CICS Performance Monitor release 2 / [Chris Rayns ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rayns, Chris.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

CICS (Computer system).

Teleprocessing monitors (Computer programs).

Physical Description:

xii, 492 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie, NY : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Part 1 Product overview

Chapter 1. CICS online performance overview

1.1 How to approach CICS performance monitoring and tuning

1.2 CICS tools

1.2.1 CICS Performance Analyzer

1.2.2 CICS Performance Monitor

1.2.3 CICS Performance Analyzer and CICS Performance Monitor benefits

1.2.4 CICS Online Transmission Time Optimizer

1.2.5 CICS Interdependency Analyzer

1.2.6 CICS Business Event Publisher for MQSeries

1.2.7 IBM Session Manager for z/OS

1.2.8 CICS VSAM Recovery

1.2.9 Other relevant information sources

Chapter 2. CICS PM overview

2.1 What is CICS PM?

2.2 CICS PM architecture

2.3 Minimum CICSPlex SM concepts for CICS PM

2.3.1 Basic CICSPlex SM components

2.3.2 CICSPlex SM for CICS PM

2.4 CICS PM GUI application

2.4.1 Event Monitor

2.4.2 Threshold Definitions

2.4.3 Installed Threshold Definitions

2.4.4 History Definitions

2.4.5 Installed History Definitions

2.4.6 History Query

2.5 CICS PM use of Web User Interface view sets

2.6 The CICS PM server

2.7 System requirements

2.7.1 Server software prerequisites

2.7.2 Workstation prerequisites

2.8 Post-SMP/E installation and configuration

Chapter 3. CICSPlex SM installation

3.1 Overview of the installation of CICSPlex SM

3.1.1 Planning your installation

3.2 MVS environment setup

3.3 Build the system components

3.3.1 CICSPlex SM data sets and initialization job CMZDEFDS

3.3.2 Create the CICSPlex SM CSD definitions

3.4 Coordinating address space creation

3.4.1 Editing sample CAS procedure

3.4.2 Starting the CAS

3.5 CICSPlex SM address space creation

3.5.1 Create CMAS region

3.5.2 Editing the sample CMAS procedure.

3.5.3 Creating the CMAS parameters

3.5.4 CMAS SIT SYSIN parameters

3.5.5 Start the CMAS

3.6 Create the CICSplex

3.6.1 Editing CMZBATCH JCL

3.6.2 Definition statements

3.7 CICSPlex SM Web User Interface (WUI)

3.7.1 Create Web User Interface region data sets

3.7.2 Editing the sample Web User Interface procedure

3.7.3 Code page conversion

3.7.4 Language support

3.7.5 CICS initialization parameters

3.7.6 CICSPlex SM initialization parameters for the Web User Interface

3.7.7 Server initialization parameters

3.7.8 Starting the Web User Interface

3.8 Creating a Managed Application System (MAS)

3.8.1 Adding libraries to your CICS regions' JCL

3.8.2 CSD definitions

3.8.3 System initialization parameters

3.8.4 LMAS parameters and JCL changes

3.8.5 Restart the LMAS

3.9 Security implications

Chapter 4. Customizing an existing CICSPlex SM installation to use CICS PM

4.1 Upgrade your Web User Interface region CSD with the CICS PM resources

4.2 Import CICS PM threshold definitions into CMAS repository

4.3 Add CICS PM support to your Web User Interface server

4.4 Add PassTicket support

Chapter 5. CICS PM client installation

5.1 Reviewing prerequisites

5.2 Download the CICS PM workstation client

5.2.1 FTP download

5.2.2 Terminal emulation download

5.3 Unload and install the CICS PM workstation client

5.4 Connect and start working with CICS PM

Chapter 6. CICS PM GUI interface

6.1 Workstation client startup

6.2 Workstation client components

6.2.1 CICS PM window navigation

6.2.2 Monitor window status area

6.3 Monitoring component

6.3.1 Event Monitor window

6.4 Threshold definition component

6.4.1 Threshold definitions

6.4.2 Threshold definition groups

6.4.3 Threshold Definitions window

6.4.4 Installed threshold definition window.

6.5 CMZBase threshold definitions

6.6 History definition component

6.6.1 History definitions

6.6.2 History definition groups

6.6.3 History Definitions window

6.6.4 History Groups pane

6.6.5 History Definitions pane

6.6.6 Installed History Definitions window

6.6.7 History Query

Chapter 7. The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface

7.1 Using the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface

7.1.1 The CICS PM Web User Interface main menu

7.2 View walkthroughs

7.2.1 History views

7.2.2 View menus

7.3 The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface view editor

7.3.1 Creating your own menus and view sets

7.4 CICSPlex SM Web User Interface administration

7.4.1 The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface transaction COVC

7.4.2 Security considerations

Chapter 8. Security

8.1 Associating a user ID with the started tasks

