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System Facilities Menu (9)

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The System Facilities Menu provides the programmer with functions for monitoring the CICS region. These functions include:

  • Displaying/modifying all CICS storage
  • Setting system-wide storage protection rules and exceptions
  • Displaying/modifying CICS storage using formatted DSECT displays
  • Displaying/modifying abend traps and program resources.

Access this screen by typing the number 9 on the Primary Menu, or as described in Transferring Between Screens.

System Facilities Menu (9)

--------------------------- SYSTEM FACILITIES MENU (9) -------- --------C024
COMMAND ===>
MODULE:          CSECT:


   1  VIEW SINGLE TASK    - View a selected task
   2  MEMORY              - Display/modify memory
   3  TASK LIST           - List all Tasks in the CICS region
   4  MONITOR FACILITIES  - Display/modify monitoring rules
   5  CSECT EXCLUSIONS    - Display/modify CSECT exclusions
   6  TRAP SUMMARY        - Display/modify global ABEND traps
   7  STORAGE EXCEPTIONS  - Display/modify global storage protection exceptions
   8  STORAGE PROTECTION  - Display/modify global storage protection entries
   9  SYSTEM LABELS       - Create system labels for storage areas
   D  DSECTS              - Display formatted DSECTs
   L  SLS DATASETS        - Process SLS datasets
   P  RESOURCE SUMMARY    - Display/remove global breakpoints/keeps

To select an XPSP screen, enter the screen ID in the COMMAND field. The following screens are available:

  • View Single Task (1): Displays information about a task that was selected from the List All Tasks screen (9.3). See View-Single-Task-9-1.
  • Memory (2): Allows you to display and update all tables and storage areas in CICS. See Memory-Display-9-2.
  • Task List (3): Displays the status of all active and suspended tasks in the CICS region, without interrupting the task. See List-All-Tasks-9-3.
  • Monitor Facilities (4): Displays screens that allow you to create, delete, list, and change entries in the monitor exceptions table. See Monitor-Facilities-9-4.
  • CSECT Exclusions (5): Lists all CSECTs that are to be excluded from all debugging sessions, and lets you change, add, or delete excluded CSECTs. See CSECT-Exclusions-9-5.
  • Trap Summary (6): Lists all abend traps set by all terminals in this CICS system. Also provides the ability to remove abend traps at any or all terminals. See Trap-Summary-9-6.
  • Storage Exceptions (7): Creates, deletes, lists, and changes entries in the storage protection exceptions table. See Storage-Exceptions-9-7.
  • Storage Protection (8): Sets system-wide storage protection and storage protection by terminal, transaction, or program. See Storage-Protection-9-8.
  • System Labels (9): Creates, deletes, lists, and changes system labels that equate to storage locations. See Define-System-Labels-9-9.
  • DSECTs (D): Displays a DSECT for a given area in a format that includes field names, field lengths and attributes, and data. See DSECTs-9-D.
  • SLS Data sets (L): Allows you to list, open, and close Source Language Support (SLS) datas ets. See SLS Data sets (9.L).
  • Resource Summary (P): Provides a list of programs that have breakpoints, skips, counts, and keeps set in the region. Releases all breakpoints, skips, counts, and keeps from selected programs. See Resource-Summary-9-P.

 

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