CICS® provides an
efficient way to generate unique sequence numbers for use by applications
in a Parallel Sysplex® environment;
for example, to allocate a unique number for orders or invoices. A
named counter server maintains each sequence of numbers as a named
counter.
About this task
The following procedure outlines the steps to set up and
manage a named counter server. Details for each step are in the topics
that follow.
Procedure
- Define a named counter options table.
- Define a list structure.
- Define and start a named counter server job, to run in
an mvs batch region.
- Manage named counter server regions.
- Issue commands to control a named counter server.
- Change the size of named counter pools.
- Delete or empty named counter pools.
- Unload and reload named counter pools.
- Dump named counter pool list structures.