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IBM CICS Explorer

by Chris Rayns, George Bogner, Nicholas Bingell, Gordon Keehn, Lisa Fellows, Tommy Joergensen, Erhard Woerner

December 2010

Intermediate to advanced

422 pages

7h 52m

English

IBM Redbooks

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December 2010, Second Edition
1.1 Overview1.2 Base Explorer capabilities1.3 Plug-ins and RCP1.3.1 Eclipse concepts
2.1 Using CICS Explorer with CICS TS 4.12.2 CICS Explorer connection to CICS2.2.1 Connecting CICS Explorer to a CICS region2.2.2 Connecting CICS Explorer to CICSPlex SM2.3 Setting up single-server access2.4 Setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer2.4.1 Basics of setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer2.4.2 Changing a System into a CMAS2.4.3 Changing a system into a WUI server2.4.4 Creating a CICSplex to manage your systems2.4.5 Modifying your existing CICS system JCL2.4.6 Conclusion2.5 Updating an existing CICSPlex SM setup for CICS Explorer
3.1 Installing CICS Explorer3.1.1 Installing CICS Explorer locally3.1.2 Installing CICS Explorer remotely3.2 CICS Explorer security3.2.1 Link Security3.2.2 Credential authorization3.2.3 Security for a stand-alone CICS Region (SMSS) connection3.2.4 Security for a CICSPlex SM connection3.2.5 Using SSL3.2.6 Using HTTP Basic Authentication3.2.7 CICSPlex Security Scenario3.3 Updating the CICS Explorer3.3.1 Updating from the Internet3.3.2 Updating from an archive file3.3.3 Updating automatically3.4 Enterprise deployment3.4.1 Providing local mirrors3.4.2 Pre-installation customization3.5 Using plug-ins
4.1 Perspectives4.2 Connections and credentials4.2.1 Connection Manager4.2.2 Connections and Credentials Preference pages4.2.3 CICS Explorer connectivity4.3 Views4.3.1 The CICSplex Explorer view4.3.2 The CICSplex Repositories view4.3.3 CICS Object Table views4.4 The Resources view4.4.1 Properties view4.4.2 Status bar and Error Log4.5 Editors4.6 Creating new definitions
5.1 Navigation topics covered5.2 Manipulating views5.2.1 Adding a view5.2.2 Zooming in and out of a view5.2.3 Refreshing a view5.2.4 Resizing a view5.2.5 Repositioning a view5.3 Manipulating columns5.3.1 Customizing columns5.3.2 Repositioning columns5.3.3 Resizing columns5.3.4 Equalizing column widths5.3.5 Resetting columns5.4 Manipulating filters5.4.1 Using filters5.4.2 Customizing filters5.5 Manipulating perspectives5.5.1 Creating a perspective5.5.2 Opening a perspective5.5.3 Resetting a perspective5.5.4 Deleting a perspective5.6 Performing operations functions5.6.1 Performing a program Newcopy5.6.2 Altering CICS region MAXTASKS5.7 Performing administration functions5.7.1 Viewing CSD resources5.7.2 Creating CSD resources5.7.3 Installing CSD resources5.7.4 Creating BAS resources5.7.5 Viewing the BAS resources5.7.6 Installing BAS resources5.8 Summary

