System Status report

The System Status report is produced from various sources. The commands used are detailed in the table.

Table 1. Fields in the System Status report
Field Heading Description
System Status
MVS™ Product Name The product level of MVS.

Source field: MVS field CVTPRODN

CICS® Transaction Server Level The product version, release, and modification number of CICS Transaction Server.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM CICSTSLEVEL

CICS Startup The type of CICS startup.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM STARTUP(cvda)COLDSTATUS(cvda)

MVS Workload Manager (WLM) Mode The z/OS® Workload Manager (WLM) mode that is in operation in the CICS region.

Source field: MNG-WLM-MODE

CICS Status The status of the local CICS system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM CICSSTATUS(cvda)

WLM Server Indicates whether the CICS region is an z/OS Workload Manager server.

Source field: MNG-SERVER-STATUS

CEC Machine Type and Model The CEC machine type and model number for the physical hardware environment where the CICS region is running.

Source field: MNG-CEC-MACHINE-TYPE, MNG-CEC-MODEL-NUMBER

WLM Manage Region Using Goals of Whether z/OS Workload Manager manages the CICS address space using region goals, transaction goals, or both.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-GOAL-MANAGEMENT

WLM Workload Name The name of the workload defined for the CICS region.

Source field: MNG-WORKLOAD-NAME

VTAM® Open Status The status of the z/OS Communications Server connection for this CICS system (VTAM is the previous name for z/OS Communications Server).

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE VTAM OPENSTATUS(cvda)

WLM Service Class The class name of the z/OS Workload Manager service class for the CICS region.

Source field: MNG-SERVICE-CLASS

IRC Status The status of IRC for this CICS system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE IRC OPENSTATUS(cvda)

WLM Report Class The name of the z/OS Workload Manager report class, if any.

Source field: MNG-REPORT-CLASS

IRC XCF Group Name The name of the cross-system coupling facility (XCF) group of which this region is a member.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE IRC XCFGROUP(data-area)

WLM Resource Group The name of the z/OS Workload Manager resource group, if any.

Source field: MNG-RESOURCE-GROUP

WLM Goal Type The z/OS Workload Manager goal type for the CICS address space.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-GOAL-TYPE

Storage Protection The status of storage protection.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM STOREPROTECT(cvda)

WLM Goal Value For an z/OS Workload Manager goal type of velocity, the goal value for the CICS address space.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-GOAL-VALUE

Transaction Isolation Indicates the status of transaction isolation.

Source field: SMSTRANISO

WLM Goal Importance The importance level of the z/OS Workload Manager goal for the CICS address space. 5 is lowest, 1 is highest.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-GOAL-IMPORTANCE

Reentrant Programs Whether read-only programs reside in key-0 protected storage.

Source field: SMSRENTPGM

WLM CPU Critical Whether long-term processor protection is assigned to the CICS address space in the z/OS Workload Manager.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-CPU-CRITICAL

Exec storage command checking Whether CICS validates start addresses of storage referenced as output parameters on EXEC CICS commands.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM CMDPROTECT(cvda)

WLM Storage Critical Whether long-term storage protection is assigned to the CICS address space in the z/OS Workload Manager.

Source field: MNG-WLM-AS-STG-CRITICAL

Force Quasi-Reentrant Whether CICS forces all user application programs specified as CONCURRENCY(THREADSAFE) to run under the CICS QR TCB.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM FORCEQR(cvda)

RLS Status The status of VSAM RLS for this CICS system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM RLSSTATUS(cvda)

RRMS/MVS Status The status of RRMS/MVS for this CICS system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE RRMS OPENSTATUS(cvda)

Program Autoinstall The status of program autoinstall.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM PROGAUTOINST(cvda)

Terminal Autoinstall The status of terminal autoinstall.

Source fieldEXEC CICS INQUIRE AUTOINSTALL(cvda)

TCP/IP Status The status of TCP/IP for this CICS system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TCPIP OPENSTATUS(cvda)

Activity Keypoint Frequency The current activity keypoint trigger value, which is the number of logging operations between the taking of keypoints.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM AKP(data area).

