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Getting Started

Performance Management Assistant is a software package used to greatly support the implementation of APM (Application Performance Management). Performance Management Assistant significantly reduces the degree of manual effort required to implement the APM strategy and ensures continuous processing within each phase. Performance Management Assistant makes it possible to implement optimization measures consistently and strategically.

Performance Management Assistant was developed and is continuously enhanced based on the practical experiences of CA Mainframe Application Tuner experts. As a result, the functions are specifically tailored to offer practical solutions to fulfill user needs.

Performance Management Assistant consists of the following components:

This user guide describes how to use the online dialogs of the Info Board, Central Component, Checkpoint Checker, CICS Feature, and IMS Feature when integrated into a CA Mainframe Application Tuner environment. Additionally, this book details the end-user batch jobs that export data or measure jobs of a critical path. Detailed information about other batch jobs and parameter customization can be found in the Administration Guide.

This chapter provides you with the general information that you need to use the ISPF panels. Subsequent chapters document the detailed online use of each of the features: the Central Component, the CICS Feature, and the IMS Feature.

This section contains the following topics:

Menus and Panels

Primary Commands

Line Commands

Generic Notation

Sort List Panels

Define System Image

Start the Online Dialog