Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Product overview -- Chapter 1. CICS performance management -- 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 -- 1.3 Data used by CICS Performance Analyzer -- 1.3.1 CICS Monitoring Facility data (SMF 110 records) -- 1.3.2 DB2 Accounting data (SMF 101 records) -- 1.3.3 MVS System Logger data (SMF 88 records) -- 1.4 Other relevant CICS data and utilities -- 1.4.1 CICS statistics -- 1.4.2 The sample statistics program DFH0STAT -- 1.4.3 Statistics utility program: DFHSTUP -- 1.4.4 Monitoring dictionary utility program DFHMNDUP -- 1.4.5 Sample monitoring data print program: DFHMOLS -- 1.4.6 Journal utility program: DFHJUP -- 1.5 Other relevant information sources -- 1.5.1 System Management Facility -- 1.5.2 Resource Management Facility -- 1.5.3 Generalized Trace Facility -- 1.5.4 Tivoli Decision Support for OS/390 -- Chapter 2. A guided tour of CICS PA -- 2.1 What is CICS PA? -- 2.1.1 The CICS PA dialog -- 2.1.2 The CICS PA reports and extracts -- 2.1.3 The CICS PA commands -- 2.2 Preparing the SMF data for CICS PA -- 2.3 Invoking CICS PA -- 2.4 CICS PA Primary Option Menu -- 2.5 Profile settings -- 2.6 Maintaining system definitions -- 2.6.1 System Definitions Menu -- 2.6.2 Take-Up -- 2.6.3 System Definitions -- 2.6.4 CICS System -- 2.6.5 SMF Files for this System -- 2.6.6 Groups this System belongs to -- 2.6.7 Using masking for system names -- 2.6.8 Reporting undefined system names -- 2.6.9 MVS Image -- 2.6.10 DB2 Subsystem.

2.6.11 MVS System Logger -- 2.6.12 Maintaining SMF Files -- 2.6.13 Maintaining Groups -- 2.7 Requesting reports and extracts -- 2.7.1 Creating the Report Sets data set -- 2.7.2 Report Sets -- 2.7.3 Editing the Report Set -- 2.7.4 Specifying global options -- 2.7.5 Specifying report options -- 2.7.6 Reports list -- 2.7.7 Active reports -- 2.8 Submitting the Report Set -- 2.8.1 Run Report Set -- 2.8.2 JCL generation -- 2.9 Viewing the report output -- 2.10 Tailoring Report Formats -- 2.10.1 Creating the Report Forms data set -- 2.10.2 Report Form types -- 2.10.3 Report Forms list -- 2.10.4 Sample Report Forms -- 2.10.5 Edit Report Form -- 2.10.6 New Report Form -- 2.10.7 Using the Report Form in your report -- 2.11 Filtering the report -- 2.11.1 Selection Criteria -- 2.11.2 Run Report Set -- 2.11.3 JCL generation -- 2.12 Maintaining Object Lists -- 2.12.1 Creating the Object Lists data set -- 2.12.2 Object Lists -- 2.12.3 Edit Object List -- 2.12.4 Using the Object List in your Selection Criteria -- Chapter 3. Reports and extracts -- 3.1 Report Set -- 3.1.1 Global Options -- 3.1.2 Performance Selection Criteria (global) -- 3.1.3 Exception Selection Criteria (global) -- 3.2 Performance reports -- 3.2.1 Performance List report -- 3.2.2 Performance List Extended report -- 3.2.3 Performance Summary report -- 3.2.4 Performance Totals report -- 3.2.5 Cross-System Work report -- 3.2.6 Transaction Group report -- 3.2.7 BTS report -- 3.2.8 Workload Activity report -- 3.2.9 DB2 report -- 3.2.10 System Logger report -- 3.2.11 Transaction Resource Usage report -- 3.3 Exception reports -- 3.3.1 Exception List report -- 3.3.2 Exception Summary report -- 3.4 Performance Graph reports -- 3.4.1 Transaction Rate Graph report -- 3.4.2 Transaction Response Time Graph report -- 3.5 Performance extracts -- 3.5.1 Cross-System Work extract -- 3.5.2 Export extract.

3.5.3 Record Selection extract -- 3.6 Popular mix -- Chapter 4. Processing extracts -- 4.1 Processing extracts with DB2 -- 4.1.1 Export performance extracts -- 4.1.2 Loading DB2 tables with exported data -- 4.2 Processing extracts with Lotus 1-2-3 -- 4.2.1 Export performance extracts -- 4.2.2 Import extracted data to Lotus 1-2-3 -- 4.3 Processing extracts with Microsoft Excel -- 4.3.1 Export performance extract -- 4.3.2 Import extracted data into Microsoft Excel -- 4.4 Processing extracts with Microsoft Access -- 4.4.1 Export performance extract -- 4.4.2 Import extracted data into Microsoft Access -- Part 2 CICS PA in action -- Chapter 5. System setup and scenario overview -- 5.1 CICS region setup -- 5.1.1 Configuration for traditional workloads -- 5.1.2 Configuration for Enterprise JavaBean workloads -- 5.1.3 CICS Web Support and 3270 Bridge setup -- 5.1.4 CICS Transaction Gateway setup -- 5.2 Scenarios -- 5.2.1 VSAM application performance analysis and Transaction Resource Monitoring support -- 5.2.2 Tuning the CICS-DB2 attachment facility -- 5.2.3 CICS use of MVS System Logger -- 5.2.4 CICS access through CICS Transaction Gateway -- 5.2.5 CICS Web Support and 3270 Bridge -- 5.2.6 Java applications in CICS -- 5.2.7 Enterprise JavaBeans in CICS -- 5.2.8 Application Naming support -- 5.2.9 CALL and LINK performance -- 5.2.10 Exception reporting -- 5.2.11 Analyzing overall CICS system performance -- Chapter 6. VSAM application performance analysis and Transaction Resource Monitoring support -- 6.1 CICS VSAM interface -- 6.2 CICS VSAM RLS scenario description -- 6.2.1 RLS workload generation -- 6.2.2 Performance objectives -- 6.3 Running the VSAM RLS scenario -- 6.3.1 Updating system definitions -- 6.3.2 Creating a Summary Report Form -- 6.3.3 Creating an Object List -- 6.3.4 Creating a Report Set -- 6.4 CICS VSAM LSR scenario description.

