OMEGAMON for CICS features

The following features of OMEGAMON® for CICS® (3270) (OMEGAMON for CICS) provide information to help you improve CICS performance.

Bottleneck analysis
A CICS task waits many times during normal processing. The bottleneck analysis feature of OMEGAMON for CICS monitors and categorizes the resources for which CICS tasks are waiting.
CICS system analysis
A CICS system at a typical installation is constantly undergoing change. OMEGAMON for CICS system analysis feature displays control blocks, parameter settings, and status bars that are internal and external to your CICS system.
Exception analysis
As tasks on a CICS system compete with each other for resources, problems may occur with the availability of these resources or the performance of the tasks.
Response time analysis
The OMEGAMON for CICS response time analysis feature provides displays of CICS internal response time for transactions, terminals, and programs.
Storage analysis
The OMEGAMON for CICS storage analysis feature enables you to monitor storage usage in both CICS and MVS™ and shows you the effects of any adjustments you make.
Task analysis (realtime and historical)
The OMEGAMON for CICS task analysis feature monitors currently running CICS tasks and provides an instantaneous display of system activity.
File and database analysis
The OMEGAMON for CICS file analysis feature reports on file activity within CICS.
Impact analysis
The OMEGAMON for CICS impact analysis feature identifies other workloads running on MVS that are impacting CICS by competing with it for MVS resources.
MVS analysis
Because z/OS® operating systems factors can influence CICS availability and response time, the OMEGAMON for CICS MVS analysis feature provides information on such areas as DASD, CPU, paging, and Task Control Block (TCB) structure.

Parent topic: The logical tuning approach