Fig. 2 – Monitor OverView with AutoAnalyze indicator
Fig. 3 – CodeView with AutoAnalyze indicator and primary command AUTOanalyze
Fig. 4 – Histogram with AutoAnalyze indicator and primary command AUTOanalyze
Tracing and logging options within the product administration panel
Tracing and Logging options have been available in the CA Mainframe Application Tuner since its inception. However to improve on customer satisfaction and cut down on resolution time when the customer reports an issue with the product, the CA MAT development team enabled an option to trigger Tracing and Logging on new interactive panel (See Fig. 8) from within Administration panel (See Fig. 7). This option eliminates the need to issue z/OS modify commands to turn Tracing or Loggings on or off (although the z/OS modify command is issued in the background). Also, the storage allocations for the monitor data set are automatically adjusted to accommodate the increased number of records written to the monitor data set as a result of the tracing activity. The original monitor data set allocations are automatically restored when tracing is turned off.
CAUTION:
These options should only be used under the direction of Customer Support. Improper use of these options may result in a large volume of records being written to the monitor data set or server log.
Fig. 7 – Tracing / Logging option from the Administration Option Menu (Accessible via option A from the CA MAT Primary Option Menu)
Fig. 8 – New Tracing/Logging Option Menu
This functionality is available via PTF #SO10529.
IMS Java Batch Processing – a CA MAT Java agent improvement
CA MAT development continues to improve on our JAVA agent capability enabling/supporting IMS launched batch processes to be measured and evaluated for possible tuning opportunity.
This enhancement is available through the following PTF: #SO11142
To learn more about CA MAT Java analysis please refer to documentation topic here: Analysis for Java.
Improved diagnostic messages for CICS, DB2 and IDMS users
When CA Mainframe Application Tuner starts a monitor that targets either a CICS, DB2 or IDMS region, a release-specific module needs to be loaded. If the module cannot be located, MAT issues message TN0494W.
In a similar manner as our Tracing / Logging Enhancement, this feature provides more debugging information and contributes to overall customer satisfaction by adding the module name and the return/reason codes issued by the load macro allowing faster problem determination and resolution. See Fig. 9
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For more information about CA Mainframe Application Tuner V12, see the release notes in CA MAT V12 documentation.
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Thank you for choosing CA Mainframe Application Tuner to improve your application performance. Should you be interested in live demo? Update on product direction or POC? Feel free to contact us directly. Together with Product Manager Ekaterina Tumanova (Ekaterina.Tumanova@broadcom.com), we are always interested in your thoughts and feedback.
Petr Klomfar (Petr.Klomfar@broadcom.com)
Product Owner of CA MAT