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Configuring the Collector

You can manage and control the Collector with the CINT transaction, which enables you to start, pause, continue and stop the data collection process.

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To access the configuration options, enter CINT at the CICS® terminal, and the Collector Main Administration Menu appears. From this screen, you can go further to more detailed options menus and customize the process to the full extent. When running the Collector for the first time, be sure to specify the region options:
  1. On the Collector Main Administration Menu screen, type 2 to open the Region Configuration Menu screen, and press Enter.
  2. Specify the region to monitor: on any line, enter the new region's APPLID and SYSID in the New Applid and New Sysid fields, respectively. Type 1 in the Act field and press Enter. CICS IA adds the new region to its list of regions to be monitored, giving system default values to all region-specific Collector options for the new region.
  3. Specify the dependency-related DB2®, IMS™, and MQ commands to be monitored. First, open the Resource Options screen by typing 4 and pressing Enter. Then open the DB2/MQ/IMS Options screen by typing 5 and pressing Enter. Then, go through the list of commands and for each type of command that you want the Collector to monitor, type Y. For each type of command that you don't want the Collector to monitor, type N, or, to use the default value in the CICS IA control file, specify a blank.
  4. Set the region specific options, such as which CICS transactions should be monitored and whether dependency or affinity data is to be collected. To do this, go back to the Region Configuration Menu and enter 1 to open the General Options screen. In the Data to Collect field, type A for affinity or I for dependency data collection, or B for both affinity and dependency data collection.
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