IMS Connect workspaces

The IMS Connect workspaces allow you to monitor TCP/IP transaction requests as IMS Connect is processing them. This provides a better understanding of the activity within the IMS Connect system. Use the IMS Connect workspaces to view:

All IMS Connect workspaces reside under a Tivoli Enterprise Portal node with a format comprised of the IMS Connect task name and the z/OS LPAR identifier. The exact form of the IMS Connect TEP node is:

<IMS Connect Task Name>:<z/OS LPAR identifier>:CONNECT

Response Time Summary workspaces

The Response Time Summary workspaces summarize IMS Connect transaction performance by transaction code, target datastore, TCP/IP port number, client ID, and user ID. Access the Response Time Summary by Transaction workspace from the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node. This workspace contains a:

Access the other summary workspaces by selecting each workspace from the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node. Each summary workspace mimics the layout of the Response Time Summary by Transaction workspace, but is grouped by the specific type of summary data (target datastore, TCP/IP port number, client ID, or user ID).

Response Time Detail workspace

The Response Time Detail workspace, accessible only from a link on a Response Time Summary workspace, contains:

TCP/IP Usage Summary workspace

The TCP/IP Usage Summary workspace summarizes the TCP/IP port activity of the IMS Connect system. This workspace, accessible from the TCP/IP Usage node on the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node, contains a:

To improve integration among the applications and monitoring agents that use the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to display data, a new dynamic linking between workspaces is now available and is known as dynamic workspace linking. If a Mainframe Networks target node is available, the IMS Connect TCP/IP Usage Summary workspace offers links to three OMEGAMON XE for Mainframe Network workspaces:

Note:
Dynamic workspace linking is supported only between V4.1.0 (and higher) workspaces. Predefined cross-product links to other product workspaces are not displayed if the other product has not been installed and configured.

IMS Connect CPU Usage workspace

The IMS Connect CPU Usage workspace, accessible on the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node, allows you to observe busy TCBs, and to open more ports, if necessary. The IMS Connect Address Space CPU Usage bar chart provides a view of the percent CPU time the TCBs consume. Each TCB represents a port that is used by IMS Connect to receive messages over TCP/IP. The relative CPU consumption of each TCB can be used as an indicator for load balancing TCP/IP traffic across multiple ports.

Resume TPIPE Usage Summary workspace

The Resume TPIPE Usage Summary workspace summarizes Resume TPIPE command activity. This workspace, accessible from the Resume TPIPE node on the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node, contains a:

ACK/NAK Summary workspace

The ACK/NAK Summary workspace provides a summary of acknowledgment activity for transactions which use Sync Level=CONFIRM. Positive acknowledgment (ACK) and negative acknowledgment (NAK) statistics are reported for each transaction. This workspace, accessible from the ACK/NAK Summary node on the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node, contains a:

Exception Events workspace

The Exception Events workspace provides details about events which cause transactions to fail or that signal critical resources which are no longer available. This workspace is accessible from the Exception Events Summary node on the Navigation Tree under the IMS Connect node. The summary workspace contains: