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by Erhard Woerner, Tommy Joergensen, Lisa Fellows, Gordon Keehn, Nicholas Bingell,
IBM CICS Explorer
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Summary of changes
December 2010, Second Edition
Part 1 CICS Explorer Introductions
Chapter 1. CICS Explorer introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 Base Explorer capabilities
1.3 Plug-ins and RCP
1.3.1 Eclipse concepts
Chapter 2. Getting started with CICS Explorer
2.1 Using CICS Explorer with CICS TS 4.1
2.2 CICS Explorer connection to CICS
2.2.1 Connecting CICS Explorer to a CICS region
2.2.2 Connecting CICS Explorer to CICSPlex SM
2.3 Setting up single-server access
2.4 Setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer
2.4.1 Basics of setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer
2.4.2 Changing a System into a CMAS
2.4.3 Changing a system into a WUI server
2.4.4 Creating a CICSplex to manage your systems
2.4.5 Modifying your existing CICS system JCL
2.4.6 Conclusion
2.5 Updating an existing CICSPlex SM setup for CICS Explorer
Chapter 3. Implementing IBM CICS Explorer
3.1 Installing CICS Explorer
3.1.1 Installing CICS Explorer locally
3.1.2 Installing CICS Explorer remotely
3.2 CICS Explorer security
3.2.1 Link Security
3.2.2 Credential authorization
3.2.3 Security for a stand-alone CICS Region (SMSS) connection
3.2.4 Security for a CICSPlex SM connection
3.2.5 Using SSL
3.2.6 Using HTTP Basic Authentication
3.2.7 CICSPlex Security Scenario
3.3 Updating the CICS Explorer
3.3.1 Updating from the Internet
3.3.2 Updating from an archive file
3.3.3 Updating automatically
3.4 Enterprise deployment
3.4.1 Providing local mirrors
3.4.2 Pre-installation customization
3.5 Using plug-ins
Chapter 4. CICS Explorer base familiarization
4.1 Perspectives
4.2 Connections and credentials
4.2.1 Connection Manager
4.2.2 Connections and Credentials Preference pages
4.2.3 CICS Explorer connectivity
4.3 Views
4.3.1 The CICSplex Explorer view
4.3.2 The CICSplex Repositories view
4.3.3 CICS Object Table views
4.4 The Resources view
4.4.1 Properties view
4.4.2 Status bar and Error Log
4.5 Editors
4.6 Creating new definitions
Chapter 5. CICS Explorer navigation walkthrough
5.1 Navigation topics covered
5.2 Manipulating views
5.2.1 Adding a view
5.2.2 Zooming in and out of a view
5.2.3 Refreshing a view
5.2.4 Resizing a view
5.2.5 Repositioning a view
5.3 Manipulating columns
5.3.1 Customizing columns
5.3.2 Repositioning columns
5.3.3 Resizing columns
5.3.4 Equalizing column widths
5.3.5 Resetting columns
5.4 Manipulating filters
5.4.1 Using filters
5.4.2 Customizing filters
5.5 Manipulating perspectives
5.5.1 Creating a perspective
5.5.2 Opening a perspective
5.5.3 Resetting a perspective
5.5.4 Deleting a perspective
5.6 Performing operations functions
5.6.1 Performing a program Newcopy
5.6.2 Altering CICS region MAXTASKS
5.7 Performing administration functions
5.7.1 Viewing CSD resources
5.7.2 Creating CSD resources
5.7.3 Installing CSD resources
5.7.4 Creating BAS resources
5.7.5 Viewing the BAS resources
5.7.6 Installing BAS resources
5.8 Summary
Chapter 6. CICS Explorer IA plug-in familiarization
6.1 CICS IA introduction
6.2 What CICS IA can do for you
6.2.1 CICS IA highlights
6.2.2 The questions that CICS IA can answer
6.3 Description of CICS IA
6.4 CICS IA plug-in overview
6.5 Toolbar searches and queries
6.5.1 Toolbar searches
6.5.2 Queries
6.6 Programs and Transactions windows
6.6.1 Searching programs and transactions
6.7 Regions window
6.8 Properties window
6.9 Supplied queries with CICS IA plug-in
6.10 Creating your own queries in the CICS IA plug-in
6.10.1 Adding filters to the query
6.10.2 Modifying an existing query
6.10.3 Saving your queries in folders
6.10.4 Creating a query folder
6.11 Analyzing query and search results
6.12 Comparing query and search results
Chapter 7. CICS Explorer CM plug-in familiarization
7.1 CICS CM plug-in overview
7.1.1 Setting up the CICS CM plug-in
7.2 CM perspective overview
7.3 Configurations view
7.4 Lists view
7.5 Groups view
7.6 Definitional views
7.7 Creating, editing, and deleting a resource definition
7.7.1 Creating resources
7.7.2 Editing a resource
7.7.3 Deleting a resource
7.7.4 Installing a resource
7.8 Adding and removing from groups
7.9 History
7.9.1 CICS CM journal
7.9.2 History View
7.10 Searches and the search view
7.10.1 Specific searches
7.10.2 Using the search dialog
7.10.3 Search results view
7.11 Cleaning up
Chapter 8. CICS Explorer PA plug-in familiarization
8.1 Overview of CICS PA
8.1.1 Runtime product
8.1.2 The plug-in
8.2 The PA Explorer environment
8.3 PA views and editors in detail
8.3.1 The Project Explorer
8.3.2 The Sheet View
8.3.3 Pie chart view
8.3.4 Bar charts
8.3.5 Timeline charts
8.3.6 Properties View
8.3.7 Integrating with other plug-ins
8.4 CSV data extraction process
8.4.1 Server process
8.4.2 Plug-in process
