The document describes the IBM CICS Optimization Solution Pack v5.3, which enhances deployment, management, and performance analysis of CICS environments through tools like the CICS Deployment Assistant and Performance Analyzer. New features include improved API automation for infrastructure management, cloud enablement capabilities, and detailed performance reporting to optimize operational efficiency. The solution aims to support automated DevOps pipelines and facilitate resource lifecycle management with comprehensive auditing and control.

1. The Elevator Series
CICS Optimization Solution Pack V5.3
V1.0

2. IBM CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS
Discover, visualize and
understand
A deep discovery operation reveals your
CICS topology and connected
subsystems, creating a rich model.
Extend and Adapt
Scale existing infrastructure through the
ability to clone and de-provision regions,
with cloned systems providing accurate
representation for improved testing.
Control and Automate
A powerful RESTful API allowing you to
automate operations, access information
stored in the model and integrate with
existing processes.
Enables an automated DevOps pipeline for elastic scaling of CICS
infrastructure, creation of production-proving test regions and integration
with existing processes using a RESTful API.
New in V5.3
An enhanced API
Enabling automation of discovery, cloning
and de-provisioning of cloned regions, for
a truly controlled and scalable
infrastructure.

3. IBM CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS
Understand
Discover and visualize application structure
and command flow, assisting with problem
determination and system management
Optimise
Application insights allow for modifications
to improve performance and reduce costs,
using features such as threadsafe
reporting.
Improve availability
Achieve high availability by using affinity
analysis to enable workload balancing and
improve serviceability.
Maximize operational efficiency using detailed understanding of CICS
application topology to allow for provisioning of new mobile engagements
with confidence and facilitating CICS cloud enablement.
New in V5.3
CICS Cloud Enablement made easy
Identify Application entry points and
dependencies for cloud enablement of
existing CICS applications

4. IBM CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS
Single point of control
Create and manage your CICS definitions,
whether they reside in CSDs or a CICSPlex
SM® Data Repository.
Application resource
lifecycle
Package and migrate definitions through
development, test and production
environments, with full back out
capabilities.
Audit compliance
Changes to resource definitions through
any CICS CM interface are recorded in a
Journal, enabling comprehensive auditing
and controlled deployment.
Control and automate management of CICS application resource lifecycle,
with full audit trail and back out capabilities
New in V5.3
XSLT support
Easier automation and integration with existing
DevOps processes for deployment of CICS
resource definitions.

5. IBM CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS
Problem determination
Identify system and application bottlenecks
through threshold based alerts for CICS
statistics and performance data.
Performance analysis
Comprehensive off-line performance
reporting for CICS and connected sub-
systems, simplified through pre-defined
report sets and graphical visualizations.
Trend analysis
Visualization of performance data allows
for quick recognition of trends and enables
capacity planning. Transaction Profiling
and baseline comparisons help highlight
changes in key metrics.
Simplifies detailed understanding of CICS systems and application
performance, enabling problem determination, trend analysis and capacity
planning.
New in V5.3
Flexible reporting of CICS statistics data
Form-based statistics summary reporting
for CICS TS and CICS TG systems which
also enables powerful cross-domain
reporting.