The CICSplex Explorer view shows the details for the CICSplex
in the current scope.
The initial view shows the CICSplexes in
the connection. The plus icon (an arrow on Linux) next to the CICSplex indicates that
there are CICS® systems that
are defined to the CICSplex. Two numbers in parentheses follow the
CICSplex name. The second number indicates the total number of CICS systems in the CICSplex, and
the first number indicates the number of active CICS systems.
Clicking
the plus icon (an arrow on Linux)
next to a CICSplex name expands the content to show the Workload Management
section, the CICS systems,
and the CICS system groups
in the CICSplex. Active CICS systems
are shown with their APPLID in parentheses after the system name.
Inactive systems are shown without an APPLID and with their icon grayed
out.
You can expand each item to show the contents.
When you expand the Workload Management section, you see the workloads
in the CICSplex.

Expanding
an active workload shows the routers and the workload definitions,
also known as
routing rules, in the workload. Inactive
workloads are shown with their icon grayed out. Expand a routing rule
to show the target regions and transaction groups for that rule. Text,
in parenthesis, after the target region name provides an indication
of the status of the region at the time when the view is refreshed.
The status can be one of the following values:
- ACTIVE
- The target is available to participate in workload management.
- QUIESCING
- The target is being quiesced. No new transactions are routed to
this target. Transactions currently being routed to this target are
routed to another target, unless an affinity relation exists. If there
is an affinity relation, transactions continue to be routed to this
target until the affinity lifetime expires. Note that if a target
has an affinity lifetime of PERMANENT, it will remain in a QUIESCING
state indefinitely.
- QUIESCED
- The target is not available to participate in workload management.
Additional information is provided by the text that
follows the status:
- DUMPING
- Indicates that the target is running a system or transaction dump.
- SOS
- Indicates that the target is short on storage.
- MAXTASKS
- Indicates that the target is at Max Tasks (MXT).
- STALLED
- Indicates that the target is stalled.
Statuses can be concatenated, for example, you might
see the status
ACTIVE DUMPING SOS that
indicates that the region is both short on storage, and is running
a system or transaction dump.
The view does not refresh automatically,
so to see the latest status you must refresh the view.