Changes for Version 5 Release 2
CICS IA V5.2 delivers a wide range of important new capabilities.
Dependency collector optimization
For the dependency collector, you can specify that only a subset of collectable tasks is collected. The Trigger for Task Collection option is added to the General options panel to provide this facility.
- The total number of any new dependencies and total number of any new resources that are found when the dependency collector runs is written to the CINT log.
- A new Collector Statistics Menu is provided to assist you to determine how much data and what type of data you have collected.
Affinity Analysis in the CICS IA Version 5.2 plug-in
- Running an affinity report.
- Running the affinity builder.
- Deploying the builder output to CICSPlex SM (CPSM) Work Load Management.
Deeper threadsafe analysis
- CPSM API calls
- Connection details (IPIC or MRO)
The Load Module Scanner is updated to capture information about whether a program is linked as reentrant.
The CICS IA threadsafe plug-in is updated to return the number of non-threadsafe CPSM commands for each program.
The CICS IA threadsafe batch and CICS IA plug-in report are updated to show the number of non-threadsafe CPSM commands.
CICS TS platform support
In CICS TS V5.1 and later, you can package applications for deployment into a platform.
The new CICS IA Version 5.2 exits capture platform information and associate it with Dependency and Command Flow data that is collected.
The CICS IA Version 5.2 plug-in has new and updated views to support this feature.
Command Flow Visualization views
- TCB mode switches.
- Switches across regions.
- Application and platform switches.
Program details view
The CICS IA plug-in provides a new view so that you can compare program attributes across regions. The view consolidates program information that is obtained from the detailed collection table and the scanner tables.
Collector exit support for CICS TS V5.3
CICS IA Version 5.3 provides CICS exits so that you can collect Dependency, Affinity, and Command Flow data in a CICS TS V5.3 region.