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MainView for CICS 6.7

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The MainView for CICS product uses real-time data to show the performance of CICS regions. The MainView for CICS data collectors sample and measure system workloads or system resources at intervals that you define.

Notices

updated 29 Mar

MainView for CICS Customization Guide

Post-installation customization procedures

MainView for CICS Monitors Guide

Describes how to use the MainView for CICS data collection monitors.

MainView for CICS PERFORMANCE REPORTER Data Reference

Lists sample members in the BBSAMP data set and the data fields of MainView for CICS records

MainView for CICS Performance Reporter User Guide

Describes how to submit PERFORMANCE REPORTER batch programs to produce reports about performance and resource usage. It also explains how to use the Performance Reporting Language (PRL) to create your own custom reports.

MainView for CICS Online Services Guide

Describes how to use online tools provided by MainView for CICS to monitor and manage your CICS regions

MainView common documentation

Mainframe common infrastructure documentation

Installation

Information about installing and maintaining the product.

Messages

BMC messages from the following product lines:

BMC products for DB2
BMC products for IMS
Cost Optimization products
MainView products

PDFs and videos

This topic provides access to PDFs and videos that support this product. It also explains how to create your own custom PDFs.

Creating a custom PDF

From any page in the space, use the following procedure to create a PDF of either the current page or multiple pages (a parent topic and its child topics):

From the Tools menu in the upper-right, select Export to PDF:
Notes
- Although you can export to Microsoft Word, this portal is not optimized for Word exports.
- If you require an export in XML or HTML format, contact us.
In the Template box, select the PDF style:
- Simple to export a PDF with no cover, table of contents, or index
  By default, the Simple template exports only the current page.
- Standard to export a traditional PDF with a cover, table of contents, and index
  By default, the Standard template exports the current page and its child pages.
In the Export Scope box, select what you want to export:
- Only this page to export the current page
- This page and its children to export an entire section (current page and any child topics)
Example
In this example, selecting This page and its children creates a PDF of all topics in the space's Reference section:
Select Start Export.

For more information, see Help for BMC Online Technical Documentation .

Videos

This section lists videos that supplement the text-based documentation.

This library offers Quick Courses related to MainView for CICS:

MainView for CICS	Duration
Using MainView for CICS	7:49
Diagnosing task-related problems	6:14
Monitoring the Performance of CICS Applications	11:16
Monitoring Task Usage of TCP/IP Sockets	9:07
Setting up Task Kill Exit Thresholds	9:46
Viewing task history	9:39

FAQs and additional resources

This topic answers common questions and explains how to access additional resources, including BMC Support.

Frequently asked questions

This section answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the documentation portal.

The following are general questions about mainframe documentation:

How can I get a PDF of selected content in a space?

From the Tools menu in the upper-right, select Export to PDF.
Select the type of PDF that you want:

- Only this page for a PDF of the current page
- This page and its children for a PDF of the current page and all of its child topics

Depending on the number of topics included in the export, it might take several minutes to create the PDF. After the export is complete, you can download the PDF.

Where can I get a list of all mainframe AMI products, Cost Optimization products, MainView products, and BMC products for the IBM DB2 and IBM IMS subsystems?

Go to the docs.bmc.com main dashboard and click the BMC Mainframe products (DB2 IMS MainView Cost Optimization AMI) box, or click here to go directly to the list.

Note

If looking for the Control-M mainframe documentation, click the Control-M box on the dashboard, or click here to go directly to the Control-M space.

Additional resources

The following BMC sites are external to this portal and provide information that you might find helpful:

Support information

The following questions offer information about BMC Support:

How can I contact BMC Support?

If you have problems with or questions about a BMC product, or for the latest support policies, see the Customer Support website at https://www.bmc.com/support/support-central.html. You can access product documents, search the Knowledge Base for help with an issue, and download products and maintenance.

If you do not have access to the web and you are in the United States or Canada, contact Customer Support at 800 537 1813. Outside the United States or Canada, select your country at Contact BMC to view local Support Contacts.

How can I check a product version's support status?

You can find the support status for specific product versions on Support Central. Selecting a product from the “A–Z Supported Product List” shows:

All versions of the product and their current support levels (full or limited)
Dates on which support ends

You can also find information about the latest support policies on Support Central.

Where can I get the security certificates needed for transferring files to BMC Support?

Related topics

PDFs and videos

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Last modified by Mary Cameron on Jun 07, 2019

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