What's new in this release?
The CICS® PA
Version 5.1.1 plug-in is a refresh for compatibility with CICS Explorer® Version
5.1.1.
The CICS PA Version
5.1.1 plug-in adds further enhancements:
- Ability to visualize transaction performance.
- A change to the column sort order in the sheet view.
The What's New topic in the CICS PA
plug-in help documentation describes the new and changed items in
more detail. To display the topic, click
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System requirements and prerequisites
The CICS PA Version 5.1.1 plug-in must
be installed in the CICS
Explorer Version 5.1.1.
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Downloading and installing the CICS PA plug-in
Note: If
you installed CICS Explorer by using the IBM Installation Manager,
do not use the following procedure. Instead, you can use Installation
Manager to install the CICS PA plug-in. The CICS Explorer download
page contains the URL for the composite update site. You must add
the URL to the Installation Manager Preferences - Repositories page.
Click the Install option in the Installation Manager wizard, and follow
the prompts to install the CICS PA plug-in.
To download
the CICS PA plug-in from the
download website:
- Click the CICS PA plug-in
download link.
- Save the compressed file in a temporary directory. Do NOT extract
the file. CICS Explorer extracts
the contents automatically.
To install the CICS PA
plug-in in CICS Explorer:
- Start CICS Explorer.
- From the main menu, click .
- In the Install window, click Add. The Add
Repository archive dialog box is displayed.
- In the Add Repository dialog, click Archive.
- In the Repository archive window, locate and select the CICS PA plug-in compressed file
that you downloaded previously, and click Open.
- In the Add Repository dialog, click OK.
The IBM CICS Performance Analyzer Plugin is listed in the Install
window.
If the message
Duplicate location is displayed,
one of the following reasons apply:
- If this is your first attempt to install the CICS PA plug-in in CICS Explorer 5.1.1, you have installed CICS Explorer in a directory
that contains residual information from a previous installation. Install CICS Explorer again in
an empty directory, then install the CICS PA
plug-in again.
- You have previously installed, or prepared to install, the plug-in
at this location, and CICS
Explorer has saved the location details. Cancel the Add Repository
dialog. In the Install window, use the Work with field
to select the location that contains the plug-in to install, then
continue with the next step.
- Select IBM CICS Performance Analyzer Plugin in the list and click Next.
- Click Next to confirm the installation.
- Review the license and click the relevant radio button. Click Finish to
complete the installation, or Cancel if you
do not accept the license.
If you accepted the license, the CICS PA plug-in is installed into CICS Explorer. You are
prompted to restart CICS
Explorer, which ensures that the plug-in starts in a clean environment.
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Getting started
When CICS Explorer restarts,
the CICS Explorer perspective
is displayed. To open the CICS PA
perspective, either click the Open Perspective toolbar
icon, or click in
the main menu. In the Open Perspective window, select CICS
PA then click OK.
If you
are not familiar with the CICS PA
plug-in, help documentation is integrated with the product and includes
a basic tutorial. To display the tutorial for the CICS PA plug-in, click .
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Known issues and limitations
The
following limitations exist in the CICS PA
Version 5.1.1 plug-in:
- If your DB2 connection is secured by using SSL, the following
limitations apply:
- It is not possible to bypass certificate management with the DB2/JDBC
driver. Therefore, the Bypass certificate management checkbox in the
certificate preference page is ignored for this type of connection.
- The DB2/JDBC driver automatically chooses a default Secure Socket
protocol of TLSv1. It is not possible to overwrite this protocol by
using The Advanced socket configuration in the certificate preference
page.
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