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Status (CICS Regions)

The CICS regions status metrics appear under the folder: CICS Regions|<region name>|Status.

These status metrics are reported for CICS regions. For the status metrics, every field from CA SYSVIEW is displayed as two metrics.

The first metric without the value suffix shows the actual status as a string. The possible values vary from one metric to another.

The second metric with the value suffix shows a numeric value for the status of the metric. This applies to all status metrics. They usually have the same mapping. In the case of CICS metrics,

Possible values are:

0

NONE

1

NORMAL

2

HIGH

3

WARNING

4

PROBLEM

These are the status metrics:

DB Control Connection

Displays the database control connection status.

DB Control Connection Value

Displays the value of the database control connection status. The values are.

DB2 Connection

Displays the database connection status.

DB2 Connection Value

Displays the value of the database connection status. The values are.

Maximum CICS Task

Displays the status indicator for the maximum CICS task status.

Maximum CICS Task Value

Displays the value of the maximum CICS task status.

Region Monitoring

Displays the CICS region. Region Monitoring shows the actual values which are:

Active

The CICS monitor is active.

Cancelled

The address space has been cancelled and monitoring is terminated.

Inactive

The CICS monitor is inactive.

Nostart

The CICS monitor has never been started within this CICS region. The product may not have been installed in the region.

Restart

The CICS monitor needs to be restarted. In most cases, this is due to the CICS region terminating abnormally. The CICS monitor was not able to terminate properly. Restart the CICS monitor by using the INIT line command or execute the CICS transaction XPFS from within the CICS address space.

Region Monitoring Value

Displays the value of the CICS Region Monitoring.

Region Status

Displays the maximum of any of the other CICS status values (except the region monitoring value) as a string:

None

The maximum status is none.

Normal

The maximums status is normal.

High

The maximums status is high.

Warning

The maximums status is warning.

Problem

The maximums status is problem.

Region Status Value

Displays the maximum value of any CICS region status.

TCPIP Connection

Displays the status of the TCPIP connection.

TCPIP Connection Value

Displays the value of the TCPIP connection.

VTAM Connection

Displays the status of the VTAM connection.

VTAM Connection Value

Displays the value of the VTAM connection.

Web Connection

Displays the status of the Web connection.

Web Connection Value

Displays the value of the Web connection status.

WebSphere MQ Connection

Displays the status of the WebSphere MQ connection.

WebSphere MQ Connection Value

Displays the value of the WebSphere MQ connection status.