Example CICSPlex SM workload management tasks

All the workload management examples are based on the same configuration. The CICSplex, PLXPROD1 consists of one TOR, CICSPT01, and three AORs, CICSPA01, CICSPA02, and CICSPA03. You will see how the roles played by these CICS® regions vary, depending on the nature of the individual task.

These sections include a number of typical workload management example tasks and illustrates how these tasks can be carried out using the Web User Interface (WUI).

For any task, you must be aware of the scope, that is, of the CICS systems, with which you are working. If the scope is a single CICS system, any data you retrieve from CICSPlex® SM relates to that single system. If the scope is a group of CICS systems, the data relates to all of the systems in the group. If the scope is a CICSplex, the data relates to every system in that CICSplex. For all of the examples in these sections, the initial scope is CICSplex PLXPROD1.

Before you begin

To support optimized workload management, a CICS region status server must be set up and running in the CICSplex to share CICS region status data rapidly. For detailed instructions, see Setting up and running a region status server.