This book is intended to help you to:
This book does not discuss the performance aspects of the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 3 Release 1 Front End Programming Interface, although it does document the Front End Programming Interface statistics. For more information about the Front End Programming Interface, see the CICS Front End Programming Interface User’s Guide.
This book is for a person who is involved in:
You need to have a good understanding of how CICS works. This assumes familiarity with many of the books in the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 3 Release 1 library, together with adequate practical experience of installing and maintaining a CICS system.
If you want to establish performance objectives, monitor the performance of a CICS system, and occasionally make adjustments to the system to keep it within objectives, you should read through this book in its entirety.
If you have a performance problem and want to correct it, read Parts 3 and 4. You may need to refer to various sections in Part 2.
The following abbreviations are used throughout this book: