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Viewing Connections Between CICS Regions, Db2 Data Sharing Groups, and MQ Queue Managers

This blog emphasizes the importance of understanding connections in mainframe management, specifically focusing on CICS, Db2, and MQ.

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Enhanced Analysis Through Integrating CICS and Other Types of SMF Data | IntelliMagic zAcademy

This webinar aims to enhance your understanding of how integrating SMF data enriches insights across various z/OS components.

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Tuning TCB Switches for CICS Cost Savings

CPU 'tuning' exercises often focus on unnecessary TCB switches. In this case, changes made that reduced TCB switch time saved a ton of CPU - up to 2,000 seconds.

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Best Practices in CICS Performance Analysis (Transactions and Statistics) | IntelliMagic zAcademy

This session will introduce you to several best practices for enhancing your analysis of CICS Transaction and Statistics data.

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Analysis of CPU By Plan: CICS Transaction (110.1) and Db2 Accounting (101) Part 2

Integrated visibility between Db2 Accounting and CICS Transaction data can correlate CICS transaction IDs driving high CPU in Db2 with the CICS profile of the transaction.

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Elapsed Time Profiles by Correlation ID: CICS Transaction (110.1) and Db2 Accounting (101) Part 1

This video shows how viewing CICS Call Attach work by Correlation ID enables both CICS and Db2 teams to view elapsed time profiles within Db2 corresponding to each CICS transaction ID.

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Troubleshooting WLM Missed Goals with CICS Transaction Data

Combined CICS and z/OS Systems visibility enables easy troubleshooting and root cause analysis of missed WLM goals resulting from CICS transaction data.

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Introduction to CICS Web Services Metrics

Introduction to Web Services insights available from CICS Transaction data that can facilitate collaboration between infrastructure and application teams.

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Integrating WLM Performance Index and CICS Transaction Analysis

Response time analysis scenario leveraging CICS Transaction metrics in combination with WLM service class performance index data to identify the cause of missing WLM goal during a specific time interval.

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CICS Transaction Timing Analysis by High Level Components

Examples of CICS transaction response time analysis starting from high-level categories such as CPU, I/O Wait and Other Wait.

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Introduction to CICS Timing Metrics and Analysis

Concepts that enable you to optimize the value you can derive from the nearly 100 timing metrics captured in the CICS Transaction data are introduced in this video.

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CICS Transaction Response Time Analysis

See how how to quickly identify the limited number of timing buckets relevant for a given CICS transaction (in this case 4 of 100).

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