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Automatic RESTART of collections if current time is more than x hours away from the normal scheduled restart.

There are several collections that one can schedule .. for example RMM collections or Dataset Attributes collections... If the TEPS Started task has been restarted (due to an IPL for example), and the current time is AFTER the time set in the coll...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Omegamon wants ALTER rights to IXLSTR.SYSARC_HSMCR_RCL just to read.

Omegamon wants to only read (according to 22269,021,724) the HSM common recall queue, but wants alter rights (ICH408I attached below). Omegamon should use the appropriate level of access, read operations should only require read access. RACF messa...
almost 6 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Enable automated expansion of a constrained SMS Storage Group

When an SMS storage group fulls up and efforts to free up disk space are not sufficient the next logical step is to add volumes to the Storage Group to increase its capacity. This is a multi step process which involves volume selection, conditioni...
about 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Add CA Reclaim dataset attribute to DADB

Since the introduction of CA Reclaim a new data set attribute in the SMS Info category has been available displaying CA Reclaim status. The DADB collection in OMEGAMON does not capture this value. In addition this attribute flag should be availabl...
almost 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enable view persistence in OMEGAMON For Storage

The DADS should be a persistent structure that remains intact after a recycle of the TEMS. As views become more complex and require more resources to generate they should also have the ability to be persistent from session to session. In much the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enhanced Toolkit Operation

OMEGAMON For Storage allows for many operations against managed data to be performed using the Storage Toolkit. Through the Toolkit z/OS Commands, TSO command and even Batch jobs can be generated with variable substitution and initiated through th...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Seemless view of data from multiple sources

The DADS represents are repository of disk based datasets in the environment combined with associated data from the BCS. This facility needs to be enhanced to integrate data from the DFSMShsm inventory as well as the tape inventory allowing for se...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enable common data extract options in OXES

OXES allows for easy extraction of dataset reports from the DADS to the mainframe. This capability should be extended to all data elements. Storage administrators will frequently rely on data lists produced by OXES for documentation or subsequent ...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enhanced View Management

When a view of data is established in OMEGAMON it should be easily shared with other monitored environments. Most environments will have many managed environments, but the views storage administrators will rely on can be quite similar. It should b...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Enhanced Zowe filtering

Zowe filtering should be enhanced to improve usability. Zowe filters should support multiple entries with improved AND/OR logic controls. This would allow for complex filtering strings typical in many mainframe environments. In addition, filter sy...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

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