8.5 Database extraction process
8.5.1 Server process
8.5.2 Plug-in process
Chapter 9. CICS Explorer TG plug-in familiarization
9.1 CICS Transaction Gateway introduction
9.1.1 CICS TG products
9.1.2 CICS Transaction Gateway components
9.1.3 The Gateway daemon
9.2 CICS TG plug-in overview
9.2.1 CICS TG Explorer view
9.2.2 Gateway daemon view
9.2.3 CICS connections view
9.2.4 Console view
9.3 Configuration
9.3.1 Configuring the CICS TG for the plug-in
9.3.2 Configuring the CICS TG plug-in
Chapter 10. CICS Explorer Tivoli OMEGAMON XE plug-in familiarization
10.1 Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS Introduction
10.1.1 Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS)
10.1.2 Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS)
10.2 CICS Explorer Tivoli OMEGAMON XE plug-in
10.2.1 Installation requirements
10.2.2 Installing the plug-in
10.3 Using the plug-in
10.3.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Navigation Tree display
10.3.2 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Data display
10.3.3 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Situations display
Chapter 11. CICS Deployment Assistant
11.1 Introduction to CICS Deployment Assistant
11.2 The prerequisites for CICS DA
11.2.1 CICS Explorer
11.2.2 z/OS host component
11.2.3 CICS Transaction Server
11.3 Installing the CICS DA components
11.3.1 Installing the CICS DA plug-in into CICS Explorer
11.3.2 Establishing a connection to a host
11.3.3 Connection types
11.4 Creating a new CICS DA project
11.4.1 Discovering and creating the system model
11.5 Discovering your CICS assets
11.5.1 Discovering CICS regions
11.5.2 Checking the CICS topology
11.5.3 Investigating CICS initialization options
11.5.4 Viewing CICS-related spool files
11.5.5 Working with CICS-related data sets and JCL
11.5.6 Starting and stopping CICS regions
11.5.7 Cloning an existing CICS region
11.5.8 Adding a CICS to an existing CICSPlex
Chapter 12. WebSphere MQ plug-in
12.1 WebSphere MQ plug-in for CICS Explorer
12.2 The WebSphere MQ Explorer
12.3 CICS Explorer WebSphere MQ plug-in
12.3.1 Downloading SupportPac CS1Q
12.3.2 Downloading SupportPac MS0T
12.4 Integrating MQ Explorer with CICS Explorer
12.4.1 Importing CSQ1 into CICS Explorer
12.4.2 Copying WebSphere MQ Explorer files into CICS Explorer
12.4.3 Restarting CICS Explorer
12.5 Managing WebSphere MQ resources in CICS Explorer
12.5.1 Starting CICS Explorer and switching to WebSphere MQ Explorer perspective
12.5.2 Defining and connecting a Queue Manager
12.5.3 Hints and tips
12.6 Migration issues and versioning
12.6.1 Multiple CICS Explorer versions coexisting
12.6.2 WebSphere MQ plug-in with new CICS Explorer version installed
12.6.3 Locating and changing the workspace
Chapter 13. CICS Explorer troubleshooting
13.1 Common Explorer connection problems
13.1.1 Connection not available, CPSMAPI
13.1.2 Connection must be well-formed
13.1.3 Connection missing <HR> tag
13.1.4 Connection error forbidden
13.2 Workspace and logs
13.2.1 Capturing trace data
13.2.2 Tracing options
13.2.3 The Error Log View
13.2.4 Viewing the error log in an external application
13.3 Preparing error data for IBM service
13.3.1 Collecting error data when the CICS Explorer is not usable
13.3.2 Searching for IBM MustGather information
13.4 Plug-in specific issues
13.4.1 Performance Analyzer
13.4.2 CSV file size and CICS Explorer runtime memory
Part 2 Scenarios
Chapter 14. CICS Explorer - MQ application migration
14.1 Identifying MQ Applications
14.2 Obtaining more information about the MAIL transaction
14.3 Locating the MQ Application in CICS CM
14.4 Looking at performance data for the MAIL transaction
14.4.1 Performance data for MAIL on CICS TS V3.1
14.4.2 Performance data for MAIL on CICS TS V4.1
14.5 Can we make the MAIL transaction threadsafe
14.6 Using CICS PA to analyze the (threadsafe) MAIL application
Chapter 15. CICS Explorer clean up scenario
15.1 Orphaned resources
15.2 Duplicate resources
Chapter 16. CICS Explorer performance scenario
16.1 Resolving system performance problems
16.2 Drilling down into transaction detail
Chapter 17. CICSPlex SM enablement using the CICS Explorer
17.1 Overview of transaction affinities
17.1.1 Inter-transaction affinity
17.1.2 Transaction-system affinity
17.1.3 Affinity relations
17.1.4 Affinity lifetimes
17.2 Running CICS Interdependency Analyzer for affinities
17.3 Loading the DB2 database with the collected affinity data
17.4 Using the CICS IA plug-in to identify affinities
17.5 Workload management considerations
17.6 Creating the definitions for workload management
17.7 Migrating the definitions using CICS Configuration Manager
Chapter 18. CICS Explorer resource manipulation scenarios
18.1 Resource locking scenarios
18.1.1 VSAM record locking
18.2 Resource state manipulation
18.3 Discarding resources
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