Issuing one notification for multiple conditions (2)

This example is a variation on the previous example (Issuing one notification for multiple conditions(1)), in which you saw how to obtain a single set of notifications when the average number of current tasks in a CICSplex is high. In this example, you’ll see how to monitor the availability of transactions whose names begin with the letters ETR throughout the CICSplex. (A transaction is not available if its status is DISABLED in any AOR in which it is locally defined.) An event notification and an alert will be issued if any ETR* transaction is unavailable in one or more AORs.

How to create the evaluation definition, the action definition, and the analysis definition is described here. The remaining steps (such as creating an analysis group and creating the analysis point specification) are as described in step 5 through step 9 of the previous example.

  1. Create an evaluation definition.

    From the current view, issue the command EVALDEF. From the EVALDEF view, issue the command CRE. Complete the first Create Evaluation Definition panel as shown here, and press Enter:

     ------------------- Create Evaluation Definition for PLXPROD1------------------
     COMMAND  ===>
     
     Name                  ===> RTEPAY11
     Description           ===> Key transaction check
     
     Sample Interval       ===> 300           Interval between samples in seconds
     TableName             ===> LOCTRAN       Resource Table Name or *
     Instance Pattern      ===> ETR*          Specific or generic pattern
     Result Set Action     ===> ANY           Operation(ALL,ANY,SUM,MIN,MAX,AVG,CNT)
     Separate Task         ===> NO            Run as a separate task (YES, NO)
     
     Evaluation Column     ===> STATUS        Column name to evaluate or *
         either Operator   ===> EQ            (EQ,NE,LT,GT,LE,GE)
                Value      ===> DISABLED
                Severity   ===> HS            (VLS,LS,LW,HW,HS,VHS)
         or set Thresholds:     Provide 3 low and/or 3 high values, N=Normal
     
    VLS          LS          LW   (N)    HW          HS         VHS
     
     
     View                  ===> LOCTRAN       View invoked for this Evaluation
     
     Type DOWN or UP to view other Evaluation Definition screens.
     Press Enter to create Evaluation Definition.
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.
  2. Create an action definition.

    From the current view, issue the command ACTNDEF. From the ACTNDEF view, issue the command CRE. Complete the Create Action Definition panel as shown here, and press Enter:

     -------------------- Create Action Definition for PLXPROD1 --------------------
     COMMAND  ===>
     
     Action Name   ===> RTAPAY11
      Description  ===> Key application unavailable
     
      Event        ===> YES          Generate Event (Yes/No)
       Event View  ===> LOCTRAN      View for Event
       Priority    ===> 255          Event Priority (1 to 255)
       Event Text  ===> Key application unavailable
     
      External Msg ===> NO           Generate External Message (Yes/No)
       Enter Msg   ===>
       Exit Msg    ===>
     
      Alert        ===> YES          Generate Alert (Yes/No)
       CMAS Name   ===> CMSSYS1      CMAS to Issue Alert
       Enter Text  ===> Key application unavailable
       Exit Text   ===> Key application available again
     
       Restart     ===> NO           Cancel for ARM Restart (Yes/No)
     
     Press Enter to create the Action Definition.
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.

    Notice that the Event View value is LOCTRAN. Although the event notification issued in this example is not specific (that is, it doesn’t identify the transactions, nor does it tell you in which AORs they are unavailable), you can look at the LOCTRAN view to find out which transactions are DISABLED, and in which AORs they are locally defined.

  3. Create an analysis definition.

    From the current view, issue the command RTADEF. From the RTADEF view, issue the command CRE. Complete the Create Analysis Definition panel as shown here, and press Enter:

     ------------------------ Create Analysis Definition for PLXPROD1 --------------
     COMMAND ==>
     
      Name             ===> RTDPAY11
      Description      ===> Key application check
      Perform Ops      ===> NO        Perform EVALDEF operations changes (YES, NO)
      Sample Interval  ===> 300       Interval between samples in seconds (1-86400)
      Action Name      ===> RTAPAY11  Action definition name or generic
     
                             VLS    LS    LW    HW    HS   VHS
     Entry Intervals   ===> 0001  0001  0001  0001  0001  0001
     Exit  Intervals   ===> 0001  0001  0001  0001  0001  0001
     
     Evaluation expression:
     ===> RTEPAY11
     ===>
     ===>
     ===>
     ===>
     ===>
     ===>
     
     Press Enter to create the Analysis Definition.
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.
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