7. PARAMETERS › 7.1 Environmental Considerations

7.1 Environmental Considerations

Before coding the installation parameters, you need to know
about the CICS environment at your data center.  To do so,
we suggest that you perform the following:

   o  Identify the CICS regions whose data is to be processed
      by the CA MICS Analyzer Option for CICS. Determine the
      monitor that performs the data collection for each
      region.  The CA MICS Analyzer Option for CICS supports
      data from the CICS Monitoring Facility (CMF) and
      ASG-TMON.  Detailed information on the types of records
      used by the CA MICS Analyzer Option for CICS is
      provided in Chapter 6 of this guide.

   o  Examine existing user groups, account codes, and job
      control information used by CICS.  This information
      helps you code appropriate values for the account code
      parameters of the CA MICS Analyzer Option for CICS.

   o  Review the default setting of the installation
      parameters provided by the CA MICS Analyzer Option for
      CICS to determine their applicability to your
      environment.

   o  Review current CA MICS parameter specifications:

      -  Review database unit specifications to determine
         which unit or units should include CICS data.

      -  Review the SYSID parameter to determine whether it
         correlates to the CICS data.  Your site's SYSID
         definition is located in the prefix.MICS.PARMS data
         set associated with each database unit.

      -  Review the CA MICS ZONE parameter to ensure that it
         reflects the variations in CICS data.  This
         parameter is located in the prefix.MICS.PARMS data
         set associated with each database unit.

      -  Examine existing accounting standards for other CA
         MICS components, if applicable, to ensure that the
         CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Option aggregates
         information consistently.