FAQs and additional resources

This topic provides information that supplements the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor 8.1.00 documentation. It contains the following sections:

Frequently asked questions

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor.

What happened to all the PDFs for this product?

Where to find information previously provided in a guide or manual

Document title	Found here in
Installation Guide	Planning TrueSight Middleware Administrator integration options Determining whether to use agent-based or agentless monitoring Defining the Agent installation layout Database performance recommendations System requirements and product compatibility Security planning Network ports License entitlements Sizing and scalability considerations Installing Preparing for installation Installing the core components of the product Post core component installation and configuration Installing the Agent and monitoring extensions Configuring and maintaining your Agent installation Monitoring objects on z/OS Verifying the installation Uninstalling Upgrading Supported upgrade paths Upgrading the core components of the product Updating or upgrading the agent installation Backing up data
Performance and Availability Extensions Guide	Running performance and availability monitoring extensions
BTM Guide	Defining transaction pathways to monitor your infrastructure
Services Guide	Working with the subscriber services Developing Creating or deleting multiple event or history template associations with the CLI Exporting and importing Monitor Console environmental components with the CLI Managing event suppression with the CLI Managing objects in the object repository with the CLI Managing policies with the CLI Managing dashboards and collections with the CLI Managing hosts with the CLI Managing the agent and extension package distributions with the CLI Testing and querying audit records Listing and revoking certificates with the CLI Managing security information with mqsusertool command line tool Managing integration with TrueSight Middleware Administrator with the CLI Exporting event journal records and handling console alerts with the CLI
Security Guide	Defining user access and security settings Using audit logs to manage and maintain the product
Operations Guide	Using Accessing and navigating the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor interfaces Defining policies Monitoring objects Working with views and dashboards Using reports and charts Working with the Report Designer Defining events, triggers, and actions Defining data rules and templates Defining transaction pathways to monitor your infrastructure Working with queue managers, queues, and channels Reviewing attributes that can be monitored
Monitored Attributes Guide	Reviewing attributes that can be monitored
Events Guide	Defining events, triggers, and actions
Configuration Manager Guide	In 8.1.00 the Configuration Manager was removed.
BTM Extensions and APIs Guide	Running application transaction tracing (transaction monitoring) extensions

Note that for this release there are PDFs available that closely match the previous documentation set, as listed in the PDFs topic.

Where do I find release note information?

The following table describes where you can find information previously provided in release notes.

Type of information	Found here in
New features (enhancements) and other information	8.1.00 enhancements
Issues corrected by the base release and its service packs and patches Issues that are currently open	Known and corrected issues

Is all the content for BMC TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor 8.0.00/8.0.01 in this space?

Yes, all the documentation that previously existed for TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor 8.0.00 (Installation Guide, Performance and Availability Extensions Guide, BTM Guide, Services Guide, Security Guide, Operations Guide, Monitored Attributes Guide, Events Guide, Configuration Manager Guide, and BTM Extensions and APIs Guide) has been added to this documentation space.

Searching via the box in the left navigation pane will search all the documentation for this release. Alternatively, look at the above FAQs for an overview of where each main section is now located in the documentation space.

Additional resources from BMC

The following BMC sites provide information outside of the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor 8.1.00 documentation that you might find helpful: