This section summarizes the changes to statistics across supported CICS® releases. Use this information to plan the impact of upgrading from one
release to another.
The changes are reflected in the reports produced by DFHSTUP, the statistics formatting utility
program.
If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release,
you can find information about the changes that are relevant to those releases in Summary of changes from end-of-service releases.
Highlights of changes across supported releases of CICS TS
Table 1 lists new statistics types that
are introduced and the statistics types that have new or changed fields in each supported CICS TS
release.
The links provided in Table 1 take you to
the relevant tables below where brief descriptions of the changes are provided.
Table 1. Highlights of statistics changes across
supported releases of CICS TS
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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NEW:
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NEW:
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NEW:
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CHANGED:
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CHANGED:
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CHANGED:
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CHANGED:
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Changes to CICS statistics by release of CICS
TS
View changes by type:
In the tables that follow, column widths vary to accommodate text. The field name is a unique
identifier for each statistic field, and where applicable, the DFHSTUP name is also given.
CICS
Db2®
Table 2. Changes to CICS
Db2 statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
Global statisticsNew field:
- D2G_TCB_PROTECTED_CURRENT, with DFHSTUP name
Current number of connections with pthreads
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Resource statistics
New field:
- D2R_SHARELOCKS, with DFHSTUP name Share Locks
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Ciphers
Table 3. Changes to cipher statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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Resource statistics
New fields:
- SOC_CIPHER, with DFHSTUP name Number, indicating the cipher code
- SOC_TIMES_CICS_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name TLS Inbound
- SOC_TIMES_CICS_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name TLS Outbound
- SOC_TIMES_ATTLS_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name AT-TLS Inbound
- SOC_TIMES_ATTLS_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name AT-TLS Outbound
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ISC/IRC system entry
Table 4. Changes to ISC/IRC system entry statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
Resource statisticsNew field:
- A14EAHWM, with DFHSTUP name Peak aids in
chain
Changed fields:
Automatic initiate descriptors statistics now report on the
local system.
A14EALL, with DFHSTUP name Aids in chain, is changed from
a half-word binary field to a full-word binary field. It is also moved and now follows field
A14EMQPC in the statistics DSECT.
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JVM server
Table 5. Changes to JVM server statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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JVMSERVER resource statisticsNew fields:
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CODE_CACHE_USED, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER code cache memory
used
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CODE_CACHE_ALLOC, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER code cache memory
alloc
- SJS_JVMSERVER_DATA_CACHE_USED, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER data cache memory
used
- SJS_JVMSERVER_DATA_CACHE_ALLOC, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER data cache memory
alloc
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CLASS_STRG_USED, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER class storage mem
used
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CLASS_STRG_ALLOC, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER class storage mem
alloc
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CLASSCACHE_SIZE, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER classcache
size
- SJS_JVMSERVER_CLASSCACHE_FREE, with DFHSTUP name JVMSERVER classcache
free
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JVMSERVER resource statisticsNew fields:
- SJS_JVMSERVER_THREAD_WLP_ACTV, with DFHSTUP name Number of active Liberty JVM server
threads
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Monitoring domain
Table 6. Changes to Monitoring domain statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
Global statisticsNew fields:
- MNGURIRL, with DFHSTUP name Urimap Resource Limit
- MNGWEBRL, with DFHSTUP name Webservice Resource Limit
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Global statisticsNew fields:
- MNGRMI, with DFHSTUP name RMI Option
- MNGAPPNS, with DFHSTUP name Application naming
- MNGMCTNM, with DFHSTUP name MCT program name
- MNGFREQ, with DFHSTUP name Frequency
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Security domain
Table 7. Changes to Security domain statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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Global statisticsNew fields:
- XSG_AUTHOR_FAIL_NL_NA, with DFHSTUP name Failed authorizations NOLOG
NOTAUTH
- XSG_AUTHOR_FAIL_NL_NF, with DFHSTUP name Failed authorizations NOLOG
NOTFND
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Storage manager
Table 8. Changes to Storage manager statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
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Global statisticsNew statistics provided respectively for z/OS user region
and extended user region storage:
- SMSMVSMONSAMPLELASTTIMELOCAL, with DFHSTUP name Last monitor sample
time
- SMSMVSMONSAMPLELASTTIMEGMT
- For 24-bit MVS user region storage
- SMSMVS24STATE, with DFHSTUP name State, indicating the state of the user
region storage
- SMSMVS24TOTALUNALLOC, with DFHSTUP name Current unallocated total
- SMSMVS24TOTALUNALLOCLWM, with DFHSTUP name LWM unallocated total
- SMSMVS24LARGESTUNALLOC, with DFHSTUP name Current unallocated largest contiguous
area
- SMSMVS24LARGESTUNALLOCLWM, with DFHSTUP name LWM unallocated largest contiguous
area
- SMSMVS24LASTSOSTIMELOCAL, with DFHSTUP name Last date and time SOS
- SMSMVS24LASTSOSTIMEGMT
- SMSMVS24WAITTIME, with DFHSTUP name Time tasks waited because SOS
- SMSMVS24NUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Current tasks waiting because
SOS
- SMSMVS24NUMWAITSHWM, with DFHSTUP name Peak tasks waiting because
SOS
- SMSMVS24TOTALNUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Total waits because SOS
- For 31-bit MVS extended user region storage
- SMSMVS31STATE, with DFHSTUP name State, indicating the state of the
extended user region storage
- SMSMVS31TOTALUNALLOC, with DFHSTUP name Current unallocated total
- SMSMVS31TOTALUNALLOCLWM, with DFHSTUP name LWM unallocated total
- SMSMVS31LARGESTUNALLOC, with DFHSTUP name Current unallocated largest contiguous
area
- SMSMVS31LARGESTUNALLOCLWM, with DFHSTUP name LWM unallocated largest contiguous
area
- SMSMVS31LASTSOSTIMELOCAL, with DFHSTUP name Last date and time SOS
- SMSMVS31LASTSOSTIMEGMT
- SMSMVS31WAITTIME, with DFHSTUP name Time tasks waited because SOS
- SMSMVS31NUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Current tasks waiting because
SOS
- SMSMVS31NUMWAITSHWM, with DFHSTUP name Peak tasks waiting because
SOS
- SMSMVS31TOTALNUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Total waits because SOS
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Global statistics New fields:
- For z/OS user region storage
- SMSMVS24SOSTIME, with DFHSTUP name SOS duration
- SMSMVS24SOSCOUNT, with DFHSTUP name Times SOS
- For z/OS extended user region storage
- SMSMVS31SOSTIME, with DFHSTUP name SOS duration
- SMSMVS31SOSCOUNT, with DFHSTUP name Times SOS
- For z/OS MEMLIMIT storage
- SMSMVS64STATE, with DFHSTUP name State
- SMSMVS64UNALLOC, with DFHSTUP name Current unallocated
- SMSMVS64UNALLOCLWM, with DFHSTUP name LWM unallocated
- SMSMVS64LASTSOSTIMELOCAL, with DFHSTUP name Last date and time SOS
- SMSMVS64LASTSOSTIMEUTC
- SMSMVS64SOSTIME, with DFHSTUP name SOS duration
- SMSMVS64SOSCOUNT, with DFHSTUP name Times SOS
Changed fields:
The following storage SOS statistics are subject to the
ZOSSOSNEWTCB system initialization parameter:
- SMSMVS24WAITTIME and SMSMVS31WAITTIME, with DFHSTUP name Time tasks waited because
SOS
- SMSMVS24NUMWAITS and SMSMVS31NUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Current tasks waiting
because SOS
- SMSMVS24NUMWAITSHWM and SMSMVS31NUMWAITSHWM, with DFHSTUP name Peak tasks waiting
because SOS
- SMSMVS24TOTALNUMWAITS and SMSMVS31TOTALNUMWAITS, with DFHSTUP name Total waits
because SOS
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TCP/IP
Table 9. Changes to TCP/IP services resource
statistics, by release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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New field:
- SOR_TCPIPS_OPTIONSPGM, with DFHSTUP name TCPIPSERVICE OPTIONSPGM
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Table 10. Changes to TCP/IP global statistics, by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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New fields:
- SOG_S8TLSHS_REQUESTS_MAX, with DFHSTUP name Maximum parallel TLS
handshakes
- SOG_S8TLSHS_REQUESTS_CUR, with DFHSTUP name Current parallel TLS
handshakes
- SOG_S8TLSHS_REQUESTS_PEAK, with DFHSTUP name Peak parallel TLS
handshakes
- SOG_S8TLSHS_WAITERS_MAX, with DFHSTUP name Maximum waiting TLS
handshakes
- SOG_S8TLSHS_WAITERS_CUR, with DFHSTUP name Current waiting TLS
