How to trap a program one time using CA Intertest for CICS?

Products

• InterTest - CICS
• InterTest - Batch
• InterTest VSE - CICS

Issue/Introduction

The developer is trying to breakpoint an MQ message initiated transaction with CA Intertest for CICS. The problem is more than one task with that transaction identifier  can be spawned. The system jams up first on transaction with eckwaits and then a maxtask ensues when other transactions are invoked. 

Environment

Z/OS CICS

Resolution

The MUS= parameter can be used to limit the number of times a program is monitored. This parameter is outline in the CA Intertest for CICS Users Guide.

MUS: Limit the Number of Times a Program Is Monitored

To limit the number of times a program is monitored, enter: 

MUS=limit

limit   Specifies the number of times a program is monitored. Replace limit with a decimal number from 1 to 65,534.

..

For example

Please have the programmer setup their program as they currently are doing. Then at a clear screen in CICS add the MUS=1 option with the command below.

CNTL=ON,PROG=PGMNAME,MUS=1

The example below is for the COBDEMO program

If you do a breakpoint inquiry on COBDEMO you will notice that the limit is set to 1 with zero for number of times monitored.   MUS=(00001,00000)

COBDEMO    For userid .ANY

              Symbolic file is PROTSYM

                MUS=(00001,00000)

                Abend Intercept ABI=ON

              UBP   offset=  +00BFE         at=#1

                    from=U005 to=U005

              SLB   terminal is U005 - Source Listing Breakpoints are on.

                    Listing window:       Titles.

                    AutoKeep Display is ON

                    Code Coverage is OFF

              * Entry not active

              * End of Report *

If you then run the COBDEMO program and inquiry again you will now, see the program was monitored one time.  MUS=(00001,00001) 

 COBDEMO    For userid .ANY

              Symbolic file is PROTSYM

                MUS=(00001,00001) 

                Abend Intercept ABI=ON

              UBP   offset=  +00BFE         at=#1

                    from=U005 to=U005

              SLB   terminal is U005 - Source Listing Breakpoints are on.

                   Listing window:       Keep.

                    AutoKeep Display is ON

                    Code Coverage is OFF

              * Entry not active

              * End of Report *               

After that if you run the COBDEMO program you will not get breakpoints.

You will have to turn monitoring off for the program and back on again to reset the MUS=LIMIT.