6.1 CICS IA introduction6.2 What CICS IA can do for you6.2.1 CICS IA highlights6.2.2 The questions that CICS IA can answer6.3 Description of CICS IA6.4 CICS IA plug-in overview6.5 Toolbar searches and queries6.5.1 Toolbar searches6.5.2 Queries6.6 Programs and Transactions windows6.6.1 Searching programs and transactions6.7 Regions window6.8 Properties window6.9 Supplied queries with CICS IA plug-in6.10 Creating your own queries in the CICS IA plug-in6.10.1 Adding filters to the query6.10.2 Modifying an existing query6.10.3 Saving your queries in folders6.10.4 Creating a query folder6.11 Analyzing query and search results6.12 Comparing query and search results
7.1 CICS CM plug-in overview7.1.1 Setting up the CICS CM plug-in7.2 CM perspective overview7.3 Configurations view7.4 Lists view7.5 Groups view7.6 Definitional views7.7 Creating, editing, and deleting a resource definition7.7.1 Creating resources7.7.2 Editing a resource7.7.3 Deleting a resource7.7.4 Installing a resource7.8 Adding and removing from groups7.9 History7.9.1 CICS CM journal7.9.2 History View7.10 Searches and the search view7.10.1 Specific searches7.10.2 Using the search dialog7.10.3 Search results view7.11 Cleaning up
8.1 Overview of CICS PA8.1.1 Runtime product8.1.2 The plug-in8.2 The PA Explorer environment8.3 PA views and editors in detail8.3.1 The Project Explorer8.3.2 The Sheet View8.3.3 Pie chart view8.3.4 Bar charts8.3.5 Timeline charts8.3.6 Properties View8.3.7 Integrating with other plug-ins8.4 CSV data extraction process8.4.1 Server process8.4.2 Plug-in process8.5 Database extraction process8.5.1 Server process8.5.2 Plug-in process
9.1 CICS Transaction Gateway introduction9.1.1 CICS TG products9.1.2 CICS Transaction Gateway components9.1.3 The Gateway daemon9.2 CICS TG plug-in overview9.2.1 CICS TG Explorer view9.2.2 Gateway daemon view9.2.3 CICS connections view9.2.4 Console view9.3 Configuration9.3.1 Configuring the CICS TG for the plug-in9.3.2 Configuring the CICS TG plug-in
10.1 Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS Introduction10.1.1 Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS)10.1.2 Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS)10.2 CICS Explorer Tivoli OMEGAMON XE plug-in10.2.1 Installation requirements10.2.2 Installing the plug-in10.3 Using the plug-in10.3.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Navigation Tree display10.3.2 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Data display10.3.3 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Situations display
11.1 Introduction to CICS Deployment Assistant11.2 The prerequisites for CICS DA11.2.1 CICS Explorer11.2.2 z/OS host component11.2.3 CICS Transaction Server11.3 Installing the CICS DA components11.3.1 Installing the CICS DA plug-in into CICS Explorer11.3.2 Establishing a connection to a host11.3.3 Connection types11.4 Creating a new CICS DA project11.4.1 Discovering and creating the system model11.5 Discovering your CICS assets11.5.1 Discovering CICS regions11.5.2 Checking the CICS topology11.5.3 Investigating CICS initialization options11.5.4 Viewing CICS-related spool files11.5.5 Working with CICS-related data sets and JCL11.5.6 Starting and stopping CICS regions11.5.7 Cloning an existing CICS region11.5.8 Adding a CICS to an existing CICSPlex
12.1 WebSphere MQ plug-in for CICS Explorer12.2 The WebSphere MQ Explorer12.3 CICS Explorer WebSphere MQ plug-in12.3.1 Downloading SupportPac CS1Q12.3.2 Downloading SupportPac MS0T12.4 Integrating MQ Explorer with CICS Explorer12.4.1 Importing CSQ1 into CICS Explorer12.4.2 Copying WebSphere MQ Explorer files into CICS Explorer12.4.3 Restarting CICS Explorer12.5 Managing WebSphere MQ resources in CICS Explorer12.5.1 Starting CICS Explorer and switching to WebSphere MQ Explorer perspective12.5.2 Defining and connecting a Queue Manager12.5.3 Hints and tips12.6 Migration issues and versioning12.6.1 Multiple CICS Explorer versions coexisting12.6.2 WebSphere MQ plug-in with new CICS Explorer version installed12.6.3 Locating and changing the workspace
13.1 Common Explorer connection problems13.1.1 Connection not available, CPSMAPI13.1.2 Connection must be well-formed13.1.3 Connection missing <HR> tag13.1.4 Connection error forbidden13.2 Workspace and logs13.2.1 Capturing trace data13.2.2 Tracing options13.2.3 The Error Log View13.2.4 Viewing the error log in an external application13.3 Preparing error data for IBM service13.3.1 Collecting error data when the CICS Explorer is not usable13.3.2 Searching for IBM MustGather information13.4 Plug-in specific issues13.4.1 Performance Analyzer13.4.2 CSV file size and CICS Explorer runtime memory
14.1 Identifying MQ Applications14.2 Obtaining more information about the MAIL transaction14.3 Locating the MQ Application in CICS CM14.4 Looking at performance data for the MAIL transaction14.4.1 Performance data for MAIL on CICS TS V3.114.4.2 Performance data for MAIL on CICS TS V4.114.5 Can we make the MAIL transaction threadsafe14.6 Using CICS PA to analyze the (threadsafe) MAIL application
15.1 Orphaned resources15.2 Duplicate resources
16.1 Resolving system performance problems16.2 Drilling down into transaction detail
17.1 Overview of transaction affinities17.1.1 Inter-transaction affinity17.1.2 Transaction-system affinity17.1.3 Affinity relations17.1.4 Affinity lifetimes17.2 Running CICS Interdependency Analyzer for affinities17.3 Loading the DB2 database with the collected affinity data17.4 Using the CICS IA plug-in to identify affinities17.5 Workload management considerations17.6 Creating the definitions for workload management17.7 Migrating the definitions using CICS Configuration Manager
18.1 Resource locking scenarios18.1.1 VSAM record locking18.2 Resource state manipulation18.3 Discarding resources
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