8.2 Activating CICS security in the CMAS

8.3 CICS security in the MAS

8.4 Activating CICS security in the WUI server

8.5 Getting ready for CICSPlex SM security

8.6 FACILITY task profiles for CAS, CMAS, and EUI users

8.7 CICSPlex SM object security

8.8 CICSPlex SM simulated security

8.8.1 CICSPlex SM Simulated Security exemption processing

8.9 CICSPlex SM Web User Interface security

8.9.1 User authentication

8.9.2 Access control

8.9.3 CICS TS 2.3 Web User Interface access control enhancements

8.10 CICS PM Security

8.10.1 Activating SSL

8.10.2 WUI server JCL updates

8.10.3 Define digital certificates and keyring

8.10.4 Review SIT parameters

8.10.5 Set the WUI server SSL initialization parameters

8.10.6 Update the CICS PM TCPIPSERVICE

8.10.7 Using SSL with the CICS PM client

8.10.8 Using SSL with the CICSPlex SM WUI

8.10.9 Securing CICSPlex SM

8.10.10 PassTicket support

Part 2 CICS PM in action

Chapter 9. System setup and scenario overview.

9.1 CICS region setup

9.1.1 Configuration for traditional workloads

9.1.2 Configuration for Enterprise JavaBean workloads

9.1.3 CICS Web Support and 3270 Bridge setup

9.1.4 CICS Transaction Gateway setup

9.2 Scenarios

9.2.1 CICS VSAM problems

9.2.2 Tuning the CICS-DB2 attachment facility

9.2.3 CICS ISC problems

9.2.4 CICS storage

9.2.5 Java applications in CICS

9.2.6 Historical Data

Chapter 10. VSAM system problems scenarios

10.1 VSAM LSR high-volume scenario

10.1.1 Setting up the thresholds for the VSAM LSR scenario

10.1.2 Running the VSAM LSR scenario

10.2 VSAM Enqueues problem scenario

10.3 VSAM RLS problem scenario

10.3.1 Setting up the thresholds for the VSAM RLS scenario

10.3.2 Running the VSAM RLS scenario

10.4 Conclusion

Chapter 11. DB2 system problems

11.1 CICS and DB2

11.1.1 Overview of the CICS DB2 attachment facility

11.2 CICS DB2 attachment tuning overview

11.2.1 CICS PM monitoring of the CICS DB2 attachment facility

11.3 CICS PM DB2 thresholds

11.3.1 DB2 connection thresholds and alerts

11.3.2 DB2 Entries thresholds and alerts

11.3.3 DB2 Trans thresholds and alerts

11.3.4 DB2 Threads thresholds and alerts

11.3.5 DB2 subsys thresholds and alerts

11.3.6 XTASK thresholds and alerts

11.4 CICS PM DB2 threshold monitoring scenarios

11.4.1 Scenario: DB2 connection drop

11.4.2 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload using dedicated entry threads

11.4.3 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload using pool threads

11.4.4 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload lockout

11.4.5 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload entry vs. pool threads

11.4.6 CICS PA threshold monitoring

11.5 Conclusion

Chapter 12. Storage scenario in CICS

12.1 The CICS dynamic storage areas

12.1.1 CICS subpools

12.1.2 Monitoring CICS dynamic storage areas.

12.2 Scenario one

12.3 Scenario two

12.3.1 Conclusion

Chapter 13. Java scenario in CICS

13.1 CICS and Java

13.1.1 Java language programs in CICS

13.1.2 Stateless CORBA objects

13.1.3 Enterprise JavaBeans

13.2 Monitoring JVM performance

13.2.1 JVM-related threshold attributes

13.2.2 Threshold values

13.2.3 Threshold groups

13.2.4 Threshold group JVM_reset_NO

13.2.5 Threshold group JVM_reset_YES

13.2.6 Installing the threshold definitions

13.3 JCICS workload scenario

13.3.1 Topology

13.3.2 Monitoring AOR with Xresettable=NO

13.3.3 Monitoring AOR with Xresettable=YES

13.4 EJB workload scenario

13.4.1 Topology

13.4.2 Monitoring the AORs for EJBs with Xresettable=YES

13.4.3 Resettable events and JVM pool phaseout

13.5 Monitoring an IIOP Listener TCPIPService

13.5.1 TCP/IP-related thresholds

13.5.2 IIOP Listener scenario

13.5.3 TCPIPService status scenario

13.5.4 MAXSOCKETS condition scenario

13.6 Conclusion

Chapter 14. ISC scenario in CICS

14.1 Overview of the scenario

14.1.1 Creating a threshold group

14.1.2 Add thresholds to group

14.1.3 The Attribute field

14.1.4 Operator, Eval Data fields, and event severity

14.1.5 Save and install

14.1.6 Setting up other thresholds

14.2 Problems

14.2.1 Dealing with the first problem

14.2.2 Our next problem

14.3 Conclusion

Chapter 15. Historical data

15.1 Defining a set of history files to CICS

15.2 History scenario 1: particular transaction ID

15.3 History scenario 2: particular transaction abend

15.4 History scenario 3: any transaction with high storage usage

Chapter 16. Hints and tips

16.1 CICSPlex SM system parameters

16.2 Preventing Message EYUXD0807I

16.3 Where have all of my SMF 110 records gone?

16.4 Stall detection.

16.5 History-related CICSPlex SM MAS initialization parameters.

Notes:

"January 2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

62473330