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04104: Hourly CICS Paging Rate Limit Exceeded


FILE:             CICS System Activity File
SAS FILE NAME:    DAYS.CICCSY01
SOURCE LOCATION:  prefix.MICS.USER.SOURCE(DYCICEXC)

SEVERITY:  Critical             (SEVERITY='C')
MANAGEMENT AREA:  Performance   (MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE')

PURPOSE:   Identifies those hours during which the CICS
storage paging exceeded the installation-defined limit.

RATIONALE:  An installation may set a limit based on the CPU
power and configuration, which represents the maximum hourly
paging activity that can be maintained and still meet system
service objectives.

DEFINITION:  This exception is detected when the hourly CICS
paging exceeds the installation-defined value.

EXCEPTION STATEMENTS:  The SAS statements identifying the
exception situation and describing the condition are stored
in the source member named in SOURCE LOCATION and are
described below.

************************************************************;
*
**  04104
**  HOURLY CICS PAGING RATE LIMIT EXCEEDED
*;
IF (CSYPAGIN + CSYPAGOT) > page-count
THEN DO;
EXCCODE='04104'; SEVERITY='C'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
EXCDESC1='CICS PAGING RATE LIMIT EXCEEDED';
EXCDESC2='PAGE INS =' || PUT(CSYPAGIN,8.) ||
        'PAGE OUTS=' || PUT(CSYPAGOT,8.);
LINK HIT;
END;

THRESHOLD MODIFICATION:  Modify the value used for page-count
according to the following convention:

    page-count - The total number of paging operations to be
       executed within one hour without system degradation.

          (CSYPAGIN + CSYPAGOT) > 12000