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Allow creating groupings by a tag or label

Due to the enormous number of CICS regions/JVMServers, it is extremely difficult to easily and quickly locate/view specific information during the analysis process using the E3270UI interface.Therefore, we understand that the possibility of groupi...
4 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Omegamon USS metrics without root privileges

The Omegamon TEMS STC requires USS root privileges to gather z/OS UNIX metrics.Giving root privileges to any service is an unnecessary security risk.To solve this security issue, Omegamon could use UNIXPRIV or another form of security delegation t...
3 months ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Future consideration

CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in OMEGAMON for JVM

OMEGAMON for JVM (and record SMF 123) doesn't provide CPU usage information for API Provider and API Requester in z/OS Connect Server OAS3 native. This is a requirement for the client to get this information to be able to monitor and analyze perfo...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Future consideration

Enhancement Request: Integration of Connect Direct Statistics in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks

I am writing to propose an enhancement to the IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks suite that I believe would significantly elevate its functionality and appeal. By integrating the Connect Direct Statistics exit, users would gain the capability to colle...
8 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks 1 Future consideration

Enhance Situations and Thresholds

Thresholds are a critical aspect of the product, directly impacting the effectiveness of warning and critical alerts. Ensuring that these values remain current and relevant requires ongoing review and adjustment and sometimes fluctuate several tim...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Future consideration

Include User Name and Mapped User ID details in metrics sent to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect User, I want to be able to filter z/OS Connect API Provider metrics on my ODP dashboard based on the User Name and Mapped User ID of requests. This will allow us to gain insights into usage across different distributed applicatio...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Not under consideration

Include HTTP Return Codes details in metrics sent to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect Site Reliability Engineer, I want to be able to view request HTTP Return Codes for z/OS Connect APIs in the ODP datasets. Today, I can see a "count" metric of HTTP Error Codes, but not the actual Error Codes. This will allow me, ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Not under consideration

Include z/OS Connect HTTP Header details in metrics published to Omegamon Data Provider

As a z/OS Connect User, I want to be able to view header details, such as Correlation ID, in the z/OS Connect Request data that is sent to Omegamon Data Provider. This will allow me to add filters to my dashboards to view specific requests, using ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Not under consideration

Add VOLUME(xxxx) support in KN3TCPMO member

For uncataloged TCP/IP profile data sets in TCPIP, which are there concatened with a vol-ser entry, do we need a volume parameter in KN3TCPMO member. The Configuration Manager/PARMGEN parameter can be: KN3_TCPX01_TCPIP_PROFILES_VOL
about 1 month ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks 0 Future consideration

Reduce the repetitive definitions required to specify port pools.

Currently, transport pools are defined by each type of agent Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_POOL_OPTIONS. This wastes the admin's time by having to specify the parameter for each agent. Additionally it increases the chance for errors by requiring the pool to...
4 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Future consideration