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IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS

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Resetting counter from NMI

Omegamon Mainframe Network has many fields that counters start when TCPIP starts. these counters come from the NMI and can be quite large over time between IPL's. The need for a comand fly over reset process would provide better views of key issue...
about 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Resolver data from NMI in ZOS 1.13 for MFN

In ZOS 1.13 the RESOLVER Task now has data in the NMI. This data would be important pc of the STACK Layer data currently provide in Omegamon Mainframe network workspaces.
over 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / API 2 Not under consideration

Need on demand data collection

For some if not all data that can be displayed, being able to get it when a workspace is opened or refreshed would help with problem determination. I want to see what the values are now rather than on a polled interval.
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 7 Not under consideration

Remote Operations in VIOs

Remote operations on VIOs - Need to remotely manage the agents on VIOS, Remote operations like install agents, uninstallation, upgrades, configuring agents, modifying the log patterns. This features is missing in VIO agent, we would require these ...
almost 14 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / API 3 Not under consideration

Count number of times an application has rejected connections

Omegamon MFN has a good count on how many Connection rejects a TCPIP application has, and the time stamp is the last time a reject occurred. but if an application is having constaint issues a count of how many times the application rejected sessio...
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Update the OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks product to package and use the Pre-req checker

ITM v6.2.3 includes a Prereq checker that improves Time to Value through pre-installation/pre-deployment checking. Other products can leverage this capability by defining the environment profiles associated with their application, submitting same ...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

180K CSM buffer space is needed

180K CSM data is missing for both ECSA and Data sapce on NPM 2.7 SMF records. There are data on the other buffers (32K, 60K, 4K,...) but none on 180K. We would like to get the data so we can monitor and tune these.
almost 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / API 1 Not under consideration

Validate RFE process feed into RTC

This will validate the flow of an RFE into RTC
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration