Issuing CICS main terminal commands

The Utilities menu includes an option to display or modify the following main terminal settings: class max tasks, runaway task interval, scan delay interval, and region exit interval.

To display or modify any other main terminal settings, select the Console option (A) on the Utilities menu (fast path U.A) and enter CEMT commands as if you were issuing them at a console. To display or modify the subset of CICS® main terminal settings, select the main Terminal option (L) on the Utilities menu or enter fast path U.L from any OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) panel. The following panel is displayed.

Figure 1. Display or Change CICS Main Terminal Settings Panel (U.L)
________________ ZUCEMT   VTM     CICSR41L V530./C SYS  06/04/13 13:51:04     
> PF1 Help     PF3 Back     PF4 Main Menu     PF7 Up     PF8 Down              
                                                                               
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>                CICS MAIN TERMINAL COMMANDS                                 
                                                                               
> CMT ccc,n is the syntax where:                                               
                                                                               
>                 RUN,n                Runaway task interval                   
>                 SCAN,n               Scan delay interval                     
>                 TIM,n                Region exit interval                    
                                                                               
>             n = new value to be set  If omitted, current value displays      
                                                                               
>                 SET command text     A valid CEMT SET command                
                                                                               
> For example:                                                                 
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>CMT SCAN,100                                                                  
>CMT SET TASK(12345) FOR                                                       
>CMT SET FILE(FILE01) OPE                                                      
                                                                               
> To display or change the CICS Main Terminal settings, remove the >         
> preceding CMT.                                                               
                                                                               
>CMT                                                                           
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To display the current setting of a parameter, enter one of the keywords shown on the panel following the -CMT statement. The current value displays and the hyphen preceding CMT changes to >. To display the value of another setting, replace the > preceding CMT with a hyphen and enter the keyword after CMT. To modify a setting, enter the new value over the current value displayed. Or you can enter the entire statement, which includes the keyword, a comma, and the new value after -CMT. For example, -CMT TIM,110 sets the region exit interval (ICV) to 110 milliseconds.

The -CMT SET statement can be used to issue any valid CEMT SET command in the CICs region; this does not cause a new task to be created and will work when CICS is under stress.

Note: Use this option with care. Restrict the access in order to insure the integrity of your CICS region.