Before you can work with collectors, you must have an IA
Collector connection configured. The CICS® IA Collector
places details about interactions between CICS programs and resources in a set of DB2® tables.
Before you begin
You can configure a CICS IA Collector
connection for each group of CICS regions
that you want to collect CICS IA data
from. The connection is to a selected controlling region.
This CICS region must support
Atomservice resources (so must be at CICS TS Version 4.1 or later)
and must have a CICS TS connection to the other regions that it wants
to control.
Contact your system administrator for details of
the collector connections that you want to use.
You require
a suitable credential, that is, a set of information that you use
to authenticate the connection to the interface to the CICS regions for which you want to collect data.
For details about creating credentials, see Defining connection credentials in the CICS Explorer® User Guide.
About this task
The following procedure describes how to configure a new CICS IA Collector
connection.
Alternatively, you can load or import shared connection
definitions from a central location, or connection definitions from
another user. For details, see Using shared connection definitions in the CICS Explorer User Guide.
Procedure
- On the workbench menu, click . The Host Connections view is displayed.
- From the list of connection types, select IA Collector,
then click Add.
- In the Add IA Collector Connection window,
complete the fields with the details that your system or database
administrator provided:
Option |
Description |
Name |
The local name that you give to this database connection.
Use this name to distinguish between different database connections. |
Host name |
The host name or IP address of the z/OS® host system for the interface to the CICS regions for which you want
to collect data. |
Port Number |
The port number for the interface to the CICS regions for which you want to collect data. |
Secure connection (TLS/SSL) |
Select this check box if the connection uses SSL security. |
- Do one of the following:
- To save the configuration and connect immediately, click Save
and Connect. In the Signon window, select the user credentials
that you want to associate with the connection and click OK.
Your
new connection is shown in the Host Connections view.
The credential that is associated with the connection is shown in
brackets after the connection name.
- To save the configuration without connecting, click Save
and Close.
Optionally, associate a credential with the
connection. Right-click the connection name, click Set
Credentials to show the available credentials, then click
the credential that you require.
If
you do not associate a credential with the connection at this time,
you will be prompted for the credential when you start the connection.
To
start the connection later, select the connection from the list in
the Host Connections view, then click Connect.
What to do next
You can export your connections to back them up or to
share them with other users. In the toolbar of the Host
Connections view, click the Export Connections
to File icon
, then enter the required path
and file name. The default file type is pref.