This overview includes the following sets of features added to IBM(R) Tivoli(R) OMEGAMON(R) for Mainframe Networks since version 4 release 1.
The following enhancements were added in IBM® Tivoli® OMEGAMON® XE for Mainframe Networks : Fix Pack 2 and Interim Feature for OSA-Express Enhancements (Fix Pack 2):
If you are running z/OS version 1.10, you will notice some differences in the OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks monitoring agent because of the z/OS Communications Server interface index related to the INTERFACE statement in the TCP/IP profile dataset. If you replaced the Device/Link statements in the TCPIP.PROFILE dataset with an IPv4 INTERFACE statement, you will notice these differences:
For more information about the INTERFACE statement, refer to the z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration book.
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OSA Channels Workspace | These changes were made to attributes in the OSA Channels
workspace:
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OSA LPARS Workspace | These changes were made to attributes in the OSA LPARs
workspace:
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OSA Ports Workspace | The following changes were made to attributes that are
displayed in the OSA Ports workspace:
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EE Connection Details Workspace | The following changes were made to attributes and views
displayed in the EE Connection Detail workspace:
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EE Connections Workspace | The following changes were made to attributes and views
displayed in the EE Connections workspace:
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The follow enhancements were added in IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks, Fix Pack 1.
The z/OS ASID Reuse function enables an address space to be created with a reusable ASID. If you use the End to End Response Time Monitor (ETE), you can now specify REUSASID=YES on the ETE startup procedures.
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Connections, Applications Connections, and TCP Connections | Three additional attributes were added:
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Interfaces and Interfaces History | This attribute was changed.
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Gateways and Devices (TCP/IP Gateways summary table) | The
following attributes were changed to accommodate IPv6 addresses:
The Packet Size attribute is no longer displayed. |
This version 4.1 release OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks included the following features:
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Connections |
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TCP/IP Address Space |
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TCP/IP Summary |
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VTAM(R) Address Space |
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This new release includes VTAM buffer pool data and VTAM environment data collected using the VTAM Performance Monitor Interface (PMI), VTAM control block information, or the VTAM Secondary Program Operator (SPO). The following new VTAM buffer pool workspaces were added:
Historical reporting has been extended to include SQL queries to generate sample reports and three new workspaces that use the facilities of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and Tivoli Data Warehouse to display historical data. These new workspaces are:
The z/OS Communications Server Network Management Interface has been modified in z/OS V1.8 to provide enhanced performance data for FTP, TN3270 and HPR. If you are running the OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks monitoring agent on z/OS V1.8, the following enhancements are available.
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Active FTP Sessions and FTP Sessions |
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Active FTP Transfers and FTP Transfers |
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