MainView for DB2 Management (Version 6.2.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 23-Mar-2021
End Of Support Date : 23-Mar-2022

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 6.2.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
07-Feb-2022 UPDATED (ID 1548) Flash: The BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure Host Server component might malfunction and cause failures when logging in to the CRA or the BMC AMI Ops UI HTM
22-Dec-2021 UPDATED (ID1518) BMC AMI Ops products: Log4Shell security vulnerability affects a subset of BMC AMI Ops products and components HTM
08-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1342) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: An unusual error causes the BsamFile to enter a retry loop that might cause messages to flood the SYSLOG and exhaust the address space storage PDF
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1441) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2869 might cause a storage leak and failure of every PAS containing history dataset HTM
08-Jul-2021 (ID 1331) BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS, BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2, BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IMS Offline, and BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IMS Online: A storage overlay might occur in BMC AMI Ops Monitor BBI-SS PAS PDF
29-Jun-2021 (ID 1322) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: The MVE Host Server might exceed its connection limits and require a restart PDF
15-Apr-2021 UPDATED (ID 1202) NGL: Unpredictable results might occur in the Next Generation Logger component PDF
12-Feb-2021 (ID 1153) CRA: When installing the Common REST API the root directory is overwritten PDF
18-Dec-2020 (ID 1115) MainView Infrastructure: A CAS might run out of storage cells for memory-to-memory transfers when you use VTAM for CAS-to-CAS communications PDF
05-Oct-2020 (ID 1065) User Interface Middleware: A loop or abend might occur in the User Interface Middleware (UIM) Server PDF
02-Oct-2020 (ID 1063) MainView Infrastructure: A loop might occur in the MainView Explorer host server due to unexpected errors PDF
02-Oct-2020 (ID 1064) MainView Infrastructure: A loop or abend might occur in the MainView Explorer host server when opening or closing a window PDF
21-May-2020 UPDATED (ID 958) MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2394 or BQY2393 to MainView Infrastructure might cause a false alarm message with an incorrect severity level PDF
14-May-2020 (ID 949) MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2394 or BQY2393 to MainView Infrastructure might cause a false alarm message with an incorrect severity level PDF
17-Apr-2020 (ID 939) MainView Explorer: Applying BQY2284 for the MainView Explorer host server might create a severe error PDF
07-Oct-2019 UPDATED (ID 761) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
11-Jul-2019 (ID 718) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
29-Sep-2017 QM002344574 An S0C4 abend might occur in the DBC address space after you apply PTF BQU0425 PDF
22-Jun-2017 SLN000015399699, SLN000015401982, SLN000015404013, SLN000015406865 DB2 threads might loop if Object Data collection is enabled or if multiple versions of APPTUNE monitor the same DB2 subsystem PDF
Technical Bulletin
04-Apr-2022 (ID 255687) Next Generation Logger: SPE2204 enhancement to version 10.4.00 of the NGL component HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1472) Technical bulletin: SPE2201 enhancements to version 2.0 of the BMC Common REST API are available HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1500) BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2: An SPE2201 enhancement is available HTM
06-Jan-2022 (ID 1511) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2201 enhancements to version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available HTM
04-Jan-2022 (ID 1466) Maintenance: RSL2201 and RSL2201C are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1358) Maintenance: RSL2110 is available HTM
01-Oct-2021 (ID 1420) Technical bulletin: SPE2110 enhancements to version 2.0 of the BMC Common REST API are available HTM
01-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1344) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY2869 results in a storage leak that might cause S878 abend PDF
01-Oct-2021 UPDATED (ID 1421) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2110 enhancements to version 7.0.00 are available HTM
30-Sep-2021 (ID 1401) All BMC Mainframe customers: Day-one support is now available for IBM z/OS V2.5 HTM
09-Aug-2021 (ID 1355) Technical bulletin: Product Alert emails will soon link to a notice webpage instead of to a PDF PDF
