Start the Simulator

  1. From the CICS® command line type CMA1 and press Enter. CMA1 is the transaction identifier for the Simulator. The Simulator Request Initiation screen displays.
    Figure 1. Simulator request initiation screen — Initial appearance
                              SIMULATOR REQUEST INITIATION                DFHMASP1  
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      INITIATE VIA:  D (D) DPL; (M) WMQ-CICS bridge     SYSID:      if (D)PL        
     REQUEST QUEUE:  CIA.IVP.BRIDGE.REQUEST.QUEUE                                   
      REQUEST NAME:  MAIVPREQ     TYPE:  1 (0) Async; (1) Sync; (2) Sync/Rollback   
       PROCESSTYPE:  DFHMAINA                                                       
      PROCESS NAME:                                                                 
     FAIL PROCTYPE:                                                                 
     FAIL PROCNAME:                                                                 
      REPLY QMODEL:  CIA.IVP.REPLY.MODEL.QUEUE                                      
     DYNAMIC QNAME:  SIMULATION.*                                                   
     WAIT ON REPLY:  030  seconds                                                   
            USERID:                  STATE TOKEN:                                   
      USER DATALEN:  00000        SYMBOLICS NAME:  MAIVPREQ                         
      MAX REPLYLEN:  00400                                                          
                                                                                    
       Please select system option:                                                 
                                                                                    
      (1) SEND REQUEST    (2) REPLAY DATA     (6) COMP. REQUEST   (7) CANCEL REQUEST
      (9) MANAGE DATA    (10) EXPAND DATA    (11) RESET DATA     (12) EXIT          
     (13) PROCESS STATUS (14) REPLY DATA                         (16) RETURN        
    
  2. Accept all default values. For an explanation of the fields, see Simulator request initiation fields.