MainView for IMS Online (Version 5.1.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 14-Dec-2017
End Of Support Date : 14-Dec-2019

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 5.1.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
10-Oct-2019 (ID 781) MainView Infrastructure: An integrity issue affects all MainView products when you invoke them using the MainView CLIST PDF
07-Oct-2019 UPDATED (ID 761) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
04-Oct-2019 (ID 773) MainView products using a LOAD library in their address spaces might experience errors PDF
11-Jul-2019 (ID 718) MainView Logger: NGL might cause serious problems in the DBC address space, including loops and abends PDF
18-Apr-2019 UPDATED (ID 661) All products that run in the DBC component: An abend in BBM0ZLCS or OSZXCNSL might cause a storage overlay problem in the private area of the DBC address space PDF
11-Apr-2019 (ID 653) All MainView products: An abend in BBM0ZLCS or OSZXCNSL might cause a storage overlay problem in the private area of the DBC address space PDF
11-Jan-2019 MainView Infrastructure: UPDATED MainView Alternate Access does not operate if IBM PTF UA98016 or UA98017 is applied PDF
20-Dec-2018 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alternate Access does not operate if IBM PTF UA98016 or UA98017 is applied PDF
07-Jun-2018 MainView for IMS Management, MainView for IMS Online, and MainView for DBCTL: An LPAR system outage can occur due to an overlay of PSA storage PDF
05-Oct-2017 MainView for IMS Online and MainView for DBCTL Flash: An IMS Control region abend can occur because of an abend in the IMEDTRCx module PDF
05-Oct-2017 MainView for IMS Online and MainView for DBCTL Flash: An IMS Control region abend can occur because of an abend in the IMERATIx module PDF
14-Jun-2016 BMC Runtime Component System: Applying PTF BP00336 or BP00337 when using CA ACF2 Release 15, or using CA ACF2 Version 16 without applying the PTFs, will cause a security failure to occur in MainView products PDF
14-Apr-2016 MainView Infrastructure: An expired certificate causes Java Security to block access to MainView Explorer PDF
29-Jan-2016 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY0926 causes MVE to use incorrect credentials to access views and data PDF
29-May-2015 MainView Products: A performance issue occurs when running MainView products on an IBM z13 processor PDF
01-Oct-2014 MainView Infrastructure: A storage overlay might occur if the PAS experiences an S878 abend or other short-on-storage condition. PDF
10-Sep-2014 Updated - MainView Infrastructure: MainView address spaces might stall during initialization, hang during execution, or abend. PDF
23-May-2014 MainView products for IMS and for DBCTL: A S0C4-38 abend can occur in module IMEILOGx PDF
24-Apr-2014 MainView products for IMS and for DBCTL: An S0C4-3B abend can occur in module IMEILOGx PDF
15-Apr-2014 BMC Software is alerting users to a serious issue where some BMC Products and services might be vulnerable to the OpenSSL flaw known as Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160). PDF |
12-Mar-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PUT 1302B or PTF BQY0301or BQY0302 might create a security exposure PDF
Technical Bulletin
03-Jan-2020 (ID 834) Maintenance: RSL2001 and RSL2001C are available PDF
17-Dec-2019 (ID 786) Maintenance: BMC now supports IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER for BMC mainframe products PDF
06-Nov-2019 (ID 801) An outage is scheduled for filedownload.bmc.com services, BMC ISR, and EPD PDF
17-Oct-2019 (ID 750) MainView Alternate Access now includes a TIMEOUT parameter PDF
10-Oct-2019 (ID 782) MainView Infrastructure: A new REST API allows users to access MainView data from outside of MainView. This enables using MainView dat in other tools for reporting and analysis. PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 772) RSL1910 is available PDF
19-Sep-2019 (ID 724) MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alarm Management deployment enhancements are now available PDF
05-Sep-2019 (ID 737) MainView Explorer now includes a TIMEOUT parameter PDF
04-Sep-2019 (ID 736) Installation and maintenance: Scheduled outage for filedownload.bmc.com services and BMC ISR, server changes, and new EV SSL certificate PDF
30-Aug-2019 (ID 752) Customer Support: BMC is announcing a new method for sending information to Customer Support PDF
08-Aug-2019 (ID 692) A utility to extract records for offloaded BBI-SS PAS journal data sets to CSV formatted data sets is available PDF
07-Aug-2019 (ID 735) All supported BMC mainframe products: You can now use your favorite search engine to find information in BMC product documentation PDF
