IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer

CICS® Interdependency Analyzer (CICS IA) is a runtime tool for use with CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®. It has two main purposes:
To identify the sets of resources that are used by individual CICS transactions and their relationships to other resources.

To collect and analyze data about transaction affinities. Transaction affinities require particular groups of transactions to be run either in the same CICS region or in a particular region.

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we first provide a detail overview of what CICS IA is and what business issues it addresses before we review the installation and customization of the product.

We discuss the scanner and collector components in detail, and we then focus on the query interface and the new CICS IA Explorer.

Chapter 1. CICS IA overview
Chapter 2. Installation and customization
Chapter 3. Scanner component
Chapter 4. The Collector
Chapter 5. Query interface
Chapter 6. Analyzing CICS IA data using the CICS IA Explorer
Chapter 7. Sample reports and queries
Chapter 8. CICS IA usage scenarios
Chapter 9. Affinities
Chapter 10. Hints and tips
Chapter 11. Debugging
Appendix A. WebSphere Studio Asset Analyzer

• IBM System z10 Enterprise Class Technical Introduction, SG24-7515-02
• ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 7, SG24-6987-01
• WebSphere MQ V7.0 Features and Enhancements, SG24-7583-00

Publish Date
12 September 2008

Last Update
15 September 2008

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Author(s)

Chris Rayns is an IT Specialist and the CICS project leader at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. He writes extensively on all areas of CICS. Before joining the ITSO, Chris worked in IBM Global Services in the United Kingdom as a CICS IT Specialist.

• Chris Rayns

Em James is a Technical Specialist for CICS Tools working at IBM Hursley Labs in the United Kingdom. He has 18 years of experience working with CICS as both an Application Programmer and a Systems Programmer. He most recently worked as the Lead Developer on the CICS IA product. He has a degree in Computer Science from Loughborough University.

• Em James

Peter Klein is a CICS Team Leader at the IBM Germany Customer Support Center. He has 18 years of experience working as a Technical Support Specialist with IBM software products. His expertise includes WebSphere MQ, CICSPlex System Manager, and distributed transaction systems. Peter has contributed to several other IBM Redbooks publications and ITSO projects that IBM Learning Services sponsored.

• Peter Klein

Juerg Rudolf is an IT-Architect working in the Application Integration Team of IBM Global Business Services in Zurich, Switzerland. He has 35 years of experience in IT. His areas of expertise include CICS, CICS performance, and application integration and design.

• Juerg Rudolf

Andy Wright is a Senior Software Engineer working in the CICS Change Team at the IBM Hursley Laboratory in the United Kingdom. He has a Bachelors degree in Physics and Computing from Southampton University and a Masters degree in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford. He has 20 years of experience with CICS and related CICS products. He is the author of over 70 technical articles and papers on CICS software and debugging and diagnostic techniques. Andy also presents on CICS topics at conferences in the United States and Europe.

• Andy Wright

ISBN

0738431370

IBM Form Number
SG24-6458-01

Number of pages
306