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Question
Is there a way to determine the actual EXCI pipe usage as this is not included in the CICS Transaction Gateway (CICS TG) statistics numbers? I am using CICS TG between a WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and a CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) region.
Answer
For a CICS Transaction Gateway local mode connection between a WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and a CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) region, the best way to determine the number of EXCI PIPE that a WAS address space has is to take a system dump (SDUMP) of the WAS address space and format the dump with this IPCS command:
VERBX DFHPDxxx 'KE=3'
where xxx is your release level of CICS like 680 for CICS TS 5.1, 690 for CICS TS 5.2, and 700 for CICS TS 5.3.
KE=3 will format all the external CICS interface control blocks which include The PIPE. To find the number in use you just have search on the keyword "PIPE" and count them.
Product Synonym
CICSTG CICS TG;CICS/TS CICSTS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server
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25 February 2016
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