New in Version 5.5 fix packs

Fix packs for IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS include the following enhancements:

APAR OA60536 and fix pack 5.5.0-TIV-KN3-FP0006

IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS introduces monitoring support for dynamic virtual IP addressing (DVIPA) and enhancements to the interface status and statistics attribute groups, including identifying z/OS Container Extensions (zCX).

Monitoring support for DVIPA features. The following workspaces were added or updated:
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal
  To access the DVIPA Connection Details, Sysplex DVIPA Overview, and Sysplex DVIPA Routes workspaces, an administrator must give the Tivoli Enterprise Portal user access to the Enterprise Networks navigator view by using the Administer Users dialog box. For information about how to do this, see the IBM Knowledge Center for IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS. If you do not have access, contact your system administrator.
- OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface
  - Connections Routing Table Details
  - Connections Summary for DVIPA dvipa ip address
  - Distributed DVIPA Port Details for dvipa ip address
  - DVIPA Details for dvipa ip address
  - Enterprise DVIPA Overview
  - Interface Details for interface name
  - Summary for dvipa ip address
KN3 Interface Status attributes: Added enumerations for HiperSockets IQDC (29) and zCX (30) to Interface Type.
KN3 Interface Statistics attributes: The following attributes were added or updated:
- Interface Type: Added enumerations for HiperSockets IQDC (29) and zCX (30).
- Bytes Received Associated
- Bytes Transmitted Associated
- Packets Received Associated
- Packets Transmitted Associated
The following attribute groups were added:

APAR OA59322 and fix pack 5.5.0-TIV-KN3-FP0005

IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS introduces monitoring support for OSA-Express7S features and adds take action support to the z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT) summary workspace.

Monitoring support for OSA-Express7S features. The following workspaces were added or updated:
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal
- OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface
  - Enterprise OSA-Express Ports Overview
  - Interface Details for interface_name
  - OSA-Express Ports for Channel channel_number
  - OSA-Express Ports for interface_name
  - OSA-Express7S Details for Port port_name
Take action support was added to the zERT Aggregated Server Sessions workspace in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and to the zERT Aggregated Session Overview workspace in the OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface. The following take action commands were added:
- NSLOOKUP
- PING
- TRACERTE
The following situations were added:
The following attribute group was added:
- KN3 OSA-Express7S attributes

APAR OA57939 and fix pack 5.5.0-TIV-KN3-FP0004

IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS introduces monitoring support for VTAM applications and sessions and for z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT) security sessions.

To control monitoring of VTAM applications and sessions, use the PARMGEN method to set the KN3_SNA_VTAM_APPS parameter.

To control monitoring of z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology security sessions, use the PARMGEN method to set the KN3_TCP_ZERT and/or KN3_TCPXnn_OVRD_ZERT parameters.

Monitoring support for VTAM applications and sessions. The following workspaces were added:
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal
- OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface
  - Enterprise VTAM Address Spaces Health
  - Enterprise VTAM Applications Health
  - Enterprise VTAM Sessions Overview
  - VTAM Address Space Details
  - VTAM Application Details for [application name]
  - VTAM Applications Summary
  - VTAM Session Details for PCID
  - VTAM Sessions Summary
Monitoring support for z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology (zERT). The following workspaces were added:
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal
- OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface
  - Aggregated IPSec Session Details for [application name]
  - Aggregated Session Details for [application name]
  - Aggregated SSH Session Details for [application name]
  - Aggregated TLS Session Details for [application name]
  - zERT Aggregated Session Summary
The following situations were added:
The following attribute groups were added:
Attributes were added to or updated in the following attribute groups:
- KN3 SNA Collector Status: Added an attribute to indicate whether the VTAM application and session statistics are being collected.
- KN3 TCP Collector Status: Added attributes to indicate whether z/OS Encryption Readiness Technology statistics are being collected.
- KN3 TCP Conn Status: Added enumeration for TLS Version 1.3 and added an attribute for the negotiated TLS key share
- OSA Express Channels: Added enumeration for OSA-Express6S and OSA-Express7S to the Channel Hardware Level attribute
- TCP Listener: Corrected label for Current Non-SMC Connections
- TCPIP Address Space: Defined a range to correctly display CPU Percentage, Paging Rate, CSA Percent Below 16MB, and Total CSA Percentage
- TCPIP Applications: Added long long integer attributes to replace integer attributes: Total Segments, Total Segments Received, and Total Segments Sent
- TCPIP Details: Added enumeration for TLS Version 1.3
- TCPIP Stack Layer: Defined a range to correctly display Input Discard Percentage, Output Discard Percentage, and UDP Discard Percentage
z/OS 2.4 currency support

Note: Fix pack 5.5.0-TIV-KN3-FP0004 is a superset of fix pack 5.5.0-TIV-KN3-FP0003, which was an internal work product.

Refer to the Attributes section of this online help for descriptions of the attribute groups and attributes.

The following updates were made in previous releases of OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS: