Solving Problems with IBM Tivoli Omegamon II for CICS

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code.

TC310

length.

3 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

IBM

price.

$1,800

IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for CICS is a comprehensive tool for identifying and solving CICS performance and availability problems. Learn in-depth how to tune CICS and resolve problems. Also, learn about all features (including advanced features) and product customization. Using several problem-solving scenarios, get an introduction to a step-by-step approach to solving common CICS problems.

This course covers IBM Tivoli Omegamon II for CICS.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

This is an intermediate course for system administrators and application programmers who solve problems with IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON II for CICS.

prerequisites

You should have one year of experience working with CICS; be familiar with CICS operations, commands, and system parameters. You should know how to sign on to and use a 3270-based Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM) application.

skills gained

	Navigate the OMEGAMON II for CICS menu system
	Perform detailed problem determination
	Interpret and navigate basic online reports
	Terminate a problem transaction
	Explain OMEGAMON concepts, such as bottleneck analysis, impact analysis, response-time analysis, and historical data
	Customize OMEGAMON II for CICS for optimal and meaningful system analysis
	Describe CICS application performance issues
	Find an active looping CICS task
	Access CICS file, Direct Access Storage Device (DASD), Local Shared Resources (LSR), and Input/Output (I/O) analysis
	Analyze virtual and real storage issues
	Use OMEGAMON historical reporting facilities

ibm education advantage program eligibility:

Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

course content details

	Course Topics

	Using the OMEGAMON II interface
	CICS tables and OMEGAMON displays
	CICS files and LSR pool analysis
	CICS and OMEGAMON task analysis and KILL
	CICS control blocks and memory analysis
	CICS storage displays
	Setting up response time groups to monitor CICS applications
	Analyzing workload slowdowns using bottleneck analysis
	Impact analysis of external jobs and tasks on CICS
	Using online history displays
	Setting up background analysis
	Batch CICS historical reporting
	Security implementation and customization
	Installation and customization parameters
	Problem analysis case studies for looping transactions, enqueue waits, CICS storage constraint, storage violations, file string waits, I/O waits, hung transactions, external contention, CICS dumps and multiregion operation (MRO) / intersystem communication (ISC) problems