the IBM Z OMEGAMON Data Provider to help detect problems quickly, determine response and automate actions to remediate and prevent future occurrences.

 Configuring OMEGAMON AI Insights
LONDON, UK - DECEMBER 19, 2014: Late office workers
Enhanced 3270 UI workspaces

Use an expanded list of 3270 UI workspaces, including Enterprise Mainframe Networks Health, Enterprise TCPIP and VTAM Overview, TCPIP Address Space Details, VTAM Address Space Details, VTAM Buffer Pools and VTAM Buffer Pool Details, Shared Memory Communications over Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) and Dynamic Virtual IP Addresses (DVIPA) currently in use.

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