Version requirements

IBM® Tivoli® OMEGAMON® XE monitoring agents require that IBM Tivoli Management Services (the framework) and common components be at a certain minimum version. The minimum level required depends on the version of the monitoring agent that you are installing.

A family is a group of products that have the same minimal FMID requirements and the same cross-product release features. The OMEGAMON V5.5.0 family includes the following products:
  • IBM OMEGAMON for CICS® on z/OS® V5.5.0
  • IBM Tivoli® OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert on z/OS V5.4.0
  • IBM Tivoli® OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Monitor on z/OS V5.4.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS V5.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS V5.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS V7.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS V5.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS V5.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON for JVM on z/OS V5.4.0
  • IBM Z OMEGAMON for JVM on z/OS, V5.5.0
  • IBM OMEGAMON Dashboard Edition on z/OS V5.5.0
The following shared components are included in the packages for these agents:
  • HKOB750: OMNIMON Base
  • HKSB740: Shared Probes

The cross-product features include support for near-term history and cross-product embedded data in the OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface, a minimum requirement for z/OS V1.13 or higher, and support for PARMGEN configuration method only.

All members of the V5.5.0 family require that Tivoli Management Services be at a minimum of version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 on z/OS.

Monitoring agents and the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers that the agents report to must be at the same version and maintenance level of the framework. Upgrade the Tivoli Data Warehouse components at the same time you upgrade the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. If you are not enabling support for self-describing agents, you must also install application support for the highest level of each monitoring agent at the hub monitoring server, at the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, and at the desktop client. For planning purposes, these upgrade paths require Tivoli Management Services V6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 starting in April 2016. For more information, see the technote Recommended Maintenance Service Levels for OMEGAMON and Tivoli Advanced Reporting products on ITM V6.x.

The required minimum version for common components are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Current versions of OMEGAMON XE monitoring agents and minimum required level of Tivoli Management Services and common components
Current® monitoring agent release OMNIMON (Enhanced 3270UI - KOB) End-to-End (KET) Shared probes (KSB)
IBM OMEGAMON for CICS on z/OS V5.5.0 V7.5.0 n/a n/a
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Db2® Performance Expert on z/OS V5.4.0 V7.3.0 n/a n/a
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Monitor on z/OS V5.4.0 V7.3.0 n/a n/a
IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS V5.5.0 V7.5.0 n/a n/a
IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS V5.5.0 V7.5.0 n/a n/a
IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS V7.5.0 V7.5.0 n/a n/a
IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS V5.5.0 V7.3.0 n/a V7.4.0
IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS V5.5.0 V7.5.0 n/a V7.4.0
IBM OMEGAMON Dashboard Edition on z/OS V5.5.0 n/a n/a n/a
IBM OMEGAMON for JVM on z/OS V5.4.0 V7.3.0 n/a n/a
Table 2 lists the features supported by GA products.
Table 2. Supported OMEGAMON 550 family features
Current Monitoring Agent Release Enhanced 3270 user interface Self-describing agents Configuration method
IBM OMEGAMON for CICS on z/OS V5.5.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert on z/OS V5.4.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Monitor on z/OS V5.4.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS V5.5.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS V5.5.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for Messaging on z/OS V7.5.0 Yes Yes1 PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS V5.5.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS V5.5.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
IBM OMEGAMON for JVM on z/OS V5.4.0 Yes Yes PARMGEN
  1. The WebSphere® MQ Configuration agent component in OMEGAMON for Messaging for z/OS does not support the self-describing agent feature.

All currently GA products support a staged upgrade with SDA, so long as the Tivoli Management Services framework is at V6.2.3 Fix Pack 1 or higher. However, the OMEGAVIEW II for the Enterprise component of OMEGAMON Dashboard Edition does not support SDA. If you are using this component, you must install its application support data manually. If you are not using the component, no agent application data is required.