This document discusses the evolution of Candle's monitoring tools from Omegamon to Omegaview, and how the Omegacenter Gateway (OG) can integrate alerts and data from these tools as well as other sources like CICS, MQ, and UNIX to provide a single consolidated view. Key benefits of this approach include reducing false alerts, faster problem resolution through enhanced data and automation, and lowering staffing needs through improved productivity. The document outlines upcoming capabilities for the OG including new integrations with IMS and UNIX monitoring.
Provides comprehensive service management capabilities for IBM z Systems. It is a single offering containing capabilities to manage z/OS and all key subsystems. It offers high availability and automated operations to improve service levels and reduce downtime. It also provides network management to maintain high availability of z Systems networks and performance management for real-time and historical performance and availability management. It features a single point of control using modern dashboards to monitor and operate applications on both z and non-z systems.
The document discusses the experiences of The Harford Financial Services Group in implementing workload management goals using IBM's Workload Manager (WLM) to manage transaction response times for their CICS and IMS environments. They analyzed transaction profiles, defined service classes and goals, monitored performance, and made adjustments to improve response times and ensure goals were being met during high-volume periods such as month-end processing. For stored procedures, they classified enclaves based on origination point and made changes to improve IMS transaction response times that were being impacted.
VMworld 2013: Practicing What We Preach: VMware IT on vCenter Operations Mana...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Shreekant Ankala, VMware
Sreekanth Indireddy, VMware
Prafull Kumar, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This document discusses real-time and embedded systems. It defines embedded systems as computer systems that perform specific functions and often interact with their environment. Real-time systems are systems where the correctness depends on both the logical results and the time the results are produced. Examples of real-time embedded systems include nuclear reactor control and flight control systems. The document discusses characteristics of real-time systems like being event-driven, having high failure costs, and requiring predictable behavior. It also defines types of real-time systems like hard, soft, and firm real-time systems.
The document provides an overview of how the State of California Office of Technology Services uses IBM Service Management Unite (SMU) to monitor and manage their mainframe environment. Some key points:
- SMU gives operators a single dashboard view into system health, automation status, and performance metrics from tools like Tivoli NetView, System Automation, and Performance Management Suite.
- This is easier for new users than traditional 3270 interfaces which require memorizing many screens and commands.
- California uses SMU to monitor domains, issues commands, and drill down into specific problems from alerts. Customizable dashboards provide integration across tools.
- Automation status and dependencies are now easier to view in
The document discusses trends in SCADA systems and architectures. It summarizes that SCADA systems are evolving to include features like improved control room management, alarm management, and change management. The architectures are expanding to include test and development systems, decision support systems, log servers, mobile access, and integration with technologies like GIS and video surveillance. Collaboration tools are being used to improve incident response. Future innovations may include more advanced HMI technologies, drones for monitoring infrastructure, and adoption of emerging computing technologies like virtualization.
This document discusses the use of Near-Term History (NTH) features in IBM's OMEGAMON XE on z/OS v5.3 to investigate performance issues on a z/OS system. It provides an example where a systems programmer receives a report of response time problems on LPAR Z2 between 1-2pm. The programmer navigates through various NTH workspaces in the Enhanced 3270 User Interface to view historical CPU utilization details for the relevant time period at the CPC and LPAR level in order to identify high utilization on LPAR Z2 as the potential cause. The document demonstrates how NTH allows drilling down from the CPC to LPAR level to help troubleshoot reported
Provides comprehensive service management capabilities for IBM z Systems. It is a single offering containing capabilities to manage z/OS and all key subsystems. It offers high availability and automated operations to improve service levels and reduce downtime. It also provides network management to maintain high availability of z Systems networks and performance management for real-time and historical performance and availability management. It features a single point of control using modern dashboards to monitor and operate applications on both z and non-z systems.
The document discusses the experiences of The Harford Financial Services Group in implementing workload management goals using IBM's Workload Manager (WLM) to manage transaction response times for their CICS and IMS environments. They analyzed transaction profiles, defined service classes and goals, monitored performance, and made adjustments to improve response times and ensure goals were being met during high-volume periods such as month-end processing. For stored procedures, they classified enclaves based on origination point and made changes to improve IMS transaction response times that were being impacted.
