Policies and CICS Performance Analyzer
You can use sample forms in CICS® Performance Analyzer for z/OS® (CICS PA) to produce reports that you can use to identify suitable threshold values to set conditions in policies.
Typically the CICS PA reports list data by transaction identifier. The scope at which a policy is deployed determines whether a policy applies to an entire platform or to a specific application, and transactions that are associated with the application instance.
Different versions of CICS PA provide different sample forms. The most suitable CICS PA sample forms for each currently supported policy rule type are listed here by version of CICS PA.
Policies and CICS PA V3.2
The most suitable CICS PA
Version 3.2 sample forms for each currently supported policy rule
type are listed.
1 No existing forms provide details
or counts of 64-bit task or shared storage usage or requests. However,
new forms USTG5SUM and SSTG5SUM are provided for this purpose. See Table 2 for more information.
| Policy rule type | Sample CICS PA V3.2 form | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database request | RMIDBSUM | CICS RMI Analysis, DB2 Overview | Provides details of DB2® requests issued and Resource Manager Interface elapsed and suspend time. |
| File request | FCSUM | File request activity | Provides details of the different types of file requests issued. |
| Program request | PCSUM | Program request activity | Provides details of the different types of program requests issued. |
| Storage 1 | USTORSUM | User (Task) Storage Analysis | Provides details of 24-bit and 31-bit task storage usage. |
| Storage 1 | SSTORSUM | Shared Storage Analysis | Provides details of 24-bit and 31-bit shared storage usage. |
| Storage request 1 | USTORSUM | User (Task) Storage Analysis | Provides counts of 24-bit and 31-bit task storage usage. |
| Storage request 1 | SSTORSUM | Shared Storage Analysis | Provides counts of 24-bit and 31-bit shared storage usage. |
| Time | CPUSUM | Transaction CPU Analysis | Provides details of the CPU usage by transactions and the CPU time for the various CICS TCBs. |
Policies and CICS PA V5.1
The most suitable CICS PA
Version 5.1 sample forms for each currently supported policy rule
type are listed.
| Policy rule type | Sample CICS PA V5.1 form | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database request | MPMISC | Platform, CPU/LINKs/DB2 summary | Provides details of CPU usage, program link requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
| File request | MPFCRQ | File request summary | Provides details of the different types of file requests issued. |
| Program request | MPMISC | Platform, CPU/LINKs/DB2 summary | Provides details of CPU usage, program link requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
Storage |
MPT24STG | Platform 24-bit Stg summary | Provides details of 24-bit task storage usage. |
Storage |
MPT31STG | Platform 31-bit Stg summary | Provides details of 31-bit task storage usage. |
Storage |
MPT64STG | Platform 64-bit Stg summary | Provides details of 64-bit task storage usage. |
Storage |
MPSHRSTG | Platform shared Stg summary | Provides details of 24-bit, 31-bit, and 64-bit shared storage usage. |
Storage |
USTG5SUM | User (task) Storage analysis | Provides details of 24-bit, 31-bit, and 64-bit task storage usage. |
Storage |
SSTG5SUM | Shared Storage analysis | Provides details of 24-bit, 31-bit, and 64-bit shared storage usage. |
| Time | MPMISC | Platform CPU/LINKs/DB2 summary | Provides details of CPU usage, program link requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
| Time | CPU5SUM | Transaction CPU analysis | Provides details of CPU usage by transaction. |
Policies and CICS PA V5.2
The most suitable CICS PA
Version 5.2 sample forms for each currently supported policy rule
type are listed.
| Policy rule type | Sample CICS PA V5.2 form | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database request | MPMISC2 | Platform - Misc Requests Summary | Provides details of program link requests, start requests, syncpoint requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
| File request | MPFCRQ | Platform - File Request Summary | Provides details of the different types of file requests by transaction. |
| Program request | MPMISC2 | Platform - Misc Requests Summary | Provides details of program link requests, start requests, syncpoint requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
| Start request | MPMISC2 | Platform - Misc Requests Summary | Provides details of program link requests, start requests, syncpoint requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
Storage |
MPT24STG | Platform 24-bit Stg Summary | Provides details of 24-bit task storage usage by transaction. |
Storage |
MPT31STG | Platform 31-bit Stg Summary | Provides details of 31-bit task storage usage by transaction. |
Storage |
MPT64STG | Platform 64-bit Stg Summary | Provides details of 64-bit task storage usage by transaction. |
Storage |
MPSHRSTG | Platform shared Stg Summary | Provides details of 24-bit, 31-bit, and 64-bit shared storage usage by transaction. |
| Syncpoint request | MPMISC2 | Platform - Misc Requests Summary | Provides details of program link requests, start requests, syncpoint requests, and DB2 requests by transaction. |
| TD Queue request | MPTDRQ | Platform - TD Request Summary | Provides details of the different types of transient data queue requests by transaction. |
| Time | MPMISC1 | Platform - Response/CPU Summary | Provides details of response time and CPU usage by transaction. |
| TS Queue request | MPTSRQ | Platform - TS Request Summary | Provides details of the different types of temporary storage queue requests by transaction. |