About this book

IBM® CICS® Performance Analyzer for z/OS® is a reporting tool for analyzing and tuning the performance of CICS systems.

This information provides instructions for installing, configuring, and using CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS Version 5 Release 3. It describes the purpose, concepts, and operation of CICS Performance Analyzer and how to get started. It describes the reports and extracts and how to generate them using the CICS PA dialog or commands. There are examples and Guided Tours to help you become familiar with the dialog. Problem determination procedures and error messages are also included.

In these topics, CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS is referred to by its short name of CICS Performance Analyzer or CICS PA, and CICS Transaction Server is referred to as CICS.

The following releases of CICS are supported:

640
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3 Release 1
650
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3 Release 2
660
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 4 Release 1
670
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 4 Release 2
680
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 5 Release 1
690
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 5 Release 2
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