Specifications - RTASPEC

The RTA specification (RTASPEC) views show the default control attributes that are used for system availability monitoring and provide an anchor for all analysis definitions and status definitions associated with a CICS system.

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Table 1. Views in the supplied **RTA specifications** (RTASPEC) view set
View	Notes
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.ADDSYSDEF	Associate a CICS system with the RTASPEC.
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.ADDSYSGRP	Associate a CICS system group with the RTASPEC.
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.CREATE	Create a new RTA specification.
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.DETAILED	Detailed information about a selected RTA specification.
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.REMOVE	Remove a selected RTA specification.
RTA specifications EYUSTARTRTASPEC.TABULAR	Tabular information about RTA specifications for the CICSplex identified as the context.

Actions

Table 2. Actions available for RTASPEC views
Action	Description
ADDSYSDEF	Associate a CICS system with the RTASPEC.
ADDSYSGRP	Associate a CICS system group with the RTASPEC.
CREATE	Create a new RTA specification.
REMOVE	Remove a selected RTA specification.
UPDATE	Update a selected RTA specification.

Fields

Table 3. Fields in RTASPEC views
Field	Attribute name	Description
Last modification agent	CHANGEAGENT	The change agent identifier that made the last modification. DREPAPI - Resource was last changed by a CICSPlex SM API command. N_A - Resource was created or last updated prior to CICS TS Version 4 Release 1 and support for resource signatures.
Last modification agent release	CHANGEAGREL	The CICS release level of the agent that made the last modification.
Last modification	CHANGETIME	The local time when the definition was last changed.
Last modification user ID	CHANGEUSRID	The user ID that made the last modification.
Time created	CREATETIME	The local time when the definition was created.
Description	DESC	A 1- to 58-character description of the RTA specification.
Description code page	DESCCODEPAGE	The code page of the description field.
Action for CICS-at-maximum-tasks event	MXTACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for CICS-at-maximum-tasks event	MXTSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
RTA specification name	NAME	The name of the analysis specification.
Action for Non-responsive-MAS event	NRMACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for Non-responsive-MAS event	NRMSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
Action for system availability monitoring event	SAMACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for system availability monitoring event	SAMSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
Action for system dump event	SDMACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for system dump event	SDMSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
Action for short on storage (SOS) event	SOSACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for short on storage (SOS) event	SOSSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
Action for CICS-stalled event	STLACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for CICS-stalled event	STLSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.
Action for transaction dump event	TDMACTION	The name of an action definition to be used when a predefined system availability monitoring condition occurs. If you leave this field blank, the default action definition is used.
Severity for transaction dump event	TDMSEV	The severity level that is to be associated with the designated condition. The severity codes are: VLS Very low severe LS Low severe LW Low warning HW High warning HS High severe VHS Very high severe NO and N_A are also valid options which prevent Events being raised for the condition. Note: Workload Manager (WLM) health is assessed independently of SAM and is not influenced by SAM settings.