Planning an upgrade or installation

Before installing or upgrading the components of Tivoli® Management Services and the OMEGAMON® XE monitoring agent products, consider the basic requirements for an installation or upgrade and the effects of a mixed-version environment on globalization and data presentation. For an upgrade, you must also decide which upgrade path to follow after considering these basic requirements.

The information in this section applies to the components of Tivoli Management Services installed on z/OS and to all the products in the OMEGAMON version 5.3.0 family of products. For an upgrade, this information makes the following assumptions:

  • Version 4.2.0 or later of the OMEGAMON XE monitoring agents that you want to upgrade are currently installed.
  • The Tivoli Management Services components are being upgraded to V6.3.0 Fix Pack 2, or above.

You can find product-specific upgrade information in the following locations:

You can use the Shopz website to order mainframe products and maintenance (also known as program temporary fixes or PTFs). The primary product fulfillment mechanism is physical media, but electronic CBPDOs (Custom-Built Product Delivery Offerings) are available. Maintenance is available on physical tape or electronically on the Shopz website.

For information about ordering products and maintenance through the Shopz website, see technote Ordering Products and Maintenance Through Shop zSeries.