Enabling load balancing for CICS/TS

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This section describes the method to enable the load balancer for CICS/TS.

Procedure

Use the MODIFY PARM command to set the following parameters that are located in the Data Virtualization Manager configuration member, AVZSIN00: 
if 1 = 1 then
  do
    “MODIFY PARM NAME(CICSLOADBALANCE) VALUE(YES)”
    “MODIFY PARM NAME(GROUPDIRECTOR) VALUE(YES)”
The following table lists the parameters for configuring load balancing for CICS/TS:
Parameter Description Valid values
CICSLOADBALANCE

Specifies whether to use the CICS transaction queue depth to decide about load balancing.
YES
NO
Default value is NO.
GROUPDIRECTOR

Indicates that a member of the group takes the role of director. The director only accepts inbound connections and pass them to a member of the group that is determined to be the most acceptable in terms of load and resource availability. The group director does not support an application execution environment. This configuration provides a more robust load balancing group.
YES
NO
Default value is NO.