Rocket® C\Prof

About this document

This user's guide is divided into the following parts:

Provides an overview of the product, its unique features, and the ways in which it may be used in both development environments and in production.

Getting started

Describes the setup procedures used by systems administrators to get up and running with C\Prof.

FOR ISPF USERS AND SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS

After you have set up the product, systems administrators and ISPF users can use the following sections to profile CICS transactions, take snapshots, load auxiliary trace data sets, and conduct further configuration of the C\Prof collection server as required.

Enterprise-wide data collection and analysis

Shows you how to use the C\Prof collection server for data collection and analysis across your organization. Use the transaction profiler to navigate through a transaction to understand its behavior and flow, examine application calls and response codes, and drill down to trace events. Establish MRO groups, expand your collection to multiple LPARs, and set up automatic problem capture with event-driven snapshot.

Working with auxiliary trace data sets

If you are working with auxiliary trace data sets, this chapter shows you how to use the C\Prof trace viewer to open the trace, and how to import trace entries into the C\Prof transaction profiler for advanced analysis. If you use the CICS auxiliary trace facility, you can view its output using C\Prof to gain new insights on old problems.

Ad hoc batch data collection

Provides information on generating JCL for ad hoc batch data collection requests. If you have a CICS dump, you can also generate JCL to invoke IPCS with a C\Prof VERBEXIT that converts the dump into an auxiliary trace data set.

Collector reference

Provides reference information for C\Prof JCL and control statements.