Max IP Sockets The maximum number of IP sockets that can be managed by the CICS sockets domain.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE TCPIP MAXSOCKETS()

Logstream Deferred Force Interval The current logstream deferred force interval.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM LOGDEFER()

Active IP Sockets The current number of IP sockets managed by the CICS sockets domain.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TCPIP ACTSOCKETS()

DB2® Connection Name The name of the currently installed DB2 connection.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM DB2CONN(data area)

DB2 Connection Status The status of the CICS-DB2 connection.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE DB2CONN() CONNECTST(cvda)

WEB Garbage Collection Interval The current interval at which the web garbage collection task runs to clean up web 3270 state data.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE WEB GARBAGEINT()

Terminal Input timeout Interval The current period after which inactive web 3270 sessions are eligible for garbage collection.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE WEB TIMEOUTINT()

Monitoring
Monitoring Whether CICS monitoring is active in the system.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR STATUS(cvda)

Exception Class Whether the exception class of CICS monitoring data is being collected.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR EXCEPTCLASS(cvda)

Performance Class Whether the performance class of CICS monitoring data is being collected.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR PERFCLASS(cvda)

Resource Class Whether the transaction resource class of CICS monitoring data is being collected.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR RESRCECLASS(cvda)

Identity Class Whether the identity class of CICS monitoring data is being collected.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR IDNTYCLASS(cvda)

Data Compression Option Whether data compression is active for the SMF 110 monitoring records output by CICS.

Source field: MNG-COMPRESSION-OPTION

Application Naming Whether CICS application support is enabled.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR APPLNAMEST(cvda)

RMI Option Whether performance monitoring data is being collected for the resource managers used by your transaction.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR RMIST(cvda)

Converse Option Whether a performance class record is being written each time a conversational task waits for terminal input as well as at task end, or if a single performance class record is being written for the combined terminal waits.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR CONVERSEST(cvda)

Syncpoint Option Whether performance monitoring data is being recorded separately for each unit of work (UOW) in tasks that contain multiple UOWs, or if performance monitoring data is being combined over all UOWs in a single task for recording.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR SYNCPOINTST(cvda)

Time Option Whether the performance class time-stamp fields returned to an application using the COLLECT STATISTICS MONITOR command are expressed in local or GMT.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR TIME(cvda)

DPL Resource Limit The maximum number of distributed program links for which transaction resource monitoring is being performed.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR DPLLIMIT(cvda)

File Resource Limit The maximum number of files for which transaction resource monitoring is being performed.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR FILELIMIT(cvda)

Tsqueue Resource Limit The maximum number of temporary storage queues for which transaction resource monitoring is being performed.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE MONITOR TSQUEUELIMIT(cvda)

Exception Class Records The number of exception records written to SMF.

Source field: MNGER

Exception Class Suppressed The number of exception records suppressed by a global user exit program at exit point XMNOUT.

Source field: MNGERS

Performance Class Records The number of performance records scheduled for output to SMF.

The monitoring domain buffers performance class records. If monitoring is deactivated, the performance class records that have been buffered are not in the report.

Source field: MNGPR

Performance Records Suppressed The number of performance records suppressed by a global user exit program at exit point XMNOUT.

Source field: MNGPRS

Resource Class Records The number of transaction resource records scheduled for output to SMF.

The monitoring domain buffers transaction resource class records. If monitoring is deactivated, the transaction resource class records that have been buffered are not in the report.

Source field: MNGRR

Resource Records Suppressed The number of transaction resource records suppressed by a global user exit program at exit point XMNOUT.

Source field: MNGRRS

Identity Class Records The number of identity class records scheduled for output to SMF.

The monitoring domain buffers identity class records. If monitoring is deactivated, the identity class records that have been buffered are not in the report.

Source field: MNGIR

Identity Records Suppressed The number of identity class records suppressed by a global user exit program at exit point XMNOUT.

Source field: MNGIRS

Monitoring SMF Records The number of monitoring SMF records written to the SMF data set.

CICS writes exception class SMF records as soon as the monitor domain is notified of the exception completion, so each SMF record has one exception record. The performance class, for example, has many performance class records per SMF record. The SMF record for the performance class is written when the buffer is full, performance class is deactivated, or CICS is quiescing.

Source field: MNGSMFR

Monitoring SMF Errors The number of non-OK responses from the request to write a monitoring record to SMF. This count is incremented when an SMF write fails for any reason; for example, when SMF is inactive.

Source field: MNGSMFE

Monitoring SMF Records Compressed The number of compressed monitoring records written to the SMF data set. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: MNGSMFCM

Monitoring SMF Records Not Compressed The number of monitoring records written to the SMF data set for which data compression was not performed. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: MNGSMFNC

Percentage of SMF Records Compressed The percentage of monitoring records written to the SMF data set which were compressed. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: (MNGSMFCM / (MNGSMFCM + MNGSMFNC)) * 100

Statistics
Statistics Recording The status of statistics recording.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE STATISTICS RECORDING(cvda)

Statistics Last Reset Time The time of the last statistics reset.

