CICS shutdown option

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OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) enables you to control whether or not and in what manner you want tasks to be purged when a CICS® shutdown is issued.

If OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) is running, you can automatically purge tasks that are waiting for terminal output during CICS shutdown. CICS will not terminate during normal shutdown if these tasks are not purged.

Select CICS Shutdown Options (Q) on the Control Options path or enter fast path O.Q from any panel. The current CICS shutdown purge option appears as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. CICS Shutdown Purge Option

________________ ZCOPT    VTM     CICSR23L V530./C SYS  07/08/13 19:02:19      
> PF1 Help     PF3 Back     PF4 Main Menu                                       
                                                                                
> A-RTA On      B-RTA Off     C-RTA Status    D-RTA Intervals    E-RTA Scaling  
> F-ONDV On     G-ONDV Off    H-ONDV Status   I-Bottleneck Ctl   J-Wait Reasons 
> K-INTR Ctl    L-IANL On     M-IANL Off      N-IANL Settings    O-IANL Groups  
> P-Collection  Q-Shutdown    R-RLIM On       S-RLIM-Off         T-RLIM Status  
> U-SMF Status  V-ATF Filters W-ATF Status                       
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>                         CICS SHUTDOWN PURGE OPTION                            
                                                                                
> To alter CICS shutdown purge option, enter over current option displayed:     
                                                                                
 OPT   NOPURGE                                                                  
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+      Display/Change the CICS shutdown purge option                            
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+      ? . . . . . : Display current shutdown purge option                      
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+      PURGE . . . : Purge all tasks waiting for terminal input                 
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+      NOPURGE . . : Do not purge any tasks                                     
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+      OPER  . . . : Have operator specify whether tasks are to be              
+                    purged at shutdown time in response to a WTOR              
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This panel displays the current shutdown option as well as the available options and their descriptions. To modify the shutdown option, enter one of the following options after the OPT statement:

?: Displays the current shutdown purge option.
PURGE: OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) purges all conversational tasks waiting for terminal input at CICS shutdown.
NOPURGE: No tasks are purged at CICS shutdown.
OPER: Operator specifies whether tasks are to be purged at shutdown time in response to a WTOR. Possible values are YES or NO.

PURGE enables you to automate the purge procedure. You can speed up CICS shutdown, because you do not have to rely on operator intervention.