03-Jul-2019 (ID 710) Maintenance: RSL1907 and RSL1907C are available PDF
05-Jun-2019 (ID 681) New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 3, 2019 PDF
07-May-2019 (ID 666) MainView Infrastructure: An S0C4 abend may occur in MainView identified as ????????(????????+********) PDF
01-May-2019 UPDATED (ID 664) MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY1876, BQY1877, or BQY1878 can delay PAS initialization PDF
15-Apr-2019 (ID 590) MainView Infrastructure: Issuing IBM MVS MODIFY commands to obtain version information might cause a security issue PDF
03-Apr-2019 (ID 642) Maintenance — RSL1904 is available PDF
27-Mar-2019 Applying PTF BQY1876, BQY1877, or BQY1878 can delay PAS initialization PDF
17-Jan-2019 MainView Infrastructure now supports TCP/IP encryption PDF
03-Jan-2019 RSL1901 and RSL1901C are available PDF
24-Dec-2018 BMC ISR extract job $E05XTRT and retrieve job $J05RETV are missing the COPYSTEP and SFTP steps PDF
04-Oct-2018 Maintenance: RSL1810 is available PDF
13-Sep-2018 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Explorer can now be launched from a stand-alone package PDF
03-Jul-2018 Maintenance: RSL1807 and RSL1807C are available PDF
21-Jun-2018 MainView Infrastructure: After applying PTF BQY1469 or BQY1470, MainView Logger logs all WTOs, regardless of the WTOLOG or LOGWTO parameter setting PDF
30-May-2018 Announcing support for FIXCAT categories for Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF
05-Apr-2018 Maintenance: RSL1804 is available PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
03-Jan-2018 Maintenance: RSL1801 and RSL1801C are available PDF
14-Dec-2017 MainView Explorer hangs when MVI host server restarted with SSL=N PDF
14-Dec-2017 MainView Infrastructure December 2017 enhancements for version 6.2 are available 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
05-Oct-2017 QM002280140 MainView Infrastructure now reduces Data Dictionary overhead in metrics-related views 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
28-Sep-2017 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Explorer can now graph to a secondary Y-axis scale and integrate with IBM z/OSMF PDF
06-Jul-2017 Maintenance: RSL1707 and RSL1707C are available 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
08-Jun-2017 MainView for IMS: An abend in the IBM IMS control region can occur after you apply PTF BQI2262 or BQI2263 PDF
18-May-2017 MainView for IMS: CORT data might be missing in some CORT (IDLTR*) views, which could also increase the CPU utilization in the PAS PDF
27-Apr-2017 Quicker and easier access to BMC mainframe product documentation is now available PDF
04-Apr-2017 Maintenance: RSL1704 is available PDF
10-Feb-2017 RTCS: The OSZHTML hypertext document library in the RTCS subsystem start-up procedure is no longer required PDF
02-Feb-2017 MainView for IMS: CORT data might be missing in some CORT (IDLTR*) views PDF
01-Feb-2017 MainView Infrastructure: MVALARM 2.1 will be no longer available with MainView Infrastructure 6.2 PDF
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available PDF
08-Dec-2016 MainView for IMS products: An abend can occur in the Event Collector during a transaction call PDF
03-Oct-2016 Maintenance: RSL1610 is available PDF
22-Sep-2016 MainView for IMS: BMC is announcing a change that affects users who use the IENRLOGT view PDF
18-Aug-2016 BMC ISR: BMC has scheduled an outage for BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) PDF
06-Jul-2016 Installation System: RSL1607 and RSL1607C are available PDF
16-Jun-2016 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 6, 2016 PDF
06-May-2016 MainView for IMS: A storage overlay might occur in the IMS control region when the product accesses an IAPPC view while an APPC transaction is using IBM DB2 resources PDF
01-May-2016 MainView Infrastructure: When browsers phase out support for NPAPI plugins, MainView Explorer will not run as an applet in those browsers PDF
18-Mar-2016 Installation System: Announcing release, maintenance, and service levels PDF
18-Mar-2016 RSL: Introducing Recommended Service Level (RSL) maintenance PDF
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available PDF
01-Oct-2015 MainView Infrastructure: Enhancements to MainView Infrastructure to support UIM/USC usage and HTTPS PDF
22-Jul-2015 Installation System: $177ACCF job fails PDF
29-Jun-2015 BMC Runtime Component System: An enhancement adds new commands to simplify operational shutdown PDF
10-Jun-2015 Updated version with minor corrections. MainView for CICS, MainView for DB2, and MainView for IMS Online: BMC has enhanced common OLTP product functionality PDF
