MainView for WebSphere Application Server (Version 2.5.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 24-Jun-2013
End Of Support Date : 14-Apr-2021

View the PAC (Product Availability and Compatibility) matrix for the English user interface of version 2.5.00
Customer Advisories
Date Tracking Numbers Description Available Formats
Flash
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
24-Jun-2020 (ID 981) Maintenance: A RECEIVE ORDER job failure connecting to the BMC server occurs 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
05-Mar-2020 (ID 910) Next Generation Logger: Canceling the DBC address space while an NGL client is still running results in a loop PDF
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
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
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 |
27-Aug-2010 RTCS enters a WAIT state if you use the REFRESH,KERNEL command to activate PTF BP00123 PDF | HTM
Technical Bulletin
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
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 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
31-Jul-2020 (ID 1005) Maintenance: An outage is scheduled for RECEIVE ORDER and BMC ISR PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 925) MainView Infrastructure: You can now use the SETPORT view to manage TCP/IP static port definitions PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 942) Maintenance: RSL2007 and RSL2007C are available PDF
16-Jul-2020 (ID 993) MainView Explorer: Announcing a change to how MainView Explorer is launched PDF
02-Jul-2020 (ID 957) Technical bulletin: Common REST API basic Tomcat authentication is no longer required PDF
17-Jun-2020 (ID 976) MainView Explorer might be blocked by Java security PDF
11-Jun-2020 (ID 953) Installation and maintenance: New passwords for the ESD FTP and BMC ISR FTP sites take effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on July 16, 2020 PDF
04-Jun-2020 (ID 876) Common REST API: May 2020 updates are available PDF
27-May-2020 (ID 952) New EV SSL certificate for filedownload.bmc.com FTPS services takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on June 20, 2020 PDF
21-May-2020 (ID 922) Maintenance: Change in the PTF publication process PDF
16-Apr-2020 (ID 930) Maintenance: Change in GA dates for quarterly RSLs PDF
02-Apr-2020 (ID 879) Maintenance: RSL2004 is 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
04-Jan-2017 Maintenance: RSL1701 and RSL1701C are available 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 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
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available 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-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-Jan-2015 Installation System: New requirement for MainView product installation PDF
05-Dec-2014 PUT1402B is available 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
30-Jan-2014 PUT1302B is available PDF
22-May-2013 PUT1301B is available PDF | HTM
10-May-2013 MainView Explorer now enables you to build an Applications tree PDF | HTM
29-Apr-2013 Upgrading to JRE 1.7.0_21 causes a security warning in MainView Explorer. PDF | HTM
10-Apr-2013 The new passwords for the epddownload.bmc.com and filedownload.bmc.com FTP sites takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on May 22, 2013 PDF | HTM
31-Jan-2013 MainView Explorer Authentication Certificate will expire March 29, 2013. PDF | HTM
10-Jan-2013 Change to the PUT maintenance schedule PDF | HTM
05-Dec-2012 PUT1202B is available PDF | HTM
14-Nov-2012 If you select option 2 from the Electronic Software Distribution FTP Option Specifications panel, an error occurs when generating the JCL from the Install System JCL Generation Option Panel. PDF | HTM
12-Oct-2012 Announcing the BMCDOC utility, which can make preparing and sending support issue-related files to BMC Customer Support easier. PDF |
14-Sep-2012 PUT1202A is available PDF | HTM
27-Jun-2012 If you install BMC ISR by using merged libraries, the DDDEFs for the ABMRCLIB and ABMRLOAD libraries are incorrectly named. PDF | HTM
06-Jun-2012 BMC is alerting users to an extension of the BMC maintenance period which affects BMC Internet Service Retrieval (ISR) PDF | HTM
06-Jun-2012 PUT1201B is available PDF | HTM