VMworld 2013: Practicing What We Preach: VMware IT on vCenter Operations Mana...VMworld
VMworld 2013
Shreekant Ankala, VMware
Sreekanth Indireddy, VMware
Prafull Kumar, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This document discusses real-time and embedded systems. It defines embedded systems as computer systems that perform specific functions and often interact with their environment. Real-time systems are systems where the correctness depends on both the logical results and the time the results are produced. Examples of real-time embedded systems include nuclear reactor control and flight control systems. The document discusses characteristics of real-time systems like being event-driven, having high failure costs, and requiring predictable behavior. It also defines types of real-time systems like hard, soft, and firm real-time systems.
The document provides an overview of how the State of California Office of Technology Services uses IBM Service Management Unite (SMU) to monitor and manage their mainframe environment. Some key points:
- SMU gives operators a single dashboard view into system health, automation status, and performance metrics from tools like Tivoli NetView, System Automation, and Performance Management Suite.
- This is easier for new users than traditional 3270 interfaces which require memorizing many screens and commands.
- California uses SMU to monitor domains, issues commands, and drill down into specific problems from alerts. Customizable dashboards provide integration across tools.
- Automation status and dependencies are now easier to view in
The document discusses trends in SCADA systems and architectures. It summarizes that SCADA systems are evolving to include features like improved control room management, alarm management, and change management. The architectures are expanding to include test and development systems, decision support systems, log servers, mobile access, and integration with technologies like GIS and video surveillance. Collaboration tools are being used to improve incident response. Future innovations may include more advanced HMI technologies, drones for monitoring infrastructure, and adoption of emerging computing technologies like virtualization.
This document discusses the use of Near-Term History (NTH) features in IBM's OMEGAMON XE on z/OS v5.3 to investigate performance issues on a z/OS system. It provides an example where a systems programmer receives a report of response time problems on LPAR Z2 between 1-2pm. The programmer navigates through various NTH workspaces in the Enhanced 3270 User Interface to view historical CPU utilization details for the relevant time period at the CPC and LPAR level in order to identify high utilization on LPAR Z2 as the potential cause. The document demonstrates how NTH allows drilling down from the CPC to LPAR level to help troubleshoot reported
This document provides an overview of automation, PLCs, and SCADA systems. It discusses what automation and PLCs are, the history and elements of PLCs, their advantages and disadvantages, and applications. It also defines SCADA, discusses its history and elements, advantages like reduced costs and increased efficiency, disadvantages like security risks, and applications in areas like transportation and manufacturing.
This document describes GE as a supplier of substation automation system solutions. It highlights GE's experience across industries, financial strength, and commitment to quality. It then discusses GE's integrated services and solutions for substation automation including planning, engineering, protection, maintenance, real-time analysis, and more. The document emphasizes GE's focus on putting information to work for customers through monitoring, control, analytics, and remote access capabilities. It positions GE's substation automation system as providing productivity, reliability, and a competitive advantage for customers.
Storage Performance measurement using Tivoli productivity CenterIBM Danmark
This document discusses storage performance measurement using IBM's Tivoli Productivity Center (TPC) software. It provides an overview of Atea's storage solutions, including their IBM storage systems at the enterprise, midrange, and entry levels. It also demonstrates how to use TPC's predefined reports to view performance metrics for storage volumes, disks, and virtualizers. Alternative open source tools for monitoring IBM SVC and V7000 storage systems called SVCMON and SVCFRONT are also mentioned.
- Ramco Systems presents their OnDemand ERP solution delivered using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, allowing customers to access ERP applications over the internet.
- The solution offers benefits like lower costs, faster implementation, easy upgrades, and flexibility compared to on-premise ERP systems.
- Ramco will implement the OnDemand ERP for customers using a template-driven approach with implementation expected within 2 weeks.
This document summarizes a proof-of-concept project using Spark Streaming to enable new analytics for a telecommunications company processing 90 million calls per day. The company wanted to test Spark Streaming's ability to scale analytics and prove it could enable techniques like incident detection. The project showed Spark Streaming could handle 5 minutes of call data sub-second, successfully detected incidents using a univariate technique, and proved relatively easy deployment to AWS. While the company's team remained skeptical of big data technologies, the project proved Spark Streaming's capabilities.
How to bring innovation to your organization by streamlining the deployment process ?
IaaS, PaaS or Docker containers are all valid methods that can be tailored for your needs. They each come with advantages and drawbacks, and are opposed each day by vendors and providers along. Should we really impose a standard for every team ?
“Let me show you how OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks can help isolate problems to the application, z/OS Communications Server or the network.”