01-Jun-2015 Installation System: Enable configuration and running of products from SMP/E target libraries PDF
06-May-2015 PUT1501B is available PDF
15-Apr-2015 QM001687304 UIM: PTFs erroneously made available PDF
05-Apr-2015 Installation System: New passwords for the ESD and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 5, 2015 PDF
09-Mar-2015 BMC Documentation Center: The primary Documentation Center is now available without a support login. PDF
30-Jan-2015 MainView Infrastructure: The MainView Explorer client session will now reconnect to the MainView host server automatically after an interruption. PDF
09-Jan-2015 Installation System: New requirement for MainView product installation PDF
05-Dec-2014 PUT1402B is available PDF
29-Sep-2014 MainView AutoOPERATOR for IMS and MainView for IMS: In UBBPARM member AAOPRMxx, IMSAUTH=USER does not work for IBM IMS Type-1 commands. PDF
22-May-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY0162 or BQY0171 might cause truncated MainView Alternate Access passwords or pass phrases. PDF
22-May-2014 MainView products for IMS and for DBCTL: Various problems can occur when ALLOWUSERKEYCSA is set to YES PDF
09-May-2014 MainView Products that Use the BBI-SS PAS: The PASINFO view has been redesigned to display additional information and to support Mod-2 terminals PDF
07-May-2014 PUT1401B is available PDF
02-May-2014 MainView products for IMS and for DBCTL: An S0C4 abend can occur in the BBI-SS PAS when certain views are active during an IBM IMS termination or shutdown PDF
17-Apr-2014 BMC Software is alerting users to check the BMC Support Home page for the latest information about products assessed for vulnerability. Only a few assessed products are affected. PDF
07-Apr-2014 Installation System: New passwords for the Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) and BMC Internet Service Retrieval (BMC ISR) FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 7, 2014 PDF
24-Jan-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Upgrading to JRE 1.7.0_51 causes a general exception when you start MainView Explorer. PDF
22-Jan-2014 MainView Infrastructure: External security manager pass phrase support is now available. PDF
Release Notes
13-Jun-2019 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.11.00 PDF
13-Dec-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.9.00 PDF
21-Jun-2018 MainView Infrastructure: Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.3.00 PDF
03-May-2018 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.6.00 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
22-Mar-2017 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.2.00 PDF
08-Dec-2016 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.1.00 PDF
22-Sep-2016 MainView Infrastructure: Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.1.01 PDF
04-Dec-2015 Installation System and RTCS: Announces changes and new features in versions 3.0.00 and 2.1.00, respectively PDF
06-May-2015 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.10 PDF
12-Feb-2015 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.05 PDF
29-Dec-2014 Installation System: Updated - Announces changes and new features in version 2.4.00 PDF
30-Jan-2014 MainView for IMS Online: Announces changes and new features in version 5.1.00 PDF
19-Oct-2012 Revised - Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.1.00. PDF
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
14-Dec-2017 Online documentation for MainView for IMS Management HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
BMC Infrastructure Components Administration Guide 08-Dec-2016 PDF
BMC Infrastructure Components Administration Guide 01-May-2016 PDF
BMC Runtime Component System Configuration and Administration Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Sep-2016 PDF
MainView Alarm Management User Guide 23-Mar-2017 PDF
MainView Alarm Management User Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView Alarm Manager User Guide Version 2.1 14-May-2004 PDF
MainView Alternate Access Implementation and User Guide Version 5.0 15-Dec-2005 PDF
MainView Customization Reference Manual 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Infrastructure 6.2 space (11,745 KB) 16-Sep-2018 PDF
MainView Infrastructure 6.3 space (11,507 KB) 16-Sep-2018 PDF
MainView Security Guide 17-Nov-2010 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Security Reference Manual 22-Sep-2016 PDF
MainView Threshold Management Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView User Guide 23-Mar-2017 PDF
MainView User Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MainView for IMS Online User Guide 30-Jan-2014 PDF
MainView for IMS and MainView for DBCTL Customization Guide 30-Jan-2014 PDF