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Enabel the EPILOG in OMEGAMON z/OS in the future

Hi support, In the PID - 5698-T01 , the lastest version in OM-z/OS V550, withdrew the EPILOG support from V530. In the document, the alternately method - RMF III near term history is instead. But we found the RMF III report only get the SYSTEM lev...
over 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

more configurable BIND module for program level parameters

* BIND dynamically * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** The actual bind module parameters are staticly defined in the environment file. This doesn't allows set parameters by DBRM files. There should be a bind instruction file w...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Improve the loading performance in CICS IA

When loading a huge data array from VSAM affinity files into DB2 database affinity tables, CIUAFFLD job takes long time to be processed.
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support VTAM generic resources function to allow a balanced increase of concurrent users in e3270

The theoretical maximum number of concurrent users on e3270ui is 99. However, depending on storage layout, and constraints, the actual maximum number is lower (around 50-70). This limit may occasionally be too low. In particular, in the test/devel...
almost 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

CPU excessive when collecting data using CICS IA 5.1 and CICS IA 5.2.

Customer attempts to collect data using CICS Interdependency Analyzer. The CPU increases significantly when when CICS IA is activated. Customer performed tests where CICS CPU performance increased from 27% to 62% under CICS IA 5.1. There is some i...
over 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Omegamon DB2 to monitor DB2/IRLM in reliable manner

Omegamon DB2 can slow down or even stop reporting IRLM information when IRLM becomes very busy. This is the most important time for Omegamon DB2 to report this information as it's the one tool to help SMEs recover DB2 normal operations. Without th...
almost 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

OMEGAMON XE password length

US DOD Auditor are requiring all DOD servers to use. passwords greater than 8 characters long, mixed case and all special characters. OMEGAMON XE for z/os and MVS doesn't support pass phrase therefore we cannot meet the US DOD auditors requirements.
almost 15 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Omegamon for z/OS agent for JES

Provide the ability to monitor the JES environment, whether it be JES2 or JES3
over 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Re-design of the OMEGAMON ICSF to support ICSF PAUSE function

The ptf UJ04367 will stop or reduce the number of KCG0080W messages under most circumstances, but it will not completely address the ICSF PAUSE scenario. So re-design of the OMEGAMON ICSF processing is required in order to completely support the I...
about 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

In OMPE v5.4, classic interface, having the ability to edit the Explain reports, for modifyng the text and rerun the Explain

With Omegamon for DB2 PE v5.40, with PWH configured, from classic interface, I can run Explain function of SQL text in thread active or in SQL cache. The customer requests the ability to edit EXPLAIN report, to correct the SQL query and rerun the ...
over 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Not under consideration