Network:
• Routers
• Switches
• WAN links
OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks:
- Monitor all layers of the network stack
- Correlate application, z/OS and network data
- Isolate problems to application, z/OS or network
- Integrate with z/OS monitoring for end-to-end views
Network systems programmer:
"That sounds very helpful. Please show me some examples of how it can help isolate problems."
Nagios Conference 2007 | Nagios in very large Environments by Werner NeunteuflNETWAYS
Monitoring von 25 000 Services mit einem Nagios Server in großen heterogenen Umgebungen. Fallbeispiele beim Österreichisches Bundesministerium (300 Novell Server, 27 000 Messungen) & Amt der niederösterreichischen Landesregierung (350 UNIX und Microsoft Server, 12 000 Messungen)
In den letzten vier Jahren wurde von ITdesign ein völlig anderer Weg eingeschlagen um in großen hetereogenen Umgebungen Messungen durchführen zu können. Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg liegt dabei in einem neuem Design aller Plugins, die mehrere Messungen parallel durchführen und gleichzeitig eigenständig in der Lage sind Meßdaten aufzuzeichnen (und Graphen zu generieren) ohne dass damit die CPU belastet wird.
Neben den Plugins wurde ein komplettes Framework rund um Nagios geschaffen, das eine einfache Erweiterung von Endsystemen zulässt. Damit können Systeme wie AS/400, VMWARE ESX 3.0, IBM Director, Microsoft 4 node Cluster, etc. einfach eingebunden werden.
At Emerson Exchange 2009, Martin Berutti presents on the business benefits, requirements, and steps for building a Virtual DeltaV system with a virtual plant and I/O.
CTU June 2011 - Opalis: Orchestrating your Data CenterSpiffy
The document introduces Opalis, a software solution that integrates and automates various systems in a data center. It discusses challenges with current manual processes that are repetitive, inconsistent, and error-prone. Opalis orchestrates tasks across systems to automate large volumes of repetitive tasks through IT process automation. This lowers costs and improves service performance by standardizing processes. The document demonstrates Opalis' abilities and provides examples of use cases and customer implementations.
The new Process Events Monitoring feature set makes it possible for the first time to import process data into Optimize from a range of external sources and carry out monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement for end-to-end processes even in cases where the entire process isn’t yet automated by Camunda BPM.
Enhancement in Optimize 3.0 include:
- New capabilities for efficient End-To-End Monitoring and Reporting
- New User Task Reporting and Monitoring capabilities which allow you to analyse performance trends for your user tasks
- New Flexible Alerting capabilities which allow you to send Alerts to any system of your choice
- New Dashboarding capabilities which simplify creating and modifying dashboards to a large extend
- Support for Elasticsearch 7
These new capabilities expand the scope of Optimize from a process analytics platform that’s entirely Camunda-centric to one that enables you to visualize, monitor, and improve processes anywhere in your organization–even the processes you haven’t yet gotten around to fully automating with Camunda.
In this webinar, Optimize Product Manager Felix Müller will be joined by Camunda Optimize Tech Lead Sebastian Bathke to share more on Process Events Monitoring and to show you step-by-step how to start using it.
The document discusses optimizing an eZ Publish installation for high-traffic, big data contexts. It recommends taking a project management approach using roles like a web architect and Scrum master. Key areas of technical expertise include caching, templates, media, deployment tools, monitoring, and DevOps practices. The document also provides tips for optimizing code performance like reducing cache activity and SQL queries.
Handson Oracle Management Cloud with Application Performance Monitoring and L...Lucas Jellema
This presentation gives an overview of the steps in the workshop labs for Oracle Management Cloud APM and Log Analytics. The labs themselves and all sources are found at GitHub: https://github.com/lucasjellema/APM-Demo-App-WorldView .
The document discusses embedded computing systems and outlines some key points:
- Embedded systems are part of larger systems that perform specific functions in constrained, reactive environments using a combination of hardware and software.
- They have real-time requirements and challenges include high complexity, distributed networks, and meeting deadlines with increasing functionality.
- Embedded systems come in many forms, from automotive and industrial control systems to wireless sensor networks and systems within the human body.
Eranea's solution and technology for mainframe migration / transformation : d...Eranea
The document discusses migrating a mission-critical mainframe application to a Java/Linux/x86 platform using Eranea's proprietary methodology and toolset. The migration aims to achieve massive cost savings of 80-90% while ensuring full functionality and a progressive, low-risk approach. Eranea's solution utilizes automated translation and runtime emulation to transform applications incrementally while maintaining identical functionality. A centralized monitoring and management console called NeaControlCenter is used to orchestrate the migration process.
