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by Ryotaroh Sawada, Mark Noonan, Stephen Barton, Karla Arndt, Karan Singh, Frank Ky
Extending z/OS System Management Functions with IBM zAware
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Notices
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Preface
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Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM zAware
1.1 The role of zAware in maximizing availability
1.2 Challenges faced by IT departments
1.2.1 Keeping up with changing technologies and skills
1.2.2 Keeping up with product changes
1.2.3 Ensuring products are configured appropriately
1.2.4 Analytics can help address these issues
1.3 Overview of IBM zAware
1.3.1 Architecture of IBM zAware
1.3.2 Transporting messages to IBM zAware application
1.3.3 Priming IBM zAware with message data
1.3.4 Creating the behavioral model
1.3.5 Viewing the results of IBM zAware analysis
1.4 Layout of this book
Chapter 2. IBM z/OS system management functions
2.1 Overview of System z system management functions
2.1.1 z/OS component functions
2.2 IBM z/OS Management Facility
2.2.1 z/OSMF tasks
2.2.2 z/OSMF Incident Log
2.3 IBM Health Checker for z/OS
2.3.1 Getting the most out of IBM Health Checker for z/OS
2.4 Runtime Diagnostics
2.4.1 Invoking Runtime Diagnostics
2.4.2 Component analysis
2.4.3 Global resource contention
2.4.4 Address space execution
2.5 Predictive Failure Analysis
2.5.1 Predictive Failure Analysis overview
2.5.2 Types of abnormal behavior detected
2.5.3 PFA and IBM Health Checker for z/OS integration
2.5.4 PFA processing
2.5.5 PFA reports
2.5.6 PFA checks
2.5.7 How PFA groups address spaces for monitoring
2.5.8 PFA and Runtime Diagnostics integration
2.5.9 Achieving maximum benefit from PFA
2.6 IBM System z Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter
2.6.1 Preparing IBM zAware for use
2.6.2 Using IBM zAware
2.6.3 Achieving maximum benefit from IBM zAware
2.7 Message analysis with the various functions and products
2.7.1 Runtime Diagnostics critical message analysis
2.7.2 PFA message arrival rate check
2.7.3 IBM zAware message analysis
2.7.4 Comparison summary
2.8 Additional tips to achieve high availability
2.9 Sample scenarios
2.9.1 The system is unresponsive
2.9.2 A sysplex problem exists in which all LPARs are affected
2.9.3 Software changes have been made to your system
2.9.4 IBM zAware detects an anomaly
2.9.5 PFA message arrival rate check exception issued for a high rate
2.9.6 PFA exception issued for a low rate
2.9.7 PFA exception issued for a high SMF arrival or high ENQ request rate
2.9.8 Runtime Diagnostics message event detected
2.9.9 PFA and Runtime Diagnostics examples
Chapter 3. Planning for an IBM zAware implementation
3.1 Planning overview
3.2 Selecting which systems to monitor with IBM zAware
3.3 Hardware resources
3.3.1 CPU capacity
3.3.2 Network connectivity
3.3.3 DASD storage
3.3.4 z/OS requirements
3.4 Technical resources
3.4.1 Hardware Management Console
3.4.2 z/OS MVS
3.4.3 Network
3.4.4 Security
3.5 Using IBM zAware
3.6 Monitoring IBM zAware availability
3.7 Accessing the IBM zAware GUI
Chapter 4. IBM zAware installation
4.1 Overview of the IBM zAware installation process
4.2 IBM zAware LPAR
4.3 Network
4.4 Security considerations
4.4.1 RACF definition on the monitored systems
4.4.2 User authentication to use the IBM zAware GUI
4.4.3 LDAP setup
4.5 Prepare System Logger
4.6 Connecting to IBM zAware
4.7 Bulk Data Load Utility
Chapter 5. Maintaining and managing IBM zAware
5.1 Managing IBM zAware components
5.2 Starting and stopping the IBM zAware application
5.2.1 Starting and stopping the IBM zAware Analytics Engine
5.2.2 IBM zAware LPAR automation considerations
5.2.3 IBM zAware support for dynamic configuration changes
5.3 Managing IBM zAware disks
5.3.1 User ID authority requirements
5.3.2 Adding disks to the IBM zAware configuration
5.3.3 Removing disks from the IBM zAware configuration
5.3.4 Backing up the IBM zAware file system
5.3.5 Sharing disks between IBM zAware LPARs
5.3.6 Backup IBM zAware LPARs
5.4 Managing connections from monitored clients
5.5 Maintaining IBM zAware data
5.5.1 Bulk Data Load Utility
5.5.2 Creating and updating the system model
5.5.3 Moving systems between sysplexes in IBM zAware
5.5.4 Data management granularity
5.6 Managing IBM zAware firmware
5.7 Disaster recovery considerations
5.8 Daily and weekly management tasks
5.8.1 Daily management tasks
5.8.2 Weekly management tasks
5.9 Checklist for adding a monitored client
5.10 System Logger commands for IBM zAware support
5.10.1 IBM zAware messages
5.11 Problem determination for IBM zAware
5.11.1 Problems during IBM zAware initial setup
5.11.2 Confirming connectivity to IBM zAware
5.11.3 Checking for problem notifications on the IBM zAware GUI
5.11.4 Sending diagnostic information to IBM
Chapter 6. Integrating IBM zAware with other IBM products
6.1 Introduction
6.2 z/OSMF
6.3 IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS
6.3.1 Using the ZAI sample programs
6.3.2 Using the information retrieved from the IBM zAware API
6.4 IBM zAware Application Programming Interface
Appendix A. Syslog Message Analysis Program
Message Analysis Program
Capacity planning
Determining ability to build a model
Appendix B. Activating TCP/IP AT-TLS
Impact of AT-TLS on TCP/IP startup
AT-TLS policy for IBM zAware certificate
Adding the IBM zAware certificate to the RACF SITE keyring
Creating the client certificate for the system
AT-TLS policy file details
Appendix C. Using automation to monitor IBM zAware connections
Querying the status of connections to IBM zAware
Appendix D. Problem determination sample
Diagnosing System Logger connection errors
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