You are running CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS and noticed that field CHMODECT for CICS TCB change mode count is no longer used in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V3.1 or higher. You need to know what monitoring field contains the change mode count.

You want easy access to the Announcement Letters for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) and CICS Tools.

How do you automatically get enhancements and fixes for the CICS Explorer as they become available?

You would like to order a CICS product or maintenance. You want to know what options are available for ordering the product, individual PTFs, and cumulative maintenance for CICS or any of the CICS tools.

The Web services support in CICS® Transaction Server Version 3 enables your CICS programs to be Web service providers or requesters. CICS supports a number of specifications including SOAP Version 1.1 and Version 1.2, and Web services distributed transactions (WS-Atomic Transaction). This IBM® Redbooks® publication reviews CICS Web Services performance in two particular areas: MTOM/XOP: Here we focus on performance benefits that can be achieved by taking advantage of the MTOM/XOP standard to transmit large binary data objects. The single inquiry function of the CICS catalog manager application has been modified to return an image of the requested item in addition to its details. This function is exposed through a Web service. Security: There are a number of ways to secure your CICS Web Services messages. Here we look at two technologies: WS-Security and DataPower®. We compare the performance and relative merits of using WS-Security with and without DataPower, and discuss what factors might influence your choice of technology. We highlight tools that can help you to understand the performance profile of Web service interactions with CICS, such as; - RMF z/OS® Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) - IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICSPA) - ITCAM for SOA - OMEGAMON® XE for CICS on z/OS This book considers performance by using different scenarios including Security, MTOM/XOP, and the use of the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring tools to help identify problems that can affect the performance of Web Services. Spec

You would like to purchase CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA) so you would like to know, what is the most current release of CICS PA?

What releases of z/OS and CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) are compatible with CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA) V3.1?

You want to know when the end of service (EOS) date is for a CICS product. This document includes information concerning CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA, CICS/VSE, and CICS Tools.

What are the hardware and software requirements for CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS® (CICS PA) V2.2, including the releases of CICS® Transaction Server (CICS TS) that are supported?

How can you manage your CICS Transaction Gateway systems on z/OS so as to meet the growing availability and performance requirements of your business? The CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1 provides a wealth of new systems monitoring functionality, and together with the new IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG product and the support for CICS TG statistics in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA), provides you with a set of enhanced capacity planning and problem determination capabilities. The first part of this IBM Redbooks publication concentrates on product installation and customization for both the CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1 for z/OS and IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG product. The second part of the book highlights the new systems monitoring functionality in CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1 for z/OS and how it is complemented by the new IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS TG product and the support for CICS TG statistics in CICS PA. A set of typical customer scenarios are used to demonstrate the practical usage of the new functions, in the following four problem determination areas: - Diagnosing common problems - Diagnosing system slow downs - High Availability with XA and OMEGAMON XE - Historical data analysis Together, these scenarios can be used to quickly determine the root cause of typical production problems and provide in-depth information to allow you to plan, build, and monitor a highly available CICS Transaction Gateway systems to provide SOA access to your existing CICS applications.