How to deploy & optimize eZ Publish (2014)Kaliop-slide
This document discusses optimizing eZ Publish for high-traffic, big data contexts. It emphasizes the importance of project management skills, technical expertise across multiple technologies, and an approach involving continuous monitoring, metrics collection, and code optimization. Creative solutions are needed like custom caching, metrics tools, and leveraging new technologies to solve challenges involving large volumes of data, high traffic levels, and many daily transactions.
CONTEC is an IoT solutions provider established in 1975 in Osaka, Japan. It has 594 employees and global locations in Japan, USA, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, and Europe. CONTEC offers a complete range of IoT products and solutions, including sensors, industrial PCs, networking solutions, and predictive maintenance systems. It provides these solutions through its open IoT platform called CONPROSYS, which allows integration of different third party products and protocols in a plug-and-play manner for real-time monitoring and control from a single dashboard. CONTEC's solutions are used across various industries like building management, renewable energy, manufacturing, and more.
This document provides an overview of automation, PLCs, and SCADA systems. It discusses what automation and PLCs are, the history and elements of PLCs, their advantages and disadvantages, and applications. It also defines SCADA, discusses its history and elements, advantages like reduced costs and increased efficiency, disadvantages like security risks, and applications in areas like transportation and manufacturing.
This document describes GE as a supplier of substation automation system solutions. It highlights GE's experience across industries, financial strength, and commitment to quality. It then discusses GE's integrated services and solutions for substation automation including planning, engineering, protection, maintenance, real-time analysis, and more. The document emphasizes GE's focus on putting information to work for customers through monitoring, control, analytics, and remote access capabilities. It positions GE's substation automation system as providing productivity, reliability, and a competitive advantage for customers.
Storage Performance measurement using Tivoli productivity CenterIBM Danmark
This document discusses storage performance measurement using IBM's Tivoli Productivity Center (TPC) software. It provides an overview of Atea's storage solutions, including their IBM storage systems at the enterprise, midrange, and entry levels. It also demonstrates how to use TPC's predefined reports to view performance metrics for storage volumes, disks, and virtualizers. Alternative open source tools for monitoring IBM SVC and V7000 storage systems called SVCMON and SVCFRONT are also mentioned.
- Ramco Systems presents their OnDemand ERP solution delivered using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, allowing customers to access ERP applications over the internet.
- The solution offers benefits like lower costs, faster implementation, easy upgrades, and flexibility compared to on-premise ERP systems.
- Ramco will implement the OnDemand ERP for customers using a template-driven approach with implementation expected within 2 weeks.
This document summarizes a proof-of-concept project using Spark Streaming to enable new analytics for a telecommunications company processing 90 million calls per day. The company wanted to test Spark Streaming's ability to scale analytics and prove it could enable techniques like incident detection. The project showed Spark Streaming could handle 5 minutes of call data sub-second, successfully detected incidents using a univariate technique, and proved relatively easy deployment to AWS. While the company's team remained skeptical of big data technologies, the project proved Spark Streaming's capabilities.
How to bring innovation to your organization by streamlining the deployment process ?
IaaS, PaaS or Docker containers are all valid methods that can be tailored for your needs. They each come with advantages and drawbacks, and are opposed each day by vendors and providers along. Should we really impose a standard for every team ?
“Let me show you how OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks can help isolate problems to the application, z/OS Communications Server or the network.”
Network:
• Routers
• Switches
• WAN links
OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks:
- Monitor all layers of the network stack
- Correlate application, z/OS and network data
- Isolate problems to application, z/OS or network
- Integrate with z/OS monitoring for end-to-end views
Network systems programmer:
"That sounds very helpful. Please show me some examples of how it can help isolate problems."
Nagios Conference 2007 | Nagios in very large Environments by Werner NeunteuflNETWAYS
Monitoring von 25 000 Services mit einem Nagios Server in großen heterogenen Umgebungen. Fallbeispiele beim Österreichisches Bundesministerium (300 Novell Server, 27 000 Messungen) & Amt der niederösterreichischen Landesregierung (350 UNIX und Microsoft Server, 12 000 Messungen)
In den letzten vier Jahren wurde von ITdesign ein völlig anderer Weg eingeschlagen um in großen hetereogenen Umgebungen Messungen durchführen zu können. Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg liegt dabei in einem neuem Design aller Plugins, die mehrere Messungen parallel durchführen und gleichzeitig eigenständig in der Lage sind Meßdaten aufzuzeichnen (und Graphen zu generieren) ohne dass damit die CPU belastet wird.
