Stream: Virtual Room 5
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
CICS Interdependency Analyzer (aka CICS IA for z/OS) is a runtime tool for use with CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, that can be used to collect data related to transaction affinity, resource dependency and command flow
CICS IA plugin for CICS Explorer is an intuitive front end to visualize and explore the collected data.
CICS IA runs on the mainframe and collects data about several aspect of the CICS applications, which includes (but not limited to):
a. Thread safety
b. Affinity
c. Command flow
d. Load modules
e. C-sects
and then uses the collected data to produce reports which can be used by the users to
• Compare applications and resources across regions and platforms
• Optimization of CICS regions
• Modernization of applications
In this presentation we will look at how CICS IA can be used to automatically generate reports related to diff aspects of a CICS application in the Devops pipeline, which can then be used to determine next action. We will include a short demo of the capabilities as an introduction and then explain the usage of the product for Devops.
Over 13 years of Mainframe experience and working for HCL software as CICS IA product architect.
Engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools, with around 20 years of experience in different domains. Vatsala joined IBM in 2005 as a software developer and then moved on to become QA lead for mainframe products. In 2016 she transitioned to HCL after the Intellectual Property Partnership agreement between IBM & HCL and became responsible for level 2 and level 3 support for HACP (PCOMM, HOD) and HATS. Later on Vatsala took on the role of Engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools – taking care of interacting with customers for defining roadmaps, and coordinating with other stakeholders for all releases of the products. She also manages the Mainframe Test CoE that takes care of manual and automation testing for all of the mainframe products in HCL Software. With a growing passion for mainframe, she has been leading several innovation projects in the mainframe space in HCL software.
Over 13 years of Mainframe experience and working for HCL software as CICS IA product architect.
Engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools, with around 20 years of experience in different domains. Vatsala joined IBM in 2005 as a software developer and then moved on to become QA lead for mainframe products. In 2016 she transitioned to HCL after the Intellectual Property Partnership agreement between IBM & HCL and became responsible for level 2 and level 3 support for HACP (PCOMM, HOD) and HATS. Later on Vatsala took on the role of Engineering and support leader for RBD and CICS tools – taking care of interacting with customers for defining roadmaps, and coordinating with other stakeholders for all releases of the products. She also manages the Mainframe Test CoE that takes care of manual and automation testing for all of the mainframe products in HCL Software. With a growing passion for mainframe, she has been leading several innovation projects in the mainframe space in HCL software.
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