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

Enable internal initiation and control of packet‑level trace collection within the e3270UI and Web UI—eliminating dependencies on NetView or external utilities—while supporting user‑specified output paths and export formats compatible with Wireshark and other protocol‑analysis tooling.

Add the ability to turn on Packet Tracing, which will collect the data and allow the user to save it in a format I can easily feed into Wireshark or other analytics platforms. To meet expectations, OMEGAMON AI for Networks must provide the capabil...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks Under review

Add sort fields to workspace KCPPSLD

In workspace KCPPSLD we would like to be able to sort on fields Transaction Rate and Transactions total.
2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / All components Under review

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

CICS PA transaction profiling reports to support RATESEC and RATEMIN fields

For my month end profiling reports to be more useful then it would be good if these fields were supported. See IBM case TS021549209
about 1 month ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 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...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 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 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 Not under consideration

E3270UI - HUB DISPLAY PANEL needs to show ALL HUBS that are configured in the environment and ability switch between

Currently we have 2 hubs and 2 teps that we need to be able to switch between for e3270ui Queries... and yet we currently only show the PRIMAY HUB.. No Secondary HUB is displayed and this used to be available in prior releases...
3 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 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...
7 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS Future consideration