Neben den Plugins wurde ein komplettes Framework rund um Nagios geschaffen, das eine einfache Erweiterung von Endsystemen zulässt. Damit können Systeme wie AS/400, VMWARE ESX 3.0, IBM Director, Microsoft 4 node Cluster, etc. einfach eingebunden werden.
At Emerson Exchange 2009, Martin Berutti presents on the business benefits, requirements, and steps for building a Virtual DeltaV system with a virtual plant and I/O.
CTU June 2011 - Opalis: Orchestrating your Data CenterSpiffy
The document introduces Opalis, a software solution that integrates and automates various systems in a data center. It discusses challenges with current manual processes that are repetitive, inconsistent, and error-prone. Opalis orchestrates tasks across systems to automate large volumes of repetitive tasks through IT process automation. This lowers costs and improves service performance by standardizing processes. The document demonstrates Opalis' abilities and provides examples of use cases and customer implementations.
The new Process Events Monitoring feature set makes it possible for the first time to import process data into Optimize from a range of external sources and carry out monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement for end-to-end processes even in cases where the entire process isn’t yet automated by Camunda BPM.
Enhancement in Optimize 3.0 include:
- New capabilities for efficient End-To-End Monitoring and Reporting
- New User Task Reporting and Monitoring capabilities which allow you to analyse performance trends for your user tasks
- New Flexible Alerting capabilities which allow you to send Alerts to any system of your choice
- New Dashboarding capabilities which simplify creating and modifying dashboards to a large extend
- Support for Elasticsearch 7
These new capabilities expand the scope of Optimize from a process analytics platform that’s entirely Camunda-centric to one that enables you to visualize, monitor, and improve processes anywhere in your organization–even the processes you haven’t yet gotten around to fully automating with Camunda.
In this webinar, Optimize Product Manager Felix Müller will be joined by Camunda Optimize Tech Lead Sebastian Bathke to share more on Process Events Monitoring and to show you step-by-step how to start using it.
The document discusses optimizing an eZ Publish installation for high-traffic, big data contexts. It recommends taking a project management approach using roles like a web architect and Scrum master. Key areas of technical expertise include caching, templates, media, deployment tools, monitoring, and DevOps practices. The document also provides tips for optimizing code performance like reducing cache activity and SQL queries.
Handson Oracle Management Cloud with Application Performance Monitoring and L...Lucas Jellema
This presentation gives an overview of the steps in the workshop labs for Oracle Management Cloud APM and Log Analytics. The labs themselves and all sources are found at GitHub: https://github.com/lucasjellema/APM-Demo-App-WorldView .
The document discusses embedded computing systems and outlines some key points:
- Embedded systems are part of larger systems that perform specific functions in constrained, reactive environments using a combination of hardware and software.
- They have real-time requirements and challenges include high complexity, distributed networks, and meeting deadlines with increasing functionality.
- Embedded systems come in many forms, from automotive and industrial control systems to wireless sensor networks and systems within the human body.
Eranea's solution and technology for mainframe migration / transformation : d...Eranea
The document discusses migrating a mission-critical mainframe application to a Java/Linux/x86 platform using Eranea's proprietary methodology and toolset. The migration aims to achieve massive cost savings of 80-90% while ensuring full functionality and a progressive, low-risk approach. Eranea's solution utilizes automated translation and runtime emulation to transform applications incrementally while maintaining identical functionality. A centralized monitoring and management console called NeaControlCenter is used to orchestrate the migration process.
How to deploy & optimize eZ Publish (2014)Kaliop-slide
This document discusses optimizing eZ Publish for high-traffic, big data contexts. It emphasizes the importance of project management skills, technical expertise across multiple technologies, and an approach involving continuous monitoring, metrics collection, and code optimization. Creative solutions are needed like custom caching, metrics tools, and leveraging new technologies to solve challenges involving large volumes of data, high traffic levels, and many daily transactions.
