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IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS

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Externalize Port Assignment Parameter for Omegamon Data Retrieval Agent

We would like the ability to completely control what port range all Omegamon tasks use for listening and other communication. Specifically, for the Data Retrieval Agent released with the enhanced 3270 interface, there is no parameter to control wh...
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

issuing messages in SYSPRINT for the e3270ui for products that are not online or active

Stop issuing messages in SYSPRINT for the e3270ui for products that are not online or active.Messages like this should only be issued once and be in the SYSPRINT of e3270ui
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Delivered

Update PROCs genereted to specify DS for SYSUDUMP/RKLVSNAP DD's not SYSOUT

The problem that occured created a huge amount of output to RKLVSNAP DD (enough to fill out JES2 spool to 100% in less than 30 minute). The mitigating action and specified 'reccomended' settings for SYSUDUMP and RKLVSNAP in the PMR was to direct t...
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Delivered

new CPU usage metric from the z/OS insde pont of view

At the moment we get only the avg. CPU from the z/OS system or from any address spaces inside of the LPAR related to the hardware and / or the RMF CPU interval values. What we need is a metric for the normalizedCPU usage from the LPAR it self, lik...
almost 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 Delivered

Need to display # of 4k blocks used in a Dataspace

We need a display similar to CA Sysview where they show the size of a dataspace as well as either the number of used 4k blocks or alternatly the non used 4k block count.
about 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 5 Delivered

TEPS Tape Drives workspace needs to show offline tape

The TEPS Tape Drives workspace currently only displays the online devices. When a known device should be displaying but isn't is the only way to know this device is offline. We need to be able to display that a tape device has gone offline, not re...
over 12 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Delivered

Add a tailored flag of CMS_FTO in PARMGEN

Ideally, we want PARMGEN TEMS to officially support a tailored flag (proposed KDS_X_HUB_CMS_FTO_FLAG or something to that effect) that supports generating the CMS_FTO=%KDS_X_HUB_CMS_FTO_FLAG% value programmatically by the PARMGEN $PARSE job.
over 8 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Delivered

[PARMGEN] A flat dataset (without member) for SYSTCPD

During the PARMGEN, there is a step for Global variable setting. - hlq.WCONFIG($GBL$USR). My customer is using the SYSTCPD as a flat dataset. (no member). - ex) GBL_DSN_TCP_SYSTCPD_TCPDATA "TCPIP.DATA" Currently, the PARMGEN creates JCLs as below....
over 9 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Delivered

ITM ICAT enhancement – ICAT is lengthy and cumbersome

ITM ICAT enhancement – ICAT is lengthy and cumbersome. ITM enhancement - Edited for clarity and spelling. This needs significantly more specifics about what is wrong with ICAT and what improvements are requested. This may be a moot point in the fa...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

Validate console command based on OPERCMDS access

Hi, Omeg MVS is a powerfull tool. I think a great enhancement should be implemented to improve its security. We have to comply to many laws and everything turns around security, resources access... For example, our console operators loggued to the...
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

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