Source field: EXEC CICS EXTRACT STATISTICS LASTRESET()

Elapsed Time Since Reset The elapsed time since the last statistics reset.
Statistics Interval The current statistics recording interval.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE STATISTICS INTERVAL

Next Statistics Collection The next statistics recording time.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE STATISTICS NEXTTIME

Statistics End-of-Day Time The current end-of-day time for recording statistics.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE STATISTICS ENDOFDAY

Statistics Start Date and Time The current start date and time for recording statistics.

Source field: STGCSTRT

Statistics SMF Records The number of suppressed requests to write a statistics record to SMF.

Source field: STGSMFS

Statistics SMF Writes Suppressed The number of statistics SMF records written to the SMF data set.

Source field: STGSMFW

Statistics SMF Errors The number of non-OK responses from the request to write a statistics record to SMF. This count is incremented when an SMF write fails for any reason; for example, when SMF is inactive.

Source field: STGSMFE

Current tasks at last attach The current number of user transactions attached in the region at the time of the last transaction attached.

Source field: MNGCAUTA

MXT value at last attach The current MXT value at the time of the last transaction attached.

Source field: MNGMXUTA

Time last user transaction attached The date and time of the last user transaction attached.

If the DFH0STAT report shows the date and time as --/--/---- --:--:--:---- then that indicates that a user transaction has not been attached since the statistics were last reset.

Source field: MNGLUTAT

Time last user transaction ended The date and time that the last user transaction ended.

If the DFH0STAT report shows the date and time as --/--/---- --:--:--:---- then that indicates that a user transaction has not been attached since the statistics were last reset.

Source field: MNGLUTCL

System transactions The number of system transactions that have ended durng the statistics interval.

Source field: MNGSTNUM

User transactions ended The number of user transactions that have ended during the statistics interval.

Source field: MNGUTNUM

Total transactions ended The total number of system and user trasactions that have ended during the statistics interval.

Source field: (MNGSTNUM + MNGUTNUM)

Average user transaction resp time The rolling average user transaction response time.

Source field: MNGAUTRT

Peak user transaction resp time The maximum user transaction response time.

Source field: MNGPUTRT

Peak user transaction resp time at The date and time of the maximum user transaction response time.

Source field: MNGLUTRT

Total transaction CPU time The total transaction CPU time accumulated for the CICS dispatcher managed TCB modes used by the transactions that have completed during the interval.

Source field: MNGCPUT

Total transaction CPU time on CP The total transaction CPU time on a standard processor accumulated for the CICS dispatcher managed TCB modes used by the transactions that have completed during the interval.

Source field: MNGTONCP

Total transaction CPU offload on CP The total transaction CPU time on a standard processor but was eligible for offload to a specialty processor (zIIP or zAAP) accumulated for the CICS dispatcher managed TCB modes used by the transactions that have completed during the interval.

Source field: MNGOFLCP

Average Compressed Record Length The rolling average compressed record length for monitoring records written to the SMF data set, calculated from those monitoring records that were compressed. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: MNGAVCRL

Average Uncompressed Record Length The rolling average record length for monitoring records written to the SMF data set for which data compression was not performed. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: MNGAVURL

Average Record Compression Percent The average record length compression percentage. This information is collected only when data compression for monitoring records is active.

Source field: (MNGAVURL - MNGAVCRL) / MNGAVURL) * 100

Trace Status
Internal Trace Status The status of internal tracing.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST INTSTATUS(cvda)

Auxiliary Trace Status The status of auxiliary tracing.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST AUXSTATUS(cvda)

GTF Trace Status The status of GTF tracing.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST GTFSTATUS(cvda)

Internal Trace Table Size The current size of the internal trace table.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST TABLESIZE

Current Auxiliary Dataset The name of the current auxiliary trace data set.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST CURAUXDS(cvda)

Auxiliary Switch Status The status of the auxiliary trace autoswitch facility.

Source field:EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST SWITCHSTATUS(cvda)

Dumps
System Dumps The number of system dumps taken.

Source field: SDGSDREQ

System Dumps Suppressed The number of system dumps suppressed.

Source field: SDGSDSUP

Transaction Dumps The number of transaction dumps taken.

Source field: SDGTDREQ

Transaction Dumps Suppressed The number of transaction dumps suppressed.

Source field: SDGTDSUP