IBM Transaction Analysis Workbench for z/OS
Unified platform for z/OS® transactional problem management
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Overview:
Analyze transaction performance and behavioral problems and simplify problem analysis
Transaction Analysis Workbench enables you to look at individual z/OS subsystems or combine them into a single unified view, including the ability to replay or track the flow of the transaction within and between various z/OS subsystems. It does not require special agent software to collect data for analysis. Instead, Transaction Analysis Workbench uses the logs and other historical data that each subsystem generates during normal transaction processing and system operations.
Enjoy cross-subsystem coverage
Analyze records from multiple z/OS subsystems, including IBM CICS®, IBM Db2®, IBM IMS™, IBM MQ, SMF, IBM WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS and IBM z/OS Connect. Over 1,500 log record types.
Analyze logs you already collect
Include the logs and other historical data that each subsystem already generates during normal operation. No special agent software is required.
Track across logs and subsystems
See all of the events in a heterogeneous transaction, for example CICS-Db2, CICS-DBCTL, IMS-Db2, in a single consolidated view.
Consistent user interface
A consistent user interface for all log records helps make it easy to extend analysis skills into unfamiliar log types and subsystems.
Features:
Interactive on-host log analysis
An ISPF-based log browser shows all log records in a single, consistent interface. You can browse summarized records from multiple logs merged in time sequence, then view all fields of a single record and target details of a single field.
Generate batch reports
You can generate various batch reports that are designed to help solve common transaction analysis issues. For example, combined CICS-DBCTL transaction analysis reports can help determine whether long response time is caused by problems in IBM CICS or IBM IMS.
Transaction tracking
It tracks the transaction across available logs to provide a cross-subsystem timeline of events and highlights delays often absent in subsystem-specific tools. Tracking can also help developers understand the behavior and interrelationships of systems.
Shared problem details and history
IBM Transaction Analysis Workbench offers an optional framework for analyzing problems in sessions. A session encapsulates information about a problem and its analysis. It includes the time period, systems involved and corresponding log files. If you create a session, other users can share that session rather than creating their own.
Workflows
When creating a session for a problem, you can optionally select a session template that describes a workflow. A workflow is a sequence of tasks for analyzing a problem. Each task can be a written instruction or JCL for a batch job.
Automated file selection
Automated file selection eliminates the tedious process of manually locating the log data required for analysis. You specify a time period and the systems that you are interested in and IBM Transaction Analysis Workbench locate the corresponding log files and attaches them to your problem session.
Off-host analytics dashboards
You can run IBM Transaction Analysis Workbench for z/OS batch jobs that forward log data to off-host analytics platforms such as the Elastic Stack or Splunk. View your log data in Kibana or Splunk dashboards that complement on-host analysis.
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Specifications:
Software prerequisites: mandatory
Before installing and configuring Transaction Analysis Workbench, ensure that the following software requirements are fulfilled:
- z/OS, V2.1 or later
Hardware prerequisites
Transaction Analysis Workbench operates on any hardware configuration that supports the required software.
Pricing Notes:
- All Prices are Inclusive of GST
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
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