IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE V3.1 Deep Dive on z/OS

IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE V3.1 Deep Dive on z/OS

by Budi Darmawan, Joseph Means, Richard Davis, Wei Wei Wang, Donald Zeunert
Released April 2006
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM Redbooks publication describes the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE product family, Version 3.1.0, that runs on z/OS. We start by providing the product history over time and the terminology convention that we will use in the book, which should be noted carefully because the products are in transition from Candle terminology to the new terminology related to IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1. We conform to IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1 terminology as much as possible, although for some direct references to screen shots, we use the terminology that is shown in the figure.

The product is installed using the IBM Configuration Tool. This is explained for new users who want to install IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE, because the process is somewhat different from standard IBM products that are installed on z/OS. The concept of runtime environment is explained here as well.

On the operation side of IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE, we discuss problem determination and tracing concepts and facilities that are available for IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE, as well as performance considerations. As IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE is meant to monitor performance of the system, its overhead should not affect overall system performance.

Last but not least, we offer sample usage scenarios of performance management using IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE products.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Chapter 1: Introducing IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
    1. Performance management
    2. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      1. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS V3.1.0
      2. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS V3.1.0
      3. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2 on z/OS V3.1.0
      4. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS V3.1.0
      5. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks V3.1.0
      6. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS V3.1.0
    3. History of IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE monitoring
      1. The mid-1970s through the mid-1980s
      2. The late 1980s through the early 1990s
      3. The mid-1990s
      4. The early 2000s
      5. IBM acquires Candle Corporation
    4. Terminology convention
    5. Product features
      1. IBM Tivoli Monitoring Services
      2. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      3. Interface to other Tivoli products on z/OS
    6. Project environment
    7. Document organization
  4. Chapter 2: IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE components and architecture
    1. Architecture and components
      1. Architecture of IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      2. IBM Tivoli Monitoring Services components
      3. OMEGAMON components on z/OS
    2. Data collection process and mechanism
      1. Basic terms
      2. View data collection process
      3. Event data collection process
      4. Situation synchronization mechanism
      5. UADVISOR collection mechanism
    3. High availability and failover
      1. The moveable hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
      2. Hot standby for distributed system hub
      3. Failover of sysplex proxy
    4. Historical data collection
  5. Chapter 3: Installation and configuration: IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
    1. Planning for installation
      1. Checking the requirements
      2. Implementation options
      3. Overview of the installation and configuration process
      4. Assigning and designing the runtime environment
    2. SMP/E environment
    3. Configuring IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      1. IBM Configuration Tool overview
      2. Preparing the configuration tool
      3. Working with the runtime environment (1/2)
      4. Working with the runtime environment (2/2)
      5. Configuring Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (1/2)
      6. Configuring Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (2/2)
      7. Configuring OMEGAMON II for MVS
      8. Configuring IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS
      9. Loading the RTE and completing configuration
    4. Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server implementation
      1. Required software
      2. Windows systems IBM Tivoli Monitoring Services (1/2)
      3. Windows systems IBM Tivoli Monitoring Services (2/2)
      4. Install support for IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      5. Seeding our z/OS hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
      6. Logging on to our Tivoli Enterprise Portal
    5. Moveable hub implementation
      1. Moveable hub background
      2. Creating a moveable hub (1/2)
      3. Creating a moveable hub (2/2)
    6. Using IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1
      1. Prerequisites for Linux on zSeries server
      2. Installation of IBM Tivoli Monitoring (1/2)
      3. Installation of IBM Tivoli Monitoring (2/2)
      4. Populating application support modules
  6. Chapter 4: Maintenance and problem determination
    1. Implementing z/OS maintenance
      1. PSP bucket
      2. Working with PTFs and fixes
    2. Distributed environment fix packs
    3. OMEGAMON initialization checklist
      1. RAS1 service initialization
      2. ITMS:Engine service
      3. Communication protocols
      4. Connectivity to the hub
    4. Important configuration members
    5. Using the Service Console
    6. Logging and tracing
      1. Setting trace information
      2. Documentation program check
      3. Unit tracing
      4. Dynamic mainframe Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server traces
      5. Dynamic agent traces
  7. Chapter 5: IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE performance optimization
    1. General performance guidelines
      1. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE performance
      2. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE processing overview
      3. General performance guidelines
    2. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server performance
      1. Major processes in Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
      2. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server hub platforms
      3. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server overhead isolation procedures (1/2)
      4. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server overhead isolation procedures (2/2)
      5. Disabling products and functions
    3. Query optimization and tuning
      1. Query processing
      2. Defining custom queries
    4. Tuning situations
      1. Situation processing
      2. Situation distribution
      3. Situation predicate processing
      4. Situation threshold and interval
      5. Situation synchronization
      6. Situation and policies
      7. Embedded situations
    5. Product-specific tuning
      1. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS
      2. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for z/OS (1/2)
      3. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for z/OS (2/2)
      4. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON DE on z/OS
      5. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS
      6. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for DB2 on z/OS
  8. Chapter 6: Working with Tivoli Enterprise Portal
    1. Monitoring your z/OS environment
    2. Working with IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE
      1. Typical monitoring scheme
      2. Physical navigator view
      3. Performance workspaces for z/OS
    3. Workspaces and links
      1. Linking overview
      2. Link basics (1/2)
      3. Link basics (2/2)
      4. Advanced links (1/2)
      5. Advanced links (2/2)
      6. Additional linking facilities
    4. Working with situations for z/OS
      1. Predefined situations for z/OS
      2. Monitoring paging and virtual storage (1/2)
      3. Monitoring paging and virtual storage (2/2)
    5. Historical data collection
    6. IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS new features
      1. Using the INSPECT function with Tivoli Enterprise Portal
      2. Reviewing work running on a zAAP processor
    7. Sysplex-related monitoring
      1. Enqueue Plex
      2. Sysplex proxy
      3. DASD threshold filtering
    8. CICS Short on Storage (SOS)
  9. Appendix A: Product codes
    1. Product codes
  10. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get IBM Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
  11. Abbreviations and acronyms
  12. Index (1/2)
  13. Index (2/2)
  14. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE V3.1 Deep Dive on z/OS
  • Author(s): Budi Darmawan, Joseph Means, Richard Davis, Wei Wei Wang, Donald Zeunert
  • Release date: April 2006
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None