Threshold

Use this page to create a new THRESHOLD.

If you displayed this page by clicking Copy on a previous page, the values on the previous page are used as the basis for the new THRESHOLD.

Click Dump to create and view dump information for this THRESHOLD.

Click Install to install this resource.

Click Active to make this resource active.

Click Delete to delete this THRESHOLD.

Click Apply to save your threshold settings.

Note: For Windows, the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service must be started for the THRESHOLD feature to work.

For Enterprise Server regions that support CICS or JES, you can specify a threshold that will trigger a warning message and/or a threshold that triggers a warning message followed by a task purge (kill) function which operates within a target region. The thresholds can be specified for each of the following:

CPU consumption, in milliseconds (ms).
Memory usage, in kilobytes (kB).
Elapsed time, milliseconds (ms).

Warning messages are sent to the console. See CASKC6000 - CASKC6019 and CASKC6020 - CASKC6039 for more information on returned warning messages.

Note: There are no constraints on the combination of warning or purge thresholds that can be specified.

Name

The THRESHOLD name is a transaction match name. You can specify a prefix followed by the wildcard *. For example, the threshold name of AC* will match any transaction starting with AC, such as AC01, ACCT, and so forth.

For CICS, if the program starts with DFH*, EZACIC*, but excluding DFHWB*, the threshold will not be applied to the transaction.

Default values can be defined for CICS, JES, IMS, or CGI by creating a threshold name of =CIC, =JES, =IMS, or =CGI respectively.

Note: The CGI type will apply to the ESCWA and ESMAC casrdxxx modules.

Group

Choose a group to which this resource will belong. The list of groups from which you can choose include only those that can be edited by you.

Description

This is a description of the resource.

Resource Type

Type of resource the threshold will be applied to:

CICS
JES
IMS
CGI

Stepname

The stepname to be applied to the threshold.

CPU Warning

Amount of CPU usage, in milliseconds (ms), before a warning message is issued.

CPU Purge

Amount of CPU usage, in milliseconds (ms), before the process is purged (killed).

Memory Warning

Amount of MEM usage, in kilobytes (kB), before a warning message is issued.

Memory Purge

Amount of MEM usage, in kilobytes (kB), before the process is purged (killed).

Elapsed Time Warning

Amount of elapsed time, in milliseconds (ms), before a warning message is issued.

Elapsed Time Purge

Amount of elapsed time, in milliseconds (ms), before the process is purged (killed).