A complete understanding of your CICS application

Introduction

► What is Rocket C\Prof?

• Multiple trace capture modes
• Import CICS auxiliary trace data sets and dump files
• Enterprise-wide data capture and control
• Measurement across the application lifecycle
• A complete understanding of your CICS application

Minimum operating requirements

About this document

Initial Setup

► Getting started

• Before you begin
• Setup procedure

For C\Prof ISPF users and systems administrators

► Enterprise-wide data collection and analysis

• ► Profiling CICS transactions
  • Recording the CICS internal trace for transaction profiling
  • Displaying transactions recorded in a CICS region
  • Browsing the transaction list
  • Diving into transaction and program detail
• ► Creating and analyzing C\Prof auxiliary trace data sets
  • Taking a snapshot of the CICS internal trace
  • Recording to auxiliary trace data sets
  • Opening registered auxiliary trace data sets
  • Browsing trace entries
  • Importing auxiliary trace data sets into the profiler
• Creating and viewing your own trace entries
• Automatic problem capture with event-driven snap
• ► Managing data collection across a sysplex
  • Expanding your collection topology to CICS regions in other LPARs
  • Reviewing collection status across your topology
  • Collecting from CICS regions that use multiregion operation (MRO)
  • Splitting collectors for operational management
  • Configuring automatic internal trace control for specific CICS regions
  • Cleaning up old collection data via housekeeping
  • Configuring for optimum performance
  • Controlling the collector via operator commands

► Working with auxiliary trace data sets

• Personal view
• Registered view
• Creating an auxiliary trace data set report.

► Ad hoc batch data collection

• Snap the CICS internal trace
• Record for transaction profiling
• Record to auxiliary trace data sets
• Import an auxiliary trace data set into the profiler
• Create an auxiliary trace data set from a CICS dump using IPCS

► Collector reference

• Sample JCL
• ► Configuration files
  • Discover CICS regions and create a configuration file
  • Performing a syntax check of your configuration file
  • ► Collection modes (modes of operation)
    • Multi-user data collection (SERVER)
    • Ad hoc batch data collection
  • Control statement summary
• ► Control statement reference
  • ► Control statements for managing archive and auxiliary trace data sets
    • CHECKPT=data-set-name
    • ARCHDSN=pattern
    • AUXTRSW=option
    • +PREFIX=data-set-name-prefix
    • SUMMARY, DETAIL, and AUXILIARY
    • OUTDD=ddname-pattern
    • BLKSIZE=value
    • INDD=pattern
  • ► Control statements to define CICS regions and assign groups
    • CICS=jobname
    • GROUP=name and GROUPEND
  • ► Control statements for client request processing
    • SOCKET=zFS-path-name
    • PERMISSIONS=octal-numeric-value
    • XCFGROUP=group-name
    • MAXDURATION=value units
    • WRAP
  • ► Control statements for collector startup and shutdown
    • SERVICE=service-class-name
    • LIMIT=value units
  • ► Control statements that set the level of detail for profiling
    • LEVEL=value
    • SIZE=value
  • ► Control statements for internal trace data collection and control
    • TRACECONTROL
    • ACTIVATETRACE=(level [,START [,upsize][,recording-mode])
    • RESETTRACE=(level [,RESET] | [,STOP | START [,downsize]])
    • STNTRxx=level
  • ► Control statements for transaction filtering
    • TRAN=(name1,name2, )
    • EXCLUDETRAN=(name1,name2, )
    • PROGRAM=(name1,name1,...)
    • RESPONSE=(minimum,maximum)
    • ABEND=option
  • ► Control statements for multiregion operation (MRO)
    • MRO=YES | NO
  • ► Additional control statements
    • WORKFILE

For C\Prof Web UI users

► C\Prof Web UI

• Logging on and off
• Selecting a region layout
• Recording CICS transactions
• ► Analyzing recorded transactions
  • Transaction list
  • Application and trace events
  • Program analysis
• Taking a snap of the CICS internal trace
• Column configurations

References

► Troubleshooting

• Messages and Codes

► Web UI application server

• Starting and stopping
• Configuration
• Generating a keyring

Glossary

Summary of changes