handshakes
- SOG_S8TLSHS_WAITERS_PEAK, with DFHSTUP name Peak waiting TLS
handshakes
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS11_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: TLS 1.1
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS12_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: TLS 1.2
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS13_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: TLS 1.3
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLSALL_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: Total
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS11_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: TLS 1.1
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS12_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: TLS 1.2
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS13_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: TLS 1.3
- SOG_TIMES_CICSTLSALL_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: Total
- SOG_TIMES_ATSSL3_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: AT-TLS SSL 3
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS10_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: AT-TLS 1.0
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS11_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: AT-TLS 1.1
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS12_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: AT-TLS 1.2
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS13_INB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: AT-TLS 1.3
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New fields (continued):
- SOG_TIMES_ATSSL3_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: AT-TLS SSL
3
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS10_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: AT-TLS
1.0
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS11_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: AT-TLS
1.1
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS12_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: AT-TLS
1.2
- SOG_TIMES_ATTLS13_OUTB_USED, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: AT-TLS
1.3
- SOG_HANDSHAKES_FULL_INB, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: Full
- SOG_HANDSHAKES_ABBREV_INB, with DFHSTUP name Inbound: Abbreviated
- SOG_HANDSHAKES_FULL_OUTB, with DFHSTUP name Outbound: Full
- SOG_HANDSHAKES_ABBREV_OUTB, with DFHSTUP name Outbound:
Abbreviated
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Changed fields:
- SOG_CURR_OUTB_SOCKETS - its DFHSTUP name is changed to Current number of outbound
sockets.
- SOG_PEAK_OUTB_SOCKETS - its DFHSTUP name is changed to Peak number of outbound
sockets.
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Removed fields:
- SOG_CURR_PERS_OUTB_SOCKETS
- SOG_PEAK_BOTH_OUTB_SOCKETS
- SOG_PEAK_PERS_OUTB_SOCKETS
- SOG_PERS_OUTBOUND_CREATED
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Temporary storage
Table 11. Changes to Temporary storage statistics
by release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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Global statisticsNew fields:
- TSGASU, with DFHSTUP name Current aux. temp storage usage %
- TSGASUPK, with DFHSTUP name Peak aux. temp storage usage %
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Transaction
Table 12. Changes to Transaction statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
Transactions resource statistics
New field:
- XMRAENDC, with DFHSTUP name Abend Count
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Transactions resource statisticsNew field:
- XMR_PURGED_TRNCLS_THRESHOLD, with DFHSTUP name Purge Count
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Transaction class
Table 13. Changes to Transaction class statistics
by release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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Transaction class resource statisticsNEW FIELD:
- XMCGAMA, with DFHSTUP name Last At MaxAct
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Transaction class resource statisticsNEW FIELD:
- XMCPUA, with DFHSTUP name Purge A
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User domain
Table 14. Changes to User domain statistics by
release
5.5 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
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Global statistics
New fields:
- USGDESOF, with DFHSTUP name Delete count due to sign off
- USGDEENF, with DFHSTUP name Delete count due to ENF
- USGDRCUR, with DFHSTUP name Current instances in directory
- USGDRPK, with DFHSTUP name Peak instances in directory
- USGTOCUR, with DFHSTUP name Current instances in timeout
- USGTOPK, with DFHSTUP name Peak instances in timeout
- USGENFK, with DFHSTUP name ENF events matched
- USGENFUN, with DFHSTUP name ENF events not matched
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