Agent Status Workspace
The Agent Status Workspace enables you to verify configuration
of the selected OMEGAMON(R) XE for Mainframe
Networks monitoring agent and to find information about the agent,
VTAM(R), and the TCP/IP address spaces
on your system that you may need to troubleshoot data collection problems.
The data displayed is collected in real time when you navigate to
the workspace or refresh the workspace. See the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks: Troubleshooting Guide for
more information about how to use the data displayed in this workspace
to troubleshoot agent problems.
To display the Agent Status workspace, click the Agent Navigator
item for a specified OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks monitoring
agent.
The Agent Status workspace contains the following views:
- Agent Status Table: Displays configuration
and status information for this monitoring agent instance.
- The Agent User Name and Agent User ID attributes and the Agent
Group Name and Agent Group ID attributes can help you determine whether
the agent has been authorized to all of the resources required to
collect data.
- The TCP Collection Start Time and SNA Collection Start Times attributes
can help you determine if the agent configuration has been changed
since the agent was started using z/OS MODIFY commands.
- The SNMP Parameter Dataset Name attribute tells you what dataset
to look in to verify the information used to collect SNMP data.
- SNA Collector Status Table: Displays information
about what SNA data is being collected and the VTAM resources used
to collect this data.
- The Buffer Pool And VTAM Environment Collection attribute has
a value of No whenever the SNA Collection Started
indicator in the Agent Status Table has a value of No.
In this case, the Agent VTAM Application Name and the Agent PMI Exit
Name attributes are both blank.
- If you configured the monitoring agent to collect Buffer Pool
And VTAM Environment data and the SNA Collection Started attribute
in the Agent Status Table has a value of No,
it is possible that the agent VTAM application you specified with
the Configuration Tool is not defined to VTAM or that the agent PMI
exit is not available to VTAM. See the Agent Status Workspace chapter
in the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks: Troubleshooting Guide for information about this problem.
- The EE, HPR, and CSM Buffer Pool workspaces display SNA data that
is collected using the SNAMGMT network monitoring interface (NMI).
All NMI data collection is controlled by the TCP data collection interval.
When collection is inactive, the data collection indicators show a
value of No and the associated intervals show a value of zero (0).
When data collection is restarted, the configuration values are restored.
- TCP Collector Status Table: Displays information
about what TCP data is being collected for a specified stack.
- The Host Name, IP Address and SNMP Agent Port Number attributes
help you determine which TCP/IP stack is being used for data collection
for this monitoring agent instances.
- The TCPIP Address Space Status attribute can be used to determine
the operational status of the stack.
When collection is inactive, the data collection indicators show
a value of No and the associated intervals show
a value of zero (0). When data collection is restarted, the configuration
values are restored.
Agent Status Table
The Agent Status Table displays configuration and status information
for this monitoring agent instance.
- The Agent User Name and Agent User ID attributes and the Agent
Group Name and Agent Group ID attributes can help you determine whether
the agent has been authorized to all of the resources required to
collect data.
- The TCP Collection Start Time and SNA Collection Start Times attributes
can help you determine if the agent configuration has been changed
since the agent was started using z/OS MODIFY commands.
- The SNMP Parameter Dataset Name attribute tells you what dataset
to look in to verify the information used to collect SNMP data.
For a complete list of the attributes available in the Agent Status
Summary Table, and a brief description of each, see the Agent Status Attributes help panel.
SNA Collector Status Table
The SNA Collector Status Table displays information about what
SNA data is being collected and the VTAM resources used to collect
this data.
- The Buffer Pool And VTAM Environment Collection attribute has
a value of No whenever the SNA Collection Started
indicator in the Agent Status Table has a value of No.
In this case, the Agent VTAM Application Name and the Agent PMI Exit
Name attributes are both blank.
- If you configured the monitoring agent to collect Buffer Pool
And VTAM Environment data and the SNA Collection Started attribute
in the Agent Status Table has a value of No,
it is possible that the agent VTAM application you specified with
the Configuration Tool is not defined to VTAM or that the agent PMI
exit is not available to VTAM. See the Agent Status Workspace chapter
in the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Networks: Troubleshooting Guide for information about this problem.
- The EE, HPR, and CSM Buffer Pool workspaces display SNA data ,
but this data is not collected by the SNA data collector. Instead,
it is collected by the TCP data collector at times set by the TCP
collection interval. When z/OS(R) MODIFY
commands change the configured status of attributes in this attribute
table, the data collection indicators show a value of No and
the associated intervals show a value of zero (0). When TCP data collection
is restarted, the configuration values are restored.
For a complete list of the attributes available in the SNA Collector
Status Summary Table, and a brief description of each, see the SNA Collector Status Attributes help panel.
TCP Collector Status Table
The TCP Collector Status Table displays information about what
TCP data is being collected for a specified stack.
- The Host Name, IP Address and SNMP Agent Port Number attributes
help you determine which TCP/IP stack is being used for data collection
for this monitoring agent instances.
- The TCPIP Address Space Status attribute can be used to determine
the operational status of the stack.
When TCP data collection is stopped using the z/OS MODIFY commands,
the data collection indicators (for example, TN3270 Server Collection)
and their associated configuration intervals (for example, TN3270
Data Display Interval) are reset. When z/OS MODIFY commands change
the configured status of attributes in this attribute table, the data
collection indicators show a value of No and
the associated intervals show a value of zero (0). When TCP data collection
is restarted, the configuration values are restored.
For a complete list of the attributes available in the TCP Collector
Status Summary Table, and a brief description of each, see the TCP Collector Status Attributes help panel.
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