30-Jul-2021 (ID 1341) Installation and maintenance: We are discontinuing production of the cumulative RSL maintenance by December 31, 2021 PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1226) Products that run in a BBI-SS PAS: July 2021 enhancement for BMC AMI Ops products that run in a BBI-SS PAS is now available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1247) Maintenance: RSL2107 and RSL2107C are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1264) Technical bulletin: SPE2107 enhancements to version 2.0 of BMC Common REST API are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1269) BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2: July 2021 enhancements are available PDF
01-Jul-2021 (ID 1305) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: July 2021 enhancements for version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available PDF
07-Jun-2021 (ID 1278) Installation and maintenance: New password for the ESD FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 UTC on July 1, 2021 PDF
04-Jun-2021 (ID 1256) Maintenance: We are announcing the end of support for eFix PTF Distribution Services (eFix) on December 31, 2021 PDF
29-Apr-2021 (ID 1240) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2021 PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1134) BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: SPE2104 enhancements to version 7.0.00 of BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1136) BMC Common REST API: SPE2104 enhancements to version 2.0 of BMC Common REST API are available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1145) Maintenance: RSL2104 is available PDF
01-Apr-2021 (ID 1195) BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Db2: April 2021 enhancements to version 12.2.00 are available PDF
03-Mar-2021 (ID 1172) All BMC mainframe customers: New SHA-2 Global Root Certificate to access mft.bmc.com PDF
25-Jan-2021 (ID 1023) All BMC Mainframe customers: BMC is announcing the transformation of the BMC Mainframe product lines to BMC AMI PDF
21-Jan-2021 (ID 1087) Maintenance: RSL2101 and RSL2101C are available PDF
18-Nov-2020 (ID 1091) Maintenance: We are withdrawing BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) on December 31, 2020 PDF
11-Nov-2020 (ID 1086) MainView Infrastructure: We are deprecating the MainView Threshold Advisor application PDF
04-Nov-2020 (ID 1083) Installation and maintenance: An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, and web-based RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1002) Maintenance: RSL2010 is available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1009) MainView for DB2: October 2020 enhancements for version 12.1.00 are available PDF
15-Oct-2020 (ID 1061) Maintenance: Announcing a web-based maintenance request service for RECEIVE ORDER PDF
15-Sep-2020 (ID 741) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: BMC is announcing an enhancement to how we notify you about notice updates PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 963) MainView for DB2: July 2020 enhancements for version 12.1.00 are available PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 993) MainView Explorer: Announcing a change to how MainView Explorer is launched PDF
17-Jun-2020 (ID 976) MainView Explorer might be blocked by Java security PDF
11-Jun-2020 (ID 960) MainView for DB2: A private storage leak might cause abends and missing entries in MainView for DB2 utilities (UTL*) views PDF
28-May-2020 (ID 927) MainView for DB2: May 2020 enhancements for version 12.1.00 are available PDF
28-May-2020 Updated (ID 948) MainView for DB2: New hyperlinks to the MainView for Java Environments product, and Performance Reporter now summarizes records in associated VARCHAR fields PDF
10-Feb-2020 (ID 891) MainView for DB2: The table data map is now available PDF
09-Jan-2020 (ID 835) MainView for DB2: January 2020 enhancements for version 12.1 of Mainview for DB2 are available PDF
08-Jan-2020 UPDATED (ID 862) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending files to Customer Support PDF
03-Jan-2020 (ID 834) Maintenance: RSL2001 and RSL2001C are available PDF
19-Dec-2019 (ID 844) MainView for DB2: An enhancement enables you to specify IFCID 369 in dynamic traces PDF
18-Dec-2019 (ID 856) Installation: Failure to apply the November update for the Installation System results in incorrect installation jobs PDF
17-Dec-2019 (ID 786) Maintenance: BMC now supports IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for BMC mainframe products PDF
14-Nov-2019 (ID 775) MainView for DB2 now supports new IFCID statistics for zHyperLink, Insert Algorithm 2 (IAG2), and Fast Traverse Block (FTB) PDF
14-Nov-2019 (ID 800) MainView for DB2: A private storage leak that might result in storage-related abends might occur in MainView for DB2 PDF
26-Sep-2019 (ID 743) MainView for DB2 now secures access to SQL host variable data from the BBSEC member PDF
19-Sep-2019 (ID 738) MainView for DB2 supports new performance data tables for IFCIDs 376 and 389 PDF
