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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...
2 months ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Be able to see IMS buffer pools status in monitoring

It could be great to see the status and ocupancy of the different IMS pools into OMG classic/enchanced in real time / High water mark in order to raise alerts and capacity planning.
9 days ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Reporting 0 Under review

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...
19 days ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components 0 Under review

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...
7 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks 1 Future consideration

Provide parameter like KM2_TIMEOUT (similar to KOB_TIMEOUT) to control idle session timeout for MVS Classic

Helps comply with site's audit requirement to cancel inactive sessions within x minutes.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Add jobid to the M5ASCPUTLH table and then displayed in KM5ASP5H workspace

To make it easier to find jobs with same job name in Omegamon history, it would be very helpful to have jobid added to M5ASCPUTLH table and display in KM5ASP5H workspace.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for z/OS 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...
3 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Under review

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...
about 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, ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 0 Not under consideration