The XCF Paths Data for Sysplex workspace displays the status of each of the cross-system coupling facility (XCF) paths that connect systems to one another throughout the sysplex. You access this workspace from the Navigator.
The workspace contains two table views:
The XCF Systems table shows the status of z/OS images in a sysplex as they relate to the XCF communication feature. It provides the name and status of the system and the release version of the operating system, as well as the length of time it takes for XCF to detect a failure in the sysplex and the time it takes for XCF to report a failure to the operator.
The XCF Paths table provides the origin and destination systems of each signaling path, the device from which the path originates and its destination device, its status, the name of an associated transport class, and the percentage of its retry limit it has reached.
Performance information such as the Status and Retry Percent indicates whether any of the XCF paths are causing performance problems for the Sysplex. If a path becomes overloaded or unavailable, or the retry percentage is consistently high, you might need to adjust the parameters in the COUPLExx member of SYS1.PARMLIB.
From the XCF Paths table you can link to the XCF Paths Workspace for System Device To.
This workspace can collect history data.
See also:
Organization
of sysplex-level predefined workspaces
Attribute groups used by sysplex-level predefined workspaces