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OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS

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Allow object analysis to have interval value

We've been told a few times by IBM that by default, we should not start the Object Analysis (OA) function of Omegamon for DB2 at product startup. The main reason being it is too costly - CPU-wise - to run all the time if nobody will look at the da...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Highest number of data recording value

In TEP section "DB2 States Attributes" we have a field that informs of the current number of open data sets. However Omegamon provides this info based on the value obtained at a given moment (snapshot). The requirement is to have the information f...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

View thread history across data sharing group

can not view thread history for members of the same data-sharing group RFE http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=82205
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhancements to NTH in the TOM

We are running OMEGAMON for DB2 V5R3 and have recently installed PTF UI50913 that makes Near Term History available in the TOM. However, we are noticing that there is some functionality that can be found in the CUA that is not yet available in the...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

OMPE batch reporting does not produce msgs that allow to identify missing IFCIDs that prevent OMPE from producing reports

OMPE batch reporting does not produce msgs that allow to identify missing IFCIDs for certain reports (in this case, there are just msgs that not enough virtual storage is available - FPEU0020E UNABLE TO ALLOCATE VIRTUAL STORAGE. FPEU0100S DGOABLOG...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Performance Reporter update job for historical tables.

When a new version of Omegamon for DB2 PE is installed, the DDL is provided to create new Statistic, accounting, audit, etc history tables. IBM should provide people who use these tables jobs that will UPDATE the tables instead of expecting the us...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

introduce user-defined layout support to ACCOUNTING SAVE and FILE subcommand

Currently user-defined layout is supported in ACCOUNTING with REPORT and TRACE subcommand, but not supported in SAVE and FILE subcommand. The pain point is when the SMF 101 volume is extremely large, say 200 million records per day, the ACCOUNTING...
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Agent O2 should run on zIIP

We see that agent O2 is consuming more and more CSU, but very little runs on zIIP. Please see other Omegamon agents (C5 and RTEMS) with high CSU usage and using more zIIP. Regards Andrea Strixner
over 3 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

In OMPE v5.4, classic interface, having the ability to edit the Explain reports, for modifyng the text and rerun the Explain

From: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=142711 With Omegamon for DB2 PE v5.40, with PWH configured, from classic interface, I can run Explain function of SQL text in thread active or in SQL cache. The custome...
almost 4 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

More precise Accounting and SQLACTIVITY Reports with separate SYNC operation

Complex CICS/IMS transactions (involving multiple programs with an implicit Commit at the end) are incorrrectly presented on the Omegamon Accounting Report as well as on SQLActivity Report. By design the costs of the tough SYNC operation (two phas...
almost 4 years ago in OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert for z/OS 2 Not under consideration