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Ask the Experts Replay: Shedding Light on CICS Storage

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Abstract

IBM Ask the Experts session on Shedding Light on CICS Storage,16 October 2013. This webcast discusses the storage aspects inside CICS including topics such as the dynamic storage areas, short on storage conditions, storage violations, and available tuning parameters.

Content

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Ask the Experts session
16 October 2013 - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT

TimeQuestions asked
00:00General introduction
02:36Technical introduction
03:39How does CICS manage storage?
08:48What does it mean if CICS is Short on Storage?
15:34What exactly is a Storage Violation?
20:18What storage SIT parameters are available?
29:59What storage tuning parameters are available?
34:27How is storage above the bar managed, specifically storage for channels and containers?
40:54Why does the CICS TS 5.1 Upgrade manual say the EDSALIM for the WUI and CMAS be set at 800 Mb?
43:31How do the CMAS and WUI use the EDSA?
45:13What is the ESSS and how are its dataspaces used by the CMAS?
47:43Open lines for live question and answer period
47:50Closing remarks
48:53End of Call

Panel of Experts:
Sarah BertramAdvisory Software Engineer in CICS Level 2 Support
Byron BaldwinAdvisory Software Engineer in CICS Level 2 Support
Andy WrightSenior Software Engineer in CICS Level 3 Change Team
Julian HornAdvisory Software Engineer in CICS Development


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Product Synonym

CICS/TS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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