Advanced Demo Session › Option 02: Limit CICS Storage and Requests › Set MXS and MXR Options

Set MXS and MXR Options

1. Type the SO option in the command field.
2. Press Enter.

   CA InterTest for CICS displays the Special Options menu.

   The Special Options menu lets you set several options to change how CA InterTest for CICS monitors a program.

You are going to set two options:

• MXS to limit the amount of CICS main storage acquired by the demo program
• MXR to limit the total number of CICS requests issued by the demo program

1. Specify 50,000 bytes as the maximum amount of main storage the demo program can obtain, and specify 20 as the maximum number of CICS requests the demo program can issue.
2. Tab to the MXS field and type in 50000, as shown in the following screen.
3. Tab to the MXR field and type in 20, as shown in the following screen.
4. Press Enter.

               CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER ‑ SPECIAL OPTIONS        22 
                                                                                    
          SET one or more options to override the default monitoring rules in:     
                                    PROG=ASMDEMO                                    
                                                                                    
               Enter X next to each option desired:                                 
                                                                                    
                     Source Listing Breakpoint      (SLB) _                         
                     No file updating               (NUP) _                         
                     Reentrancy check               (RNT) _                         
                                                                                    
               Follow monitoring (ON, name, NOPPT) (FOL) ________                   
               Number of times to be monitored     (MUS) _____                      
               Limit total size of CICS storage    (MXS) 50000__                    
               Limit total number of CICS requests (MXR) 20_____                    
                                                                                    
              Set local automatic breakpoint ('*', TERMID, .ANY, OFF)     ____     
              Limit monitoring to your TERMINAL ‑ '*' or TERMID:          ____     
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
    Press ENTER key with data to process command or select PF key:                 
    PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5            6           
    PF7            8            9           10           11           12          
   

   CA InterTest for CICS sets the MXS and MXR options and redisplays the breakpoint screen shown in the previous screen example.

5. Press PF4 until you are returned to the Source Listing Breakpoint.
6. Press PF5 to continue program execution.

   ASMDEMO resumes execution.