Index

A

activity 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

affinity

 

 

 

 

 

 

avoiding

6

 

 

 

 

 

combining basic affinity transaction groups

59

control record VSAM ®le

17

 

 

data VSAM ®les

17

 

 

 

 

inter-transaction

4

 

 

 

 

lifetimes

4

 

 

 

 

 

overview

3

 

 

 

 

 

programming techniques

5

 

 

safe 6

 

 

 

 

 

suspect 6

 

 

 

 

 

unsafe

6

 

 

 

 

 

relations

4

 

 

 

 

 

transaction group de®nitions, producing

46

 

transaction-system 4

 

 

 

 

affinity data VSAM ®les

17

 

 

 

affinity transaction group de®nitions, producing

46

affinity transaction groups, combining 59

 

 

analyzing affinity utility program reports

 

 

COBOL affinities

75

 

 

 

 

LOGON or SYSTEM when PCONV expected

75

unrecognized transids

75

 

 

 

B

BAPPL affinity relation

4

 

basic affinity transaction groups, combining 59

Builder

55

 

 

 

changes to CAUJCLBL job

55

combined affinity transaction group de®nitions 58

combining basic affinity transaction groups 59

data sets processed report

61

empty transaction groups report 61

error report 62

 

 

group merge report

61

 

HEADER statements 58

 

input parameters 55

 

output

58

 

 

overview

18

 

 

running

55

 

 

syntax for input to

56

 

C

CAFB request queue manager diagnostics 80 CAFB transaction 16

CAFF transaction 31

CAFF01 screen, to control the Detector 31

displaying

32

 

example

32

 

pausing data collection

34

resuming data collection

34

starting data collection

33

stopping data collection

35

CAFF02, Detector options screen example 36

CICS BTS, detection of 14 CICSPlex SM 1, 18, 55 collecting data

how to 15

combining basic affinity transaction groups 59

control record VSAM ®le

17

correlating output

 

 

example, assembler language 71

example, VS COBOL II

72

examples of 71

 

 

Reporter output

71

 

Scanner output

71

 

Cross System Product and affinities 50 CSP and affinities 50

D

data space size

21

 

 

 

 

 

date formatter diagnostics

80

 

 

detailed report (Scanner)

 

 

 

 

creating

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

output contents

28

 

 

 

 

output example

29

 

 

 

 

details of what is detected

 

 

 

ADDRESS CWA commands 67

 

CANCEL commands

68

 

 

DELAY commands 68

 

 

 

DEQ commands

 

65

 

 

 

 

ENQ commands

 

65

 

 

 

 

FREEMAIN commands

67

 

 

GETMAIN SHARED/FREEMAIN commands

67

LOAD commands

67

 

 

 

 

POST commands

68

 

 

 

 

RETRIEVE START commands

66

 

RETRIEVE WAIT commands

66

 

SPI commands

69

 

 

 

 

START commands

68

 

 

 

TS commands

66

 

 

 

 

WAIT commands

69

 

 

 

 

Detector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

affinity data VSAM ®les

17

 

 

CAFB request queue manager diagnostics

80

CAFB transaction

16

 

 

 

 

changing options

36

 

 

 

 

collecting data

15

 

 

 

 

control record VSAM ®le 17

 

 

controlling

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

displaying the control screen

32

 

how data is collected

15

 

 

how data is saved

16

 

 

 

options screen, CAFF02

36

 

 

example

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

overview

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pausing data collection

34

 

 

performance

18

 

 

 

 

 

resuming data collection

34

 

 

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