I've had several people request I get my blog effort back on track, so I've decided to reconstitute TivoliWithAz under a new name IB...

I've posted before about SmartCloud Analytics Log Analysis for System z (zScala) and its capabilities.  If you are not familiar with zSc...

In the next two months there will be a series of events you can attend to learn more about the IBM z13.  Cities include Toronto, Boston, Atl...

I've always been a big fan of IBM Red Books.  Back in the good old days when I worked as a Sysprog, the Red Books were always my favorit...

Well, it's a new year and a new mainframe!  I've been on hiatus from tivoliwithaz for a while, but now seems like a good time to get...

There's a webcast tomorrow, September 4th, on "What's new with IBM OMEGAMON V5 monitoring and management". The topics to...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, OMEGAMON V5.30 integrates historical data very seamlessly into the real time monitoring interface.  The a...

The Share conference took place last week in Pittsburgh.  The focus at Share was on many topics including Cloud, Analytics, and the latest o...

When you are looking at V5.30 there are several things in general that you will find as a common theme in the new release.  The first is t...

A new version of OMEGAMON is always a festive occasion for this blogger, and the announcement of OMEGAMON V5.30 is an important event.  V5.3...

I recently had a customer ask me about how to use OMEGAMON IMS to monitor the response time of an individual transaction.  The RTA function ...

I showed in an earlier post an example of how you can use SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis with the System z Insight Pack (aka zScala) to...

On June 25th there will be what is called a Systemz "virtual summit".  The virtual summit is a set of presentation briefings on wh...

If you are interested in learning more about analytics, and more about IBM's offerings in that area specific to z/OS management, there w...

One of the advantages of moving to the enhanced 3270 UI is its ability to allow you to create unique monitoring views.  Once you get used to...

zScala (SmartCloud Analytics Log Analysis) is a tool for doing the analysis of messages coming from a variety of sources (z/OS and non-z/OS ...

Among the various enhancements when OMEGAMON DB2 V5.20 became GA a few months back was an enhancement in the e3270ui to show the various DB2...

If you are in the Chicago or Minneapolis areas you may be interested in new OMEGAMON hands on proof of technology events coming soon to thes...

IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log Analysis lets you analyze unstructured data to help identify, isolate and resolve problems. The software int...

There were quite a few OMEGAMON and systems management related sessions at Share in Anaheim.  Here's a list with links to the handouts: ...