Defining Statistics Alerts
Statistics Alert reports highlight non-compliant activity triggered by specified threshold values of CICS® Statistics fields. The threshold values are called Alerts.
To define Statistics Alerts, do the following:
- Select option 8 Resource Definitions from the CICS PA Primary Option Menu.
- On the Resource Definitions Menu, specify the name of a VSAM KSDS repository to store the Alert definition. For now, use a personal data set, but for production use, you are more likely to use a shared repository.
- Then select option 5 Statistics Alerts and press
Enter.
If the repository data set does not exist, you will be prompted to create it.
- A list of Statistics Alert Definitions is displayed. Initially, the list is empty. Enter the NEW command to create a new definition.
- Follow the prompts to specify a name and select Initialize with sample scenarios.
- From the list of sample definitions, select CTSKEY.
- The Alert Definition edit panel is displayed. To
become familiar
with specifying Alert conditions, use the context-sensitive help. Tab to fields of interest and press Help (F1).
File Edit Lists Options Help ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— EDIT Statistics Alert Definition - GSGALERT Row 1 of 87 More: > Command ===> _______________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE Description . . . Key System Alerts___________________ Specify the Conditions for this Alert Definition. _ Alert Transaction dumpcode taken________________________ Formula TDRTTKN_____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ + Critical >5___________ Warning >0___________ Info _____________ _ Res ____________________________________________ List ________ + _ APPLID ________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ Alert Transaction dumpcode requested____________________ Formula TRANS_DUMP_TAKEN____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ + Critical >25__________ Warning >0___________ Info _____________ _ Res ____________________________________________ List ________ + _ APPLID ________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ Alert System dumpcode taken_____________________________ Formula SDRSTKN_____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ + Critical >1___________ Warning >0___________ Info _____________ _ Res ____________________________________________ List ________ + _ APPLID ________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ Alert System dumps requested____________________________ Formula SYS_DUMPS_TAKEN_____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ + Critical >5___________ Warning >0___________ Info _____________ _ Res ____________________________________________ List ________ + _ APPLID ________ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Scroll right (F11) to see the compressed view.
File Edit Lists Options Help ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— EDIT Statistics Alert Definition - GSGALERT Row 1 of 87 More: > Command ===> _______________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE Description . . . Key System Alerts___________________ Select a Condition to show its details. Alert _ Transaction dumpcode taken _ Transaction dumps requested _ System dumpcode taken _ System dumps requested _ Maximum tasks reached _ Peak tasks (% of maximum tasks) _ Maximum active transactions in class reached _ Storage violations for transaction ID _ Peak transactions in tran. class (% of limit) _ Storage: short-on-storage times in DSA _ Cushion releases in DSA _ Storage: times no storage in DSA _ Storage: times suspended for storage _ Storage violations _ Storage: above the bar cushion releases
_ Storage: Number of IARV64 FROMGUARD Failures
_ Transient data: NOSPACE on DFHINTRA _ DFHINTRA in use (% of CIs) _ String waits on DFHINTRA _ Formatting writes on DFHINTRA _ Buffer waits on DFHINTRA _ I/O errors on DFHINTRA _ Temporary storage: times hit NOSPACE on DFHTEMP _ Formatting writes on DFHTEMP _ Temporary storage: string waits on DFHTEMP _ Writes greater than DFHTEMP CI size _ Temporary storage: buffer waits on DFHTEMP _ DFHTEMP in use (peak % CIs used of CIs in TS ds) _ Temporary storage: I/O errors on DFHTEMP _ Peak DFHTEMP strings in use
- Exit to save the definition.
With the Statistics Alert Definition specified, you can now use it to format your report.