CICS Tools V5.3 Elevator
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A quick introduction into the capabilities and value of the 4 Tools included in the CICS Optimization Solution Pack V5.3: IBM CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS, IBM CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS, IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS and IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS.
CICS Tools V5.3 Elevator
- 1. The Elevator Series CICS Optimization Solution Pack V5.3 V1.0
- 2. IBM CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS Discover, visualize and understand A deep discovery operation reveals your CICS topology and connected subsystems, creating a rich model. Extend and Adapt Scale existing infrastructure through the ability to clone and de-provision regions, with cloned systems providing accurate representation for improved testing. Control and Automate A powerful RESTful API allowing you to automate operations, access information stored in the model and integrate with existing processes. Enables an automated DevOps pipeline for elastic scaling of CICS infrastructure, creation of production-proving test regions and integration with existing processes using a RESTful API. New in V5.3 An enhanced API Enabling automation of discovery, cloning and de-provisioning of cloned regions, for a truly controlled and scalable infrastructure.
- 3. IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS Understand Discover and visualize application structure and command 鍖ow, assisting with problem determination and system management Optimise Application insights allow for modi鍖cations to improve performance and reduce costs, using features such as threadsafe reporting. Improve availability Achieve high availability by using af鍖nity analysis to enable workload balancing and improve serviceability. Maximize operational ef鍖ciency using detailed understanding of CICS application topology to allow for provisioning of new mobile engagements with con鍖dence and facilitating CICS cloud enablement. New in V5.3 CICS Cloud Enablement made easy Identify Application entry points and dependencies for cloud enablement of existing CICS applications
- 4. IBM CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS Single point of control Create and manage your CICS de鍖nitions, whether they reside in CSDs or a CICSPlex SM速 Data Repository. Application resource lifecycle Package and migrate de鍖nitions through development, test and production environments, with full back out capabilities. Audit compliance Changes to resource de鍖nitions through any CICS CM interface are recorded in a Journal, enabling comprehensive auditing and controlled deployment. Control and automate management of CICS application resource lifecycle, with full audit trail and back out capabilities New in V5.3 XSLT support Easier automation and integration with existing DevOps processes for deployment of CICS resource de鍖nitions.
- 5. IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS Problem determination Identify system and application bottlenecks through threshold based alerts for CICS statistics and performance data. Performance analysis Comprehensive off-line performance reporting for CICS and connected sub- systems, simpli鍖ed through pre-de鍖ned report sets and graphical visualizations. Trend analysis Visualization of performance data allows for quick recognition of trends and enables capacity planning. Transaction Pro鍖ling and baseline comparisons help highlight changes in key metrics. Simpli鍖es detailed understanding of CICS systems and application performance, enabling problem determination, trend analysis and capacity planning. New in V5.3 Flexible reporting of CICS statistics data Form-based statistics summary reporting for CICS TS and CICS TG systems which also enables powerful cross-domain reporting.