28-Feb-2012 PUT1201A is available PDF | HTM
13-Feb-2012 The new password for the epddownload.bmc.com FTP site takes effect at 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on February 28, 2012 PDF | HTM
07-Dec-2011 Installation System - Describes additional issues and resolutions for version 2.3.25 of the Installation System PDF
07-Dec-2011 PUT1102B is available PDF
17-Aug-2011 PUT1102A is available PDF | HTM
27-May-2011 PUT1101B is available PDF | HTM
09-May-2011 Installation System - The installation profile data set sometimes loses data PDF | HTM
08-Apr-2011 Installation System - Describes additional issues and resolutions for version 2.3.10 of the Installation System PDF | HTM
21-Mar-2011 PUT0902B: Problems have been reported PDF | HTM
16-Feb-2011 Installation System - The new password for the epddownload.bmc.com FTP site takes effect at midnight GMT on March 5, 2011 PDF | HTM
14-Jan-2011 PUT1002B: Issues have been reported PDF | HTM
07-Jan-2011 Installation System - Announcing BMC Internet Service Retrieval (ISR). This technical bulletin describes how to use this new feature. PDF | HTM
30-Sep-2010 Abend S0C4 can occur when MainView Logger is capturing WTO and WTOR messages PDF | HTM
28-Sep-2010 MainView abends occur when certain views are used with a context of SSI PDF | HTM
23-Sep-2010 PUT1001A: Problems have been reported PDF
22-Sep-2010 PUT1002A is available PDF | HTM
19-May-2010 Announcing changes and updates distributed on PUT1001B PDF | HTM
19-May-2010 PUT1001B is available PDF | HTM
11-May-2010 Alarms are not generating alarm messages after applying PTF BPY8784 or PTF BPY8783 PDF | HTM
17-Feb-2010 MainView Documentation CD Announcement, Volume 61 PDF | HTM
17-Feb-2010 PUT1001A is available PDF | HTM
03-Feb-2010 Installation System - For the epddownload.bmc.com FTP site, the password is changing on February 17, 2010 PDF | HTM
04-Jan-2010 After PTF BPO9463 is applied, message AA1142E might be issued erroneously during initialization of the MAINVIEW Alert Manager BBI-SS PAS PDF | HTM
04-Jan-2010 PUT0902B: Problems have been reported PDF | HTM
04-Dec-2009 Adding deployment for CAS, context, and target definitions. PDF | HTM
04-Dec-2009 Announcing new and updated MAINIVEW common documentation. PDF | HTM
04-Dec-2009 Introducing new MAINVIEW Explorer View Containers. PDF | HTM
04-Dec-2009 PUT0902B is available. PDF | HTM
31-Dec-2008 BMC Software supports Enhanced HOLDDATA PDF | HTM
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
16-Jul-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.13.00 PDF
30-Apr-2020 Installation System: Announces changes and new features in version 3.12.00 PDF
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
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
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
19-Aug-2009 Describes installation requirements and what is new and what has changed in this release of the MAINVIEW for WebSphere Application Server product. PDF
09-May-2008 Announcing the release of version 6.0.00 of the MAINVIEW Infrastructure product. Product availability, compatibility, and support status are listed. Installation information is provided. What’s new or changed is described. PDF | HTM
Online Technical Documentation
29-Feb-2024 Online documentation for the current version of the Installation System HTM
25-Apr-2017 Online documentation for MainView for WebSphere Application Server HTM
 
Product Documents Language :
Title Date Format
MAINVIEW Alarm Management Guide 09-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW Best Practices: Event Management 19-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW Reference Summary 09-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW User Guide 09-May-2008 PDF
MAINVIEW for WebSphere Application Server User Guide 19-Aug-2009 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 22-Sep-2016 PDF
MainView Administration Guide 17-Nov-2010 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 17-Nov-2010 PDF
MainView Customization Reference Manual 22-Jun-2017 PDF
MainView Infrastructure 6.3 space (11,507 KB) 16-Sep-2018 PDF
MainView Runtime Component System Configuration and Administration Guide 17-Nov-2010 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 Security Reference Manual 17-Nov-2010 PDF