CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS

New in CICS Interdependency Analyzer V3.1:

• Support for CICS Transaction Server V4.1 including all new and updated resources in CICS TS V4.1, including Events, Atom feeds, Bundles, XML mappings

• New! Fully supported plug-in for the CICS Explorer enables users with broader and less-specialized skills to access the power of CICS IA and delivers additional value when used in conjunction with other CICS tools like CICS Performance Analyzer and CICS Configuration Manager, as well as integration with the base SM perspective. The CICS Explorer and its plug-ins are available from the download site.

• New! CICS IA V3.1 introduces a new feature to capture all CICS, DB2, IMS, and WebSphere MQ commands in chronological order. The user can define up to five transactions for which data will be captured. The data is written to a User Journal, which can be defined on DASD or in a Coupling Facility. The data is subsequently written to a new DB2 table, CIU_CMDFLOW_DATA. The data captured includes TCB switch information, Task IDs, and Units of Work. The user can also define a test case name. The name, start time, and end time of the capture will also be written to the User Journal and subsequently to a new DB2 table, CIU_CMDFLOW_INDEX. This table will be used by the CICS IA plug-in for the CICS Explorer to list captured test cases.

• Enhanced! Natural support now includes the ability to see Natural program-to-program interactions, and ADABAS usage by Natural programs. This capability gives users new insight into the structure of Natural programs by extending the support introduced in CICS IA V2.2, which showed the CICS resources used by a Natural transaction. This new release will now also show the internal call structure of Natural applications and provide details of the ADABAS calls issued by them such as command code, database identifier, and file number.

• Enhanced! The Migration queries have been extended to include CICS TS V4.1 as a target release, helping to speed the process of upgrading to the latest release of CICS by identifying programs that are most sensitive to CICS API changes.

• Enhanced! The collector transaction can now collect Affinity and Dependency data at the same time. It also allows the user to change certain collector options dynamically. In this version, every time the Collector is started or collection options are dynamically changed, a corresponding information message containing issued CINT command, APPLID, and USERID is displayed; and the Collector option values are written to the CINT log.

IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer V3.1 provides numerous technology and business benefits:

• Optimize use of CICS resources including identifying threadsafe / non-threadsafe programs, isolating and removing affinities

• Enable informed decision-making on the best way to split workload and move applications to more CICS regions and speed the implementation of CPSM workload management

• Support CICS systems and application design by highlighting candidate CICS programs for refactoring as Web services

• Accelerate CICS V2V migration efforts

• The Command Flow feature delivers unparalleled insight into the execution of CICS transactions, including detailed analysis of Task Control Block (TCB) switches to facilitate moves to threadsafe, CICS command execution for advanced program analysis, and much more.

• Customers can gain new insight enabling them to when changing and extending their Natural and Adabas application inventory with confidence

• Support Systems Management processes to improve the speed and reduce cost of application maintenance and reduce the time of problem resolution

• Help fill the CICS / System z skills gap