CICS PA Historical Database (HDB) is a repository of SMF data related to CICS® system performance.
CICS PA Historical Database builds a history of transaction activity from your CMF performance class data (“Performance HDB”), and a history of CICS statistics and server statistics data and CICS Transaction Gateway statistics data (“Statistics HDB”), that can be customized to meet your various reporting requirements. Your Historical Database environment is controlled from the CICS PA ISPF dialog. It provides a fully managed environment from where you can control all aspects of CICS performance data and CICS statistics data, including collection and reporting.
Initially, your HDB environment requires a minimal one-time setup. On the Historical Database Menu, specify the name of the Repository. This is a VSAM KSDS where HDB definitions are saved.
The Historical Database Menu provides access to all functions for defining and using HDBs. For more information, see the CICS PA User's Guide.
This chapter presents the commands and sample output for the HDB functions that can be run through batch processes.