PARMGEN PTF UA95719 (1Q18)

PARMGEN PTF UA95719 (1Q18) introduces several enhancements to PARMGEN Workflow User Interface applicable to all products that the PARMGEN configuration tool deploys.

Note that this PTF applies to all product versions. You do not have to upgrade to Tivoli® Management Services on z/OS® V6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 or later to take advantage of these features, but Tivoli Management Services V6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 or later is a prerequisite for the OMEGAMON® XE version 5.3.0 family of products on the distributed platform. Starting from OMEGAMON version 5.5.0 family products, Tivoli Management Services V6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 or later is a prerequisite on both distributed and z/OS platforms because the OMEGAMON V5.5.0 products are built on z/OS ITM 6.3.0 FP6 level of maintenance.

For product-specific enhancements, see the New in this release information for each OMEGAMON product. For a composite list of all the product-specific "What's New" documentation, see What's new in OMEGAMON products.

If you upgrade a monitoring agent and Tivoli Management Services, always review the topic Basic upgrade requirements. In this topic you can find information about any new PARMGEN profile parameters that you might need to add to your existing $GBL$USR global user profile for a product feature.

PARMGEN configuration framework enhancements and updates

The configuration software includes the following enhancements:

Some global parameters are now product-specific parameters for more flexible configuration.
- The following global parameters are now product-specific parameters to allow each product to have its own IP and port for connecting to the HUB TEMS:
  - KAG_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_GBL_OPTIONS is now Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_GBL_OPTIONS.
  - KAG_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_HTTP_OPTIONS is now Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_HTTP_OPTIONS.
  - KAG_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_POOL_OPTIONS is now Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_POOL_OPTIONS.
  - KAG_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS is now Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_OPTIONS.
- The parameter RTE_PDS_FILE_COUNT is now Kpp_PDS_FILE_COUNT to allow each product to define its own number of PDS files for near term history data.

In the CUSTOMIZE PARMGEN CONFIGURATION PROFILE MEMBERS (KCIP@PG6) panel, DLAJOB is added as a new option 0 for the auto-discovery job.

KCIP@PG6 ------ CUSTOMIZE PARMGEN CONFIGURATION PROFILE MEMBERS ---------------
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 (Required) Customize the RTE profile and the $GBL$USR user profiles:          
    0. DLAJOB   z/OS Automatic Resource Discovery Job      
    1. RTE      RTE LPAR-specific CONFIG profile in WCONFIG (User copy)        
    2. $GBL$USR Global parameters CONFIG profile in WCONFIG (User copy)        
                                                                               
 (Not Required) Customize the RTE Variables profile if RTE_SYSV_SYSVAR_FLAG=Y: 
    3. RTE      Variables (system, user) CONFIG profile in GBL_USER_JCL PARMGEN
                global library (TDITNT.IDTST.PARMGEN.JCL).                      
                Add or override system or user-defined symbols and their       
                resolution values for symbols used in the user profiles.       
                                                                               
 (Tip) Review/Customize WCONFIG Kpp$C*/Kpp$P*/Kpp$S* user imbeds:              
 (Cloning Tip) Review KCIJPCCF job in Utility menu prior to customization.     
    4. WCONFIG  TDITNT.IDTST.JVM.WCONFIG                                        
                                                                               
 (Tip) Review if you want to compare with IBM-supplied default profile values: 
    5. $CFG$IBM RTE LPAR-specific CONFIG profile in WCONFIG (IBM copy)         
    6. $GBL$IBM Global parameters CONFIG profile in WCONFIG (IBM copy)         
                                                                                 
 (Optional) Override SYSIN member to supply additional (User) profiles:       
    7. $SYSIN   $PARSE/$PARSESV SYSIN controls (CONFIG/SELECT MEMBER)

A user-defined exclude list WCONFIG(KCI$XW2R) is provided to retain customized members in the RK* user libraries during maintenance. When you run the WKANSAMU(KCIJPW1R) job, the members that are listed in the user-defined excluded list WCONFIG(KCI$XW2R) and the IBM provided exclude list WKANSAMU(KCI$IW2R) are retained.

Product-specific enhancements

This release provides the following product-specific enhancements:

OMEGAMON for DB2: When you configure DB2 subsystems, the validation of the parameter KD2_DBnn_DB2_PORT_NUM now involves the parameter KD2_DBnn_DB2_SYSNAME. If the port numbers are the same, PARMGEN checks the system names of the corresponding DB2 subsystems. If the system names are also the same, the parameter is flagged as invalid.