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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Need to add extra fields in KM5_Address_Space_Storage_SubKey table to filter the ASID showing memory constraint symptoms

This RFE is a spin off from PMR 22839. Problems with current design: - adress space selection not granular enough: the example here is an MQ broker with multiple jobs with the same jobname and we only want to monitor some of them (one?) based on s...
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Update the OMEGAMON for z/OS 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 z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide exit in OMNIMON Base abend handling for FFDC

This is for OMNIMON BASE.In order to provide better FFDC for the OMEGAMON CICS product, there is a requirement to have the optional ability to dump the monitored CICS region. Presumably the other OB users would have similar needs.
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Use the Installation and Configuration Assistance Tool to customize KEPEDSDF

Currently, panel KM255P2 is used to provide the names, size and storage attributes of the Historical Data Stores. The dialog uses these values to create a customized job for allocation. For example, allocation by SMS Storclass instead of Volser. H...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

output from the Omegamon XE for CTG exit directed to another output ddname, instead of default STDERR.

Currently, when the OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG monitoring exit (Request Monitoring Exit: com.ibm.omegamon.kgw.rmexit.TxnMonitor) is enabled, its messages are produced under STDERR ddname under the CTG address space: BROWSE - STDERR STARTING CTGBATCH ...
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Too many dataset in RTE

Too many dataset in RTE - “The Run Time Environment (RTE) for ITM has too many datasets. For example, our main production SYSPLEX of 13 systems has a total of 6122 ITM datasets. In a future design/release, IBM should consider a consolidation/reduc...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Need an API in OM XE for zOS to retrieve RMFIII data

Currently we are using RMFIII to monitor Report Class TPS rate, queue time, execution time and Total response time using RMFIII sysplex view. This info and some other info are currently not available in OM/XE. We need an API from OM/XE to retrieve...
over 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

ITM has too many started tasks address spaces

Too many address spaces - “ITM has too many started tasks address spaces. For example, our systems have 9 ITM started task address spaces per system for the z/OS OMEGMON monitor alone. In a future design/release, IBM should consider a reduction in...
about 13 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Remove manual time reset commands

Have the Omegamon products use the system timer, so that when the time changes we don't have to issue manual commands.
about 14 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 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