Completing the configuration
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 |
| Completing the configuration outside the configuration software | Required for all configurations |
| Enable historical data store maintenance | Required to enable historical data collection |
| ICSF setup | 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® AI for z/OS® 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 | Required to use RMF data collection for real-time or near-term history data collection |
| Using 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 |
| 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 |
| Monitoring shared DASD | 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® AI for z/OS® 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® AI for z/OS® or recreate comparable situations using IBM® Z OMEGAMON® AI for z/OS® attributes |
| Authorizing access to managed systems on the enhanced 3270 user interface | Required for all configurations |
| Enabling z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) monitoring | Required for zCX monitoring |