IBM tools : CICS Performance Monitor V1.1 / [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:

xiv, 356 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

CICS Performance Monitor V1.1

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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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 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

2.5 CICS PM use of Web user interface view sets

2.6 The CICS PM server

2.7 System requirements

2.7.1 Server software prereqs

2.7.2 Workstation prereqs

2.8 Post SMP/E install 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 (CAS) creation

3.4.1 Editing sample CAS procedure

3.4.2 Starting the CAS

3.5 CICSPlex SM address space (CMAS) 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

3.9.1 Securing CICSPlex SM

3.9.2 PassTicket support

Chapter 4. Customizing an existing CPSM installation to use CICS PM

4.1 Upgrade your Web user interface region CSD with the CICS PM resources

4.2 Import the CICS PM threshold definitions into your 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. GUI interface

6.1 Workstation client startup

6.2 Workstation client components

6.3 CICS PM window navigation

6.3.1 Monitor window status area

6.4 Monitoring component

6.4.1 Event Monitor window

6.5 Threshold definition component

6.5.1 Threshold definitions

6.5.2 Threshold definition groups

6.5.3 Threshold Definitions window

6.5.4 Installed threshold definition window

6.6 CMZBase threshold definitions

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.

7.1.2 CICS regions views

7.1.3 View menus

7.2 The CICSPlex SM Web user interface view editor

7.2.1 Creating your own menus and view sets

7.3 CICSPlex SM Web user interface administration

7.3.1 The CICSPlex SM Web user interface transaction COVC

7.3.2 Security considerations

Part 2 CICS PM in action

Chapter 8. System setup and scenario overview

8.1 CICS region setup

8.1.1 Configuration for traditional workloads

8.1.2 Configuration for Enterprise JavaBean workloads

8.1.3 CICS Web Support and 3270 Bridge setup

8.1.4 CICS Transaction Gateway setup

8.2 Scenarios

8.2.1 CICS VSAM problems

8.2.2 Tuning the CICS-DB2 attachment facility

8.2.3 CICS ISC problems

8.2.4 CICS storage

8.2.5 Java applications in CICS

Chapter 9. VSAM system problems scenarios

9.1 VSAM LSR high volume scenario

9.1.1 Setting up the thresholds for the VSAM LSR scenario

9.1.2 Running the VSAM LSR scenario

9.2 VSAM Enqueues problem scenario

9.3 VSAM RLS problem scenario

9.3.1 Setting up the thresholds for the VSAM RLS scenario

9.3.2 Running the VSAM RLS scenario

9.4 Conclusion

Chapter 10. DB2 system problems

10.1 CICS and DB2

10.1.1 Overview of the CICS DB2 attachment facility

10.2 CICS DB2 attachment tuning overview

10.2.1 CICS PM monitoring of the CICS DB2 attachment facility

10.3 CICS PM DB2 thresholds

10.3.1 DB2 connection thresholds and alerts

10.3.2 DB2 Entries thresholds and alerts

10.3.3 DB2 Trans thresholds and alerts

10.3.4 DB2 Threads thresholds and alerts

10.3.5 DB2 subsys thresholds and alerts

10.3.6 XTASK thresholds and alerts

10.4 CICS PM DB2 threshold monitoring scenarios

10.4.1 Scenario: DB2 connection drop

10.4.2 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload using dedicated entry threads

10.4.3 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload using pool threads.

10.4.4 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload lockout

10.4.5 Scenario: DB2 transaction workload entry vs. pool threads

10.4.6 CICS PA threshold monitoring

10.5 Conclusion

Chapter 11. Storage scenario in CICS

11.1 The CICS dynamic storage areas

11.1.1 CICS subpools

11.1.2 Monitoring CICS dynamic storage areas

11.2 Scenario one

11.3 Scenario two description

11.3.1 Conclusion

Chapter 12. Java scenario in CICS

12.1 CICS and Java

12.1.1 Java language programs in CICS

12.1.2 Stateless CORBA objects

12.1.3 Enterprise JavaBeans

12.2 Monitoring JVM performance

12.2.1 JVM-related Threshold Attributes

12.2.2 Threshold values

12.2.3 Threshold groups

12.2.4 Threshold group JVM_reset_NO

12.2.5 Threshold group JVM_reset_YES

12.2.6 Installing the threshold definitions

12.3 JCICS workload scenario

12.3.1 Topology

12.3.2 Monitoring AOR with Xresettable=NO

12.3.3 Monitoring AOR with Xresettable=YES

12.4 EJB workload scenario

12.4.1 Topology

12.4.2 Monitoring the AORs for EJBs with Xresettable=YES

12.4.3 Resettable events and JVM pool phaseout

12.5 Monitoring an IIOP Listener TCPIPSERVICE

12.5.1 TCP/IP-related thresholds

12.5.2 IIOP Listener scenario

12.5.3 TCPIPSERVICE status scenario

12.5.4 MAXSOCKETS condition scenario

12.6 Conclusion

Chapter 13. ISC scenario in CICS

13.1 Overview of the scenario

13.1.1 Creating a threshold group

13.1.2 Add thresholds to group

13.1.3 The Attribute field

13.1.4 Operator, Eval Data fields and event severity

13.1.5 Save and install

13.1.6 Setting up other thresholds

13.2 Problems

13.2.1 Dealing with the first problem

13.2.2 Our next problem

13.3 Conclusion

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Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"April 2003."

"SG24-6922-00."

Includes index.

OCLC:

137342219