IBM System z Advisor

November 2009, Issue 4

This month, the Advisor provides a really good, all-around read, with something for just about everyone. The Advisor includes articles about IBM® Tivoli® NetView®, IBM WebSphere®, IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON®, and IBM CICS® software.

The “Dear Rocky” column focuses on IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON® XE for Mainframe Network V4.10 monitoring agent CPU spikes -- an issue that is affecting a number of the Advisor readers. Let us know if you need more focus on this topic for next month’s edition by 19th November.

Marti’s Corner focuses on the value of using the OMEGAMON XE and DE client interfaces instead of using the 3270 client.

Thank you for your feedback this month, which is helping position the Advisor. Use the link below to let me know your views. Thank you.

Eric Twigg, Managing Editor

News and Features

NetView for z/OS V5.4: Advanced Management for IT Networks
Larry Green discusses the new features available in IBM® NetView® for z/OS® V5.4. Read more.

Debugging remote CICS applications by using IBM Rational Developer for System z Debugger
Farzi Pourmoetamed describes how to debug a remote Customer Information Control System (IBM® CICS®) compiled language application by using the IBM Rational® Developer for System z® (RDz) Debugger. Read more.

Using OMEGAMON XE for CICS with CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS
This article briefly describes IBM® Tivoli® OMEGAMON XE® for CICS® and IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS® (CICS PA). The article demonstrates one scenario in which OMEGAMON XE for CICS and CICS PA can be used together to resolve an issue and isolate the root cause to reduce the risk of the problem recurring. Read more.

WebSphere for z/OS Prescriptive Use Cases Prove Competitive Price Performance for Co-located New Workloads
Scott Harris reviews new performance trials of using IBM® Websphere® in the z/OS® environment. Read more.

News in Brief

Advantages of a Dynamic Infrastructure: A Closer Look at System z Private Cloud TCO
Many companies are finding their need for greater business agility being frustrated by an increasingly costly and rigid IT infrastructure. As a result, LOB units are beginning to go outside the datacenter to public cloud providers in hopes of lowering their costs and improving their responsiveness. To avoid disintermediation, IT needs to re-invent the datacenter by moving towards a more dynamic infrastructure. Read more (PDF, 311.2KB).

Analyst IDC – White Paper - The Proven Power and Flexibility of IMS
Many enterprises believe that mainframe technology in general and IMS in particular are "old technology" and nearly obsolete. But in fact, mainframe systems and IMS have been continuously evolving and IDC analyst Carl Olofson thinks that IMS customers should take another look at IMS. Read more.

New IBM Tivoli Security Management Blog

zSecure – Flash and troubleshooting information