Completing the configuration - IBM Z® OMEGAMON® AI for z/OS®
After you configure IBM Z® OMEGAMON® AI for z/OS® using your preferred configuration tool (either PARMGEN or Configuration Manager), you must complete several post-configuration steps. The post-configuration steps that you must complete are a combination of required steps and optional steps that depend on your particular configuration and monitoring objectives.
| Step | Context |
|---|---|
| Updating the IEFSSNxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB | Required for agent-specific security configuration |
| Updating the LINKLIST | Required for agent-specific security configuration |
| Adding support for the SYSTCPD DDNAME in the started tasks | Required for all configurations |
| Copying started task procedures to your procedure library | Required for all configurations |
| Copying the VTAM definitions to your system VTAMLST | Required for all configurations |
| Varying the VTAM major node active | Required for all configurations |
| Granting APF authorization for the runtime load libraries | Required for all configurations |
| Enabling historical data store maintenance | Required to enable historical data collection |
| Providing access to the persistent data store files | Required to enable historical data collection |
| Authorizing the KPDDSCO module | Required to enable historical data collection |
| Verifying persistent data store configuration | Required to enable historical data collection |
| Add EXIT statements to PARMLIB member for ICSF configuration | Required to collect ICSF data |
| Make KM5EXIT3, KM5EXIT4, and KM5CSFSX modules available to ICSF | Required to collect ICSF data |
| Modifying the ICSF subsystem JCL | Required to collect ICSF data |
| Activate the changes to ICSF | Required to collect ICSF data |
| Authorizing address spaces for UNIX System Services | Required to collect UNIX System Services information |
| Enabling RMF data collection | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Defining RACF IDs for IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Monitor for z/OS® 5.6 and OMEGAMON Subsystem address spaces | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Enabling the RACF secured signon function (PassTicket) | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Turning on RMF collection of coupling facility and lock data. | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Enabling AT-TLS Secure Connectivity to the RMF Distributed Data Server (DDS) | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Configuring historical data collection | Required for historical data collection |
| Enabling the System Programmer's Toolkit | Required to use the System Programmer's Toolkit |
| Enabling Warehouse agents on a z/OS hub monitoring server | Required to warehouse historical data in the Tivoli Data Warehouse but the hub monitoring server is not located on the same computer as the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server |
| Creating situations to filter DASD device collection | Required to enable monitoring of Sysplex DASD device data |
| Setting the PROJECTCPU control in the SYS1.PARMLIB IEAOPTxx member | Required to use IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Monitor for z/OS® 5.6 to help you plan special processor resources |
| Installing application and language support | Required for all configurations |
| Enabling security for Tivoli Enterprise Portal | Required for all configurations |
| Authorizing users to issue Take Action commands | Required to issue Take Action commands from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface user interfaces |
| Recreating or replacing z/OS Management Console situations | If you previously ran z/OS Management Console situations, you can start corresponding situations for IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Monitor for z/OS® 5.6 or recreate comparable situations using IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Monitor for z/OS® 5.6 attributes |
| Authorizing users to access IBM® Z OMEGAMON® Monitor for z/OS® 5.6 managed systems on the enhanced 3270 user interface | Required for all configurations |
| Enabling z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) monitoring | Required for zCX monitoring |