6.5 Running the VSAM LSR scenario -- 6.5.1 LSR workload generation -- 6.5.2 LSR application performance objectives -- 6.5.3 Analyzing the current average response time -- 6.5.4 Tuning changes to LSR -- 6.5.5 Analyzing results -- 6.6 Application performance RLS versus LSR -- 6.7 Transaction Resource Monitoring -- 6.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Tuning the CICS DB2 attachment facility -- 7.1 CICS and DB2 -- 7.1.1 Overview of the CICS DB2 Attachment Facility -- 7.1.2 Functions -- 7.1.3 CICS and DB2 connectivity -- 7.2 CICS DB2 accounting and monitoring -- 7.3 CICS PA reporting CICS DB2 Attachment Facility -- 7.4 CICS PA example reports -- 7.5 CICS TS V1.3 and DB2 V7 scenario -- 7.6 CICS TS V2.2 and DB2 V7 scenario -- 7.7 Extract CICS DB2 records -- 7.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 8. CICS and MVS System Logger -- 8.1 CICS TS and the MVS System Logger -- 8.2 CICS PA reporting on the System Logger -- 8.3 Scenario description -- 8.4 Scenario run -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Scenarios with CICS Transaction Gateway -- 9.1 What is CICS Transaction Gateway -- 9.1.1 Gateway components and downstream protocols -- 9.1.2 Application Programming Interfaces and upstream protocols -- 9.2 Scenario description -- 9.2.1 Front-end application -- 9.2.2 Back-end application -- 9.2.3 CTG for z/OS EXCI scenario -- 9.2.4 Distributed CTG using ECI over TCP/IP -- 9.3 Scenario run -- 9.3.1 Running the workload using the CTG for z/OS -- 9.3.2 Running the workload using the distributed CTG -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 10. CICS Web Support and 3270 Bridge -- 10.1 CWS overview -- 10.2 Scenario description -- 10.3 Scenario run -- 10.4 Tuning your CWS environment -- 10.4.1 Storage consumption by CWXN -- 10.4.2 Conclusion -- Chapter 11. Java applications in CICS -- 11.1 CICS and Java -- 11.1.1 Java language programs in CICS -- 11.1.2 Stateless CORBA objects -- 11.1.3 Enterprise JavaBeans.

11.2 Scenario description -- 11.3 Measuring JVM performance -- 11.3.1 Xresettable=NO -- 11.3.2 Xresettable=YES -- 11.3.3 Using the shareable application classpath -- 11.3.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 12. Enterprise JavaBeans in CICS -- 12.1 CICS logical EJB server configuration -- 12.2 Single thread enterprise bean scenario -- 12.2.1 CICS TS V2.2 JDBC/SQLJ support -- 12.2.2 Initiating transaction workload -- 12.3 Multithread enterprise bean scenario -- 12.3.1 Workload generation -- 12.3.2 Objectives -- 12.3.3 Running the SQLJ workload -- 12.3.4 Running the JDBC workload -- 12.3.5 Running the JCICS (VSAM) workload -- 12.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 13. Application Naming support -- 13.1 Application Naming support -- 13.1.1 Implementation of Application Naming support -- 13.1.2 Application Naming sample -- Chapter 14. CALL and LINK performance -- 14.1 Performance testing -- 14.1.1 What is CBLPSHPOP? -- 14.1.2 CLER transaction -- 14.1.3 MCT - Monitor Control Table -- 14.1.4 RUWAPOOL SIT option -- 14.2 Scenario description -- 14.3 Measuring CALL performance -- 14.3.1 Sample MCT -- 14.3.2 First run - program description -- 14.3.3 Executed scenario -- 14.3.4 Performance list report generation -- 14.3.5 Data export -- 14.3.6 Second run -- 14.4 Measuring the EXEC CICS LINK command performance -- 14.4.1 Program description -- 14.4.2 Executed scenario -- 14.4.3 LINK transaction characteristics -- 14.4.4 LINK performance -- 14.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 15. Exception reporting -- 15.1 Exception Class records -- 15.2 Using CICS Performance Analyzer to produce exception reports -- Chapter 16. Analyzing overall system performance -- 16.1 Making a subset of CMF performance records -- 16.2 Working with different CICS system releases -- 16.3 Looking at overall system performance -- 16.3.1 Performance Totals report -- 16.3.2 Performance Summary report.

16.3.3 Performance List Extended report.