CONTEC is an IoT solutions provider established in 1975 in Osaka, Japan. It has 594 employees and global locations in Japan, USA, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, and Europe. CONTEC offers a complete range of IoT products and solutions, including sensors, industrial PCs, networking solutions, and predictive maintenance systems. It provides these solutions through its open IoT platform called CONPROSYS, which allows integration of different third party products and protocols in a plug-and-play manner for real-time monitoring and control from a single dashboard. CONTEC's solutions are used across various industries like building management, renewable energy, manufacturing, and more.
4. AS/400
Tivoli Enterprise
Console
Omegamon
MVS
HPUX, AIX,
Solaris
Sybase,
SQL Server
Windows NT
BMC/Patrol for
Oracle
3270
CICS
DB2
O
M
E
G
A
V
I
E
W
CandleCandle
ServerServer
OS/390, UNIX, NTOS/390, UNIX, NT
Enterprise Omegaview Bridge
TAPM-
App Perf
Recent Candle Configuration History
Desktop
Tivoli/AlertAdaptor
Sysplex,
CICSplex,
DB2plex
OPS/MVS
NOTES
6. Omegamon (Classic)
Pro's
– Minimal CPU cycles needed to gather data
– Customizable “Screen Spaces”
– Command interface with automation tools
Con's
– One screen per MVS image
– Potentially two screens per DB2 image
– Hundreds of command line options
• Designed for system programmers
• Given to Operations staff to assist with every day functions
• Difficult to learn
– Primarily used by “seasoned” support staff
8. Omegamon II
Pro’s
– “Point and Shoot” problem solving navigation
– Ability to link to Omegamon Classic screens, thus
eliminates need to have Omegamon (classic) up as a
surveillance screen
– Adjustable warning and critical thresholds
– Various analysis tools
Con's
– Greater amount of CPU cycles needed to gather data
– One logical terminal per MVS image
– “Screen Spaces” not customizable
– No automation interface
– Difficult to learn Fast path commands
– Additional installation and configuration steps needed
10. Omegaview
Pro’s
– Consolidation of the Omegamon II alerts
– “Point and Shoot” technology
– Customizable screen layouts
– Reduced overhead:
> Eliminates the need to have Omegamon II screens up
Con’s
– Drill down to Omegamon II often required
– Granularity of alerts can result in “false reds”
– No detailed historical information
– Requires Operator setup to speed up investigative process
– Limited screen space as the Enterprise grows
– ‘Sea of Green’; not good use of expensive Real Estate
11. Consolidated views by:
– Application and/or System Resources
Eliminating False Red Lights
Raising “Only” Critical Messages to a Candle
Monitor
More meaningful alerts with explanations &
perhaps recommendations.
Decrease the number of people needed to
troubleshoot.
Maintain an all inclusive Historical Event Log
Integrate alerts from “Non-Candle” sources
– ie: CICS TDQ, MQ, MVS, UNIX
Original OG Project Objectives
12. What the teams decided . . .
Provide a Critical Business Application View in
addition to a ‘physical’ or system view
Link together OMEGAVIEW Screens
Detailed problem text on top level screens
Implement an Event log:
– Console and OPS/MVS messages/commands
– OMEGAVIEW status changes
– OMEGAMON Exception messages
– Critical CICS TDQ data
– AND, what else ya got???
