What is monitoring?
CICSPlex® SM monitoring supports the collection of performance-related data, at user-defined intervals, for named resource instances within a set of CICS® systems.
CICSPlex SM monitoring offers the following advantages:
- Summary and detailed information on resources is readily available, enabling you to provide an improved help-desk service.
- System availability and performance are improved by allowing operators to be more effective in investigating problems and seeking out bottlenecks.
At user-defined intervals, monitoring gathers status information and statistics for selected resources, wherever they exist in the CICSplex, and makes them available at any point of control. CICSPlex SM gathers information using standard CICS interfaces (EXEC CICS INQUIRE, EXEC CICS COLLECT STATISTICS) and can be used instead of the CICS Monitoring Facility (CMF). If CMF is running, CICSPlex SM exploits the information provided. Monitoring need not be specified for resources being overseen by real time analysis (see Implementing RTA), as these are monitored separately.
The CICSPlex SM monitoring functions are:
- Monitoring of resources: see Monitoring of resources
- Monitoring interval: see The monitor interval
- Sampling interval: see The sample interval