MainView Monitoring (Version 6.2.00)

Version Support Status : END OF VERSION SUPPORT
Full Support End Date : 20-Jun-2021
End Of Support Date : 20-Jun-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
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
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
07-Dec-2018 MainView for z/OS, CMF MONITOR, MainView SYSPROG Services, MainView for UNIX System Services, and MainView AutoOPERATOR: A CSA overlay might occur if you reinitialize the BBX subsystem by using the BBXSINIT program instead of an IPL PDF
21-Jun-2018 MainView for z/OS, CMF MONITOR, and MainView SYSPROG Services: S0C4 abends might occur when PTF BPB1517 is applied and you are performing a DDR swap, HyperSwap, or DASD migration PDF
29-Mar-2018 MainView for z/OS, CMF MONITOR, and MainView Infrastructure: Out-of-storage abends or address space failures might occur when you use the MainView Logger with MainView for z/OS or CMF MONITOR Online address spaces PDF
20-Mar-2017 QM002230220 CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS: After you apply IBM PTF UA83959 (for IBM z/OS 2.2) or UA83960 (for IBM z/OS 2.1), the CMF MONITOR DEVICE sampler abends with an S0C4 PDF
23-Feb-2017 MainView for z/OS, CMF MONITOR, MainView SYSPROG Services, Discovery for z/OS, MainView AutoOPERATOR: After applying PTF BPB1407, you might experience an abend S0C4 during I/O reconfiguration or re-initialization of the BBXS Subsystem PDF
Technical Bulletin
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 1241) BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CMF: July 2021 enhancements are 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 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
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 1059) CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS: Support for IBM z15 EADM compression 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-Aug-2020 (ID 1011) All BMC mainframe products and solutions: Submit ideas for enhancements via BMC Communities PDF
31-Aug-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 925) MainView Infrastructure: You can now use the SETPORT view to manage TCP/IP static port definitions 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
09-Jan-2020 (ID 818) MainView for z/OS: Loop Check solution provides new filtering criteria in profile definitions and Loop Check related views 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 815) CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS now report on the RUCSA and the Extended RUCSA 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
12-Dec-2019 (ID 849) CMF MONITOR now supports System Recovery Boost in SMF 7x record types PDF
21-Nov-2019 (ID 793) CMF MONITOR now gathers and records IBM z/OS V2.4 data PDF
07-Nov-2019 (ID 770) CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS: Views and reports now display memory consumption data for tenant resource groups, LPAR-level cryptographic performance statistics, and synchronous I/O data PDF
03-Oct-2019 (ID 728) CMF MONITOR now records cryptographic performance statistics at the LPAR level PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 682) MainView for UNIX System Services: When a user ID invokes the SUPUSER view, RACF ICH408I messages appear in the system log for revoked user IDs PDF
25-Jul-2019 (ID 709) CMF MONITOR: The product now records memory metering data for tenant resource groups 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
28-Sep-2018 MainView SYSPROG Services: Support for five-digit device numbers PDF
06-Sep-2018 CMF MONITOR: CMF MONITOR Extractor now updates SMF records to add the 4-hour rolling average by DFSMS data set encryption and information for the IBM z14 ZR1 and similar CPU model PDF
16-Aug-2018 MainView for z/OS and CMF MONITOR: Support of Real Storage Manager (RSM) changes when running on IBM z/OS 2.3 PDF
09-Aug-2018 MainView for z/OS and CMF MONITOR: Support for Container Pricing for IBM Z PDF
08-May-2018 MainView for z/OS and CMF MONITOR: You can now view the status of data collectors in SSI mode on the DCSTAT view PDF
26-Apr-2018 CMF MONITOR: SMF records now support Container Pricing for IBM z servers, and the Tabular Report supports CSV output files and new CMF measures PDF
02-Feb-2018 Customer Support: Changes for sending files to Customer Support through ftp.bmc.com PDF
25-Jan-2018 CMF MONITOR now supports IBM z14 enhancements to SMF records 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-Nov-2017 MainView for z/OS and CMF MONITOR: An enhancement enables recording and reporting of the encryption status for CF structures PDF
19-Oct-2017 MainView for z/OS and CMF MONITOR: The products can now report resource-group memory limits and indicate Honor Priority for service classes 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
21-Sep-2017 Technical bulletin — CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS now support asynchronous system-managed duplexing of CF lock structures PDF
10-Aug-2017 Technical Bulletin — CMF MONITOR and MainView for z/OS now support 2-GB memory frames 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
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
08-Nov-2016 Product enhancements enable reporting of absolute MSU capping, capping limits for PR/SM hardware groups, and information about Internal Shared Memory (ISM) devices 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
04-Dec-2015 PUT1502B is available PDF
22-Jul-2015 Installation System: $177ACCF job fails PDF
02-Jul-2015 MainView for z/OS and MainView Infrastructure: Announces enhancements that enable you to detect jobs that might be in a CPU loop and jobs that have exceeded defined maximum values 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-Mar-2015 BMC Documentation Center: The primary Documentation Center is now available without a support login. PDF
09-Jan-2015 Installation System: New requirement for MainView product installation PDF
24-Dec-2014 Installation System: Required maintenance to select and install new MainView solutions 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
04-Apr-2017 BMC MainView Monitoring: Provides an overview of the BMC MainView Monitoring solution and describes the key features and installation requirements for version 6.2.00 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
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
25-Feb-2015 Updated - CMF MONITOR: Provides information about the enhancements in version 6.0.00 of CMF MONITOR (updating the release notes issued December 5, 2014). PDF
25-Feb-2015 Updated - MainView for z/OS: Provides information about the enhancements in version 3.2.00 of the MainView for z/OS product (updating the release notes issued December 5, 2014). 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
05-Dec-2014 MainView for UNIX System Services: Announces changes and new features in version 1.7.00. PDF
05-Dec-2014 Provides information about the enhancements in version 3.8.00 of MainView SYSPROG Services. PDF
19-Oct-2012 Revised - Describes what is new and changed in MainView Infrastructure version 6.1.00. PDF
Online Technical Documentation
22-Jun-2017 Online documentation for MainView Monitoring version 6.2 HTM
 
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