13. What the teams decided . . . (con’t)
Enhance the way we Processes Messages
– Capture exceptions from OMEGAMON
– Issue OMEGAMON commands and capture results
– Capture TDQ messages from CICS exits
– Display pertinent data from these captures using
OMEGAVIEW transient text
User definable spike smoothing
Maintain critical Tasks/Batch table with self
discovery processes
Viewed by Application
15. AS/400
Tivoli Enterprise
Console
Omegamon
MVS
HPUX, AIX,
Solaris
Sybase,
SQL Server
Windows NT
BMC/Patrol for
Oracle
3270
CICS
DB2
O
M
E
G
A
V
I
E
W
CandleCandle
ServerServer
OS/390, UNIX, NTOS/390, UNIX, NT
Enterprise Omegaview Bridge
TAPM-
App Perf
OMEGAVIEW Monitoring
Desktop
Tivoli/AlertAdaptor
Sysplex,
CICSplex,
DB2plex
OPS/MVS
NOTES
MQ-Series
MQSI
DBCTL
VTAM
TCP/IP
IMSplex
WebSphere
16. AS/400
Tivoli Enterprise
Console
Omegamon
MVS
HPUX, AIX,
Solaris
Sybase,
SQL Server
Windows NT
BMC/Patrol for
Oracle
3270
CICS
DB2
O
M
E
G
A
V
I
E
W
CandleCandle
ServerServer
OS/390, UNIX, NTOS/390, UNIX, NT
Enterprise Omegaview Bridge
TAPM-
App Perf
Monitoring OG
Desktop
Tivoli/AlertAdaptor
Sysplex,
CICSplex,
DB2plex
OPS/MVS
NOTES
MQ-Series
MQSI
DBCTL
VTAM
TCP/IP
IMSplex
WebSphere
OMC Gateway
Tandem, DEC/UNIX,
Data General,
Web Logic, LINUX,
3rd Party Tools
Universal Agent
17. Console Messages
OMEGAVIEW Alerts
CICS TDQ & IMS MTO
OMEGAMON Exceptions
Event
REXX
Scripts
Omegacenter Gateway
Processing
REXX
Scripts
Omegaview
Status
Database
Candle
Management
Server
(CMS)
Tivoli
TEC
Paging
Alert Adapter
EVENT LOG
Vantiv
UNIX
OPS/MVS
Omegacenter Gateway
Status Display
Candle Net Portal
18. OMEGAVIEW Alert Processing
Post status changes in color on event log
Test for persistence before displaying
– Smooth spikes
– Remove false alerts
Add text to critical/red lights-reduce navigation
Create problem record
Capture problem related data-- dumps, messages
Send notification/page via OPS/MVS
19. OMEGAMON Exceptions & Data
e.g., CICS response groups
Post on event log
Capture problem related data
Create problem record
Send notification/page
Add to OMEGAVIEW status screens
20. OPS/MVS Alerts
Status of automation events
Console messages-- abends
Post on event log
Add to OMEGAVIEW status screens
Capture problem related data
Send OMEGAMON data to OPS/MVS
21. CICS TDQ
e.g. Transaction abends
Post on event log
Add to OMEGAVIEW status screens
Create problem record
Send notification/page
Perform automated recovery
Send to OPS/MVS for automated
recovery
22. Key Value(s) Using Candle’s Solution
Reduce time to solve problems (Seconds -vs- Minutes)
– Increase overall Availability
– Reduce the time Operations and Systems Management
staff spend checking status
– Faster response to impacts & reduced manual
intervention
– Minimize finger pointing & efficiently resolve problems
• Decrease recurrence of problems and decrease impacts (by 25%)
Less Resources and/or Skills required
– Significant reduction in Human resources
– Improved productivity and staff utilization
• (Cost of Staff chasing phantom problems)--”False Reds”
• (Potential reduction in Level 1 or 2 Support Staff)
Less CPU utilization
23. Integration, --Reduce integration effort by 75%
– Bridge together alerts from various sources
– Standardization into a Single View (Application or
System Resource) reduces the complexity & resolves
problems quicker
• Scale back by maintaining fewer management tools
• Assess impact of other systems/applications more quickly
– Automate problem tickets into Vantive (OS/390)
• 50-75% improvement in system status accuracy & logged problems
Reduce Consoles (1*)
– Efficiently prioritize issues on fewer consoles
• Reduction from 36 Consoles (18x2-Candle Views) to just a few
Maintain a History Trail of Performance Changes
– More efficiently assess Performance & Availability trends
and patterns
Key Value(s) Using Candle’s Solution
25. OG IMS exit for command/messages
OG WTO to OPS/MVS:
– Tivoli alerts
– Cut problem records
– Notify/page people
OPS to OG for OMEGAVIEW display:
– STC down out of window
– Problem reports
– Batch late
Place red/yellow/green lights under OG
control to eliminate false reds
Suggested Follow-on (con’t)
26. IMS MTO
Process responses from IMS commands
– Better control of IPLs
• How many MPPs/BMPs still active?
Suppress entry of commands on IMS
master terminal!
– No more (potentially serious) impact from
commands such as:
• /DIS NODE *
27. Suggested Follow-on
Complete application view
CIS UNIX:
– Tivoli alerts via Alert Adapter
– CCC for UNIX
– UNIX interface via OG sockets
CIS MQ
– CCC for MQ
– MQ process monitoring
28. Benefits of Omegacenter Gateway
Reduce false reds: Persistance
Spike smoothing
Task list
Problem analysis: Historical event log
Faster problem resolution: Additional data sources
Text on screen
Less zooming
Historical event log
Notification and ticketing via
OPS/MVS
Automatic documentation gathering