Changes to CICS monitoring
This section summarizes the changes to monitoring across supported CICS® TS releases. It includes changes to performance class data, exception
class data, transaction class data, identity class data, MCT and DFH$MOLS. Use this information to
plan the impact of upgrading from one release to another.
If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you can find information about the changes that are relevant to those releases in Summary of changes from end-of-service releases.
Highlights of changes across supported releases of CICS TS
Table 1 lists new and changed monitoring class data groups by release of CICS TS. The links take you to the relevant tables that describe changes to specific groups.
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance class data | Performance class data | Performance class data | Performance class data |
| Exception class data None |
Exception class data None |
Exception class data | Exception class data |
Transaction resource
class data
|
Transaction resource
class data
|
Transaction resource
class data None |
Transaction resource
class data
|
Identity class data
|
Identity class data None |
Identity class data None |
Identity class data None |
Changes to performance class data, by release of CICS TS
- DFHCICS
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Table 2. Changes to performance class data in DFHCICS group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW FIELDS: - MPSRACT
- MPSRECT
- PTCOUNT
- PTSTARTTIME
- PTTASKID
- PTTRANSID
CHANGED:- OTRANFLG field has new transaction origin type for asynchronous transactions: X'16' ASRUNTRAN
CHANGED with APAR:- APAR PH42306: Field 089 (USERID) is changed for Liberty such that the user ID value now reflects the final user ID value used in secure Liberty transactions, instead of the initial user ID.
CHANGED with APAR: - APAR PH42306: Field 089 (USERID) is changed for Liberty such that the user ID value now reflects the final user ID value used in secure Liberty transactions, instead of the initial user ID.
CHANGED with APAR: - APAR PH42306: Field 089 (USERID) is changed for Liberty such that the user ID value now reflects the final user ID value used in secure Liberty transactions, instead of the initial user ID.
CHANGED: - Enhanced to provide association data of DPL requests by EXCI clients. If a task was initiated by
an EXCI client, in the performance record of the DPL request, field 374 (PHAPPLID) contains the EXCI
job name, field 378 (PHCOUNT) contains a value of 1, and field 376 (PHTRANNO) has a value of
0.
The data is populated to transaction resource class data and identity class data.
- Field 089 (USERID) is changed for Liberty such that the user ID value now reflects the final user ID value used in secure Liberty transactions, instead of the initial user ID.
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- DFHPROG
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Table 3. Changes to performance class data in DFHPROG group 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 CHANGED: The following abend codes are now written to the ABCODEO and ABCODEC monitoring fields: - ASPF
- ASPN
- ASPO
- ASPP
- ASPQ
- ASPR
- ASP1
- ASP2
- ASP3
- ASP7
- ASP8
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- DFHSOCK
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Table 4. Changes to performance class data in DFHSOCK group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW FIELD: - SOCONMSG
NEW FIELDS: - SOFLAG
- SOTLSLVL
CHANGED FIELDS:- SOCNPSCT is clarified as a data field that indicates the total number of requests made by the user task to create an outbound socket.
- SONPSHWM is clarified as a data field that indicates the peak number of outbound sockets owned by the user task.
REMOVED FIELDS:- SOCPSCT
- SOPSHWM
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- DFHTASK
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Table 5. Changes to performance class data in DFHTASK group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW FIELDS: - ASTOTCT
- ASRUNCT
- ASFTCHCT
- ASFREECT
- ASFTCHWT
- ASRNATWT
- LPARNAME
CHANGED:- TRANFLAG field has new transaction origin type for asynchronous transactions: X'16' Asynchronous services domain (AS)-run transaction
NEW FIELDS: - SMMVSSWT
- XSVFYBAS
- XSVFYJWT
- XSVFYKER
- XSVFYPWD
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- DFHTEMP
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Table 6. Changes to performance class data in DFHTEMP group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 Go back to Highlights of changes across supported releases.
- DFHWEBB
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Table 7. Changes to performance class data in DFHWEBB group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW FIELDS: - WBURIOPN
- WBURIRCV
- WBURISND
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- DFHWEBC
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Table 8. Changes to performance class data in DFHWEBC group by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW FIELD: - WBSVINVK
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Changes to exception class data, by release of CICS TS
View changes to exception class data by exception type (EXCMNTYP):
- EXCMNPOL
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Table 9. Changes to EXCMNPOL exception class data by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW TYPES with APAR: - PH29187: Exception resource type CONTAINR
- PH34348: Exception resource type TRANDUMP
NEW TYPES: - Exception resource type CONTAINR
- Exception resource type TRANDUMP
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- EXCMNWT
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Table 10. Changes to EXCMNWT exception class data by release 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 NEW TYPE: - Exception resource type DSWC,which has possible EXCMNRID values of S8TLSHS and XSPSWVFY.
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Changes to transaction resource class data, by release of CICS TS
View changes to transaction resource class data by group:
| Group | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNR_PTD_ATTACH_TIME | NEW | |||
| MNR_PTD_TRANNUM | NEW | |||
| MNR_PTD_TRANID | NEW | |||
| MNR_PTD_COUNT | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_CIPHER | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_FLAG | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_NAME | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_TLSLVL | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_WEBOPEN | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_WEBRECV | NEW | |||
| MNR_URIMAP_WEBSEND | NEW | |||
| MNR_WEBSVC_NAME | NEW | |||
| MNR_WEBSVC_PIPE | NEW | |||
| MNR_WEBSVC_INVK | NEW |
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Changes to identity class data, by release of CICS TS
View changes to identity class data by group:
| Group | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNI_PTD_ATTACH_TIME | NEW | |||
| MNI_PTD_TRANNUM | NEW | |||
| MNI_PTD_TRANID | NEW | |||
| MNI_PTD_COUNT | NEW |
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