MainView for DB2 (Version 11.1.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 08-Dec-2016
End Of Support Date : 08-Dec-2017

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 11.1.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
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
19-Nov-2015 QM001890161 MainView for DB2 and System Performance for DB2: Users might experience a loop that causes very high CPU utilization when using the Active Thread applications PDF
29-May-2015 MainView Products: A performance issue occurs when running MainView products on an IBM z13 processor PDF
12-Dec-2014 QM001862530 MainView for DB2 and System Performance for DB2: Updated: Looping might occur for certain releases of IBM CICS targets. 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
01-May-2014 QM001819288 During data retrieval, high CPU or zIIP utilization in the DBC address space might cause the address space to shut down or NGL9CSRB to abend 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
14-Jan-2014 APPTUNE and MainView for DB2: APPTUNE users who access DB2 Status reports, or MainView for DB2 users who invoke SIEDMDB from the STEDMP view, may experience storage overlays with unpredictable results PDF
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: The BBI-SS PAS might stall during initialization. PDF | HTM
07-Jul-2013 Enhanced statistics reporting can increase thread Class 2 CPU time, particularly for high-volume STATIC SQL workloads in DB2 PDF | HTM
Technical Bulletin
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
10-May-2017 UIM: Announcing support for versions 1.1 and 1.2 of TLS 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
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
09-Dec-2016 UIM: BMC is providing instructions for creating SSL/TLS certificates for use with UIM PDF
03-Oct-2016 Maintenance: RSL1610 is available 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 DBC: An improved locking mechanism enables DBC to better support the multi-use runtime operation 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
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
12-Jan-2016 QM001889611 MainView for DB2: Incorrect data on PAGESET views and incorrect PAGESET history data might occur when IBM z/OS Version 2.2 is running on your system PDF
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available PDF
03-Dec-2015 QM001890605 MainView for DB2 and BMC System Performance for DB2: S378-1C abends might occur if PTF BPD4348 (for version 11.1) or PTFs BPD4350 and BPD4336 (11.2) are applied PDF
16-Oct-2015 MainView for DB2: New security resource definitions and external security resource definitions are available for MainView for DB2 views PDF
08-Oct-2015 QM001882590 The process that archives NGL log files might run for an excessively long time on a CPU-constrained LPAR PDF
01-Oct-2015 MainView Infrastructure: Enhancements to MainView Infrastructure to support UIM/USC usage and HTTPS PDF
27-Aug-2015 QM001880813 MainView for DB2 and System Performance for DB2: High CPU usage in the MainView for DB2 BBI-SS PAS might occur when accessing dynamic SQL cache views 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
01-Jun-2015 Installation System: Enable configuration and running of products from SMP/E target libraries PDF
06-May-2015 PUT1501B is available PDF
05-May-2015 QM001865181 MainView for DB2: After IBM DB2 APAR PI06843 is applied, specific object views (OBJZ, OBJLIST, and OBJDETL) and the PSSTAT pageset view might not function correctly PDF
30-Apr-2015 QM001877512 Executing the BACCTSR report might result in high CPU use, excessive output, and S878 abends 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
19-Mar-2015 MainView for DB2 and BMC System Performance for DB2: After you apply PTF BPD4149 (which is on PUT 1402B), S0C4 abends might occur PDF
10-Mar-2015 QM001869854 MainView for DB2: Updated: High CPU usage and loss of trace data might occur if PTF BPD4162 is applied and you stop a detail trace PDF
09-Mar-2015 BMC Documentation Center: The primary Documentation Center is now available without a support login. PDF
10-Feb-2015 QM001869854 High CPU usage and loss of trace data might occur if PTF BPD4162 is applied and you stop a detail trace 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
12-Sep-2014 QM001851085 Updated: The new Dynamic Trace Facility enables tracing of IBM DB2 IFCIDs by category or by individual IFCID PDF
12-Jun-2014 If you have multiple DB2 Performance products installed at the 10.1.00 release level and running in the same address space, upgrading some but not all of them to 11.1.00 might cause various failures, such as loops and abends PDF
04-Jun-2014 BMC System Performance for DB2, SQL Performance for DB2, and MainView Transaction Analyzer: The Next Generation Logger (NGL) might fail to start, subsequently causing the DB2 Component Services (DBC) to lose trace records. PDF
22-May-2014 MainView Infrastructure: Applying PTF BQY0162 or BQY0171 might cause truncated MainView Alternate Access passwords or pass phrases. PDF
20-May-2014 QM001820379 A new Explain option can display information about whether your SQL is eligible to run on an IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator 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
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
04-Dec-2013 Updated - BMC products now support IBM DB2 Version 11 subsystems PDF
21-Oct-2013 MainView Infrastructure: MainView Alarm Manager might cause a CPU loop or a U1808 abend in the coordinating address space (CAS) PDF
30-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: Information about requesting support for the MainView Threshold Advisor component is available PDF | HTM
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: A checklist for implementing MainView Threshold Advisor is available. PDF | HTM
19-Sep-2013 MainView Infrastructure: New environment discovery views are available. PDF | HTM
19-Aug-2013 Updated - Mainview Infrastructure: Installing version 6.1 into an SMP/E zone that contains version 6.0 or earlier can cause an APPLY error PDF | HTM
08-Jul-2013 At sites without a zIIP processor, the NGL component does not start and the DBC component does not collect data PDF
Release Notes
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
03-Apr-2014 Updated - MainView for DB2: Announces changes and new features in version 11.1.00 (updating the release notes reissued November 26, 2013). PDF
25-Jun-2013 Summarizes the new features in version 11.1 of MainView for DB2 PDF | HTM
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
11-Jan-2023 Online documentation for the MainView for DB2 product and the BMC MainView for DB2 Management solution HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
BMC Infrastructure Components Administration Guide 01-May-2016 PDF
BMC Infrastructure Components Administration Guide 06-May-2015 PDF
BMC Runtime Component System Configuration and Administration Guide 14-Sep-2012 PDF
MAINVIEW Best Practices: Event Management 19-May-2008 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 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 DB2 Customization Guide 25-Jun-2013 PDF
MainView for DB2 Getting Started 25-Jun-2013 PDF
MainView for DB2 Performance Reporter User Guide 21-Jun-2013 PDF
MainView for DB2 User Guide 25-Jun-2013 PDF
System and SQL Performance for DB2 Administrator Guide 25-Jun-2013 PDF