05-Sep-2019 (ID 751) MainView for DB2 adds new lockout summary views and enables you to view data sorted by authorization ID in the BLKTRCLO report PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 699) MainView for DB2: Enhancements to the BACCTLT, BACCTDR, and BLKTRCDT reports provide additional information related to accelerator activity, and improved thread identification PDF
13-Jun-2019 (ID 672) MainView for DB2: Enhancements add new view containers and add new ZPARMs PDF
02-May-2019 MainView for DB2: Monitor views now display warning message IDs PDF
15-Apr-2019 (ID 590) MainView Infrastructure: Issuing IBM MVS MODIFY commands to obtain version information might cause a security issue PDF
17-Jan-2019 MainView Infrastructure now supports TCP/IP encryption PDF
26-Jul-2018 July 2018 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the Pool Advisor for DB2 product are available PDF
26-Jul-2018 July 2018 enhancements for version 12.1.00 of the SQL Performance for DB2 products are available PDF
20-Jul-2018 MainView for DB2: You can now specify exclusion criteria for enhanced workload monitoring PDF
01-Jul-2018 MainView for DB2: Incorrect columns are added to Performance Reporter tables when running the DPJALTER job PDF
15-Jun-2018 MainView for DB2: You can now control access to SQL host variable data in DB2 traces PDF
28-Mar-2018 MainView for DB2: When Performance Reporter generates LOAD control cards, the control cards omit columns from some statistics tables PDF
20-Feb-2018 The MainView for DB2 Management solution now lets you monitor workloads by CPU-time SLAs, and add workload definitions via MainView Explorer PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
12-Jan-2018 MainView for DB2: Performance Reporter tables now include the number changed pages written to disk through a group buffer pool write-around PDF
03-Jan-2018 Maintenance: RSL1801 and RSL1801C are available PDF
14-Dec-2017 MainView for DB2: Enhancements add support for Version 15.1 of the IBM IMS system and a confirmation prompt for confirming thread cancellations PDF
16-Nov-2017 BMC is announcing licensing permission for running BMC products and solutions for IBM z/OS in the IBM zD&T and zPDT environments but will not extend BMC Customer Support services to the virtual environments PDF
10-Nov-2017 MainView for DB2, MainView for IMS Offline, MainView for IMS Online, and MainView for CICS: A private storage overlay might occur when you start an application trace with over 50 targets in a BBI-SS PAS PDF
02-Oct-2017 Maintenance: RSL1710 is available PDF
29-Sep-2017 MainView products now support running on Version 2.3 of the IBM z/OS system PDF
06-Jul-2017 Maintenance: RSL1707 and RSL1707C are available PDF
22-Jun-2017 MainView for DB2: MainView for DB2 now supports MainView Data Dictionary views, and IBM CICS TS 5.4 PDF
14-Jun-2017 New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2017 PDF
27-Apr-2017 Quicker and easier access to BMC mainframe product documentation is now available PDF
10-Feb-2017 RTCS: The OSZHTML hypertext document library in the RTCS subsystem start-up procedure is no longer required PDF
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available PDF
Release Notes
01-Apr-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.16.00 PDF
21-Jan-2021 BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure: Announces changes and new features in version 7.0.00 PDF
21-Jan-2021 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.15.00 PDF
15-Oct-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.14.00 PDF
14-Dec-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.5.00 PDF
22-Jun-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.3.00 PDF
23-Mar-2017 MainView Infrastructure: Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.2.00 PDF
23-Mar-2017 MainView for DB2 Management: Provides an overview of the BMC MainView for DB2 Management solution and describes the key features and installation requirements for version 6.2.00 PDF
22-Mar-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.2.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 MainView for DB2 Management: Provides an overview of the BMC MainView for DB2 Management solution and describes the key features and installation requirements for version 6.1.01 PDF
08-Dec-2016 MainView for DB2: Summarizes the new features in version 12.1.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Pool Advisor: Announces changes and new features in version 12.1.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 SQL Performance: Announces changes and new features in version 12.1.00 PDF
Online Technical Documentation
04-Oct-2023 Online documentation for version 7.1 of the BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure product HTM
07-Jun-2018 Online documentation for version 6.2 of the MainView for DB2 Management solution HTM
11-Jan-2023 Online documentation for the MainView for DB2 product and the BMC MainView for DB2 Management solution HTM
 
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