Abstract: The invention relates to system and methods for accessing transaction servers to obtain particular information related to the transaction processing. In particular, the system 10 is adapted to interact with the internal trace 14 of the CICS 12 for reading the trace entries generated by CICS 12 during transaction processing and written to the internal trace 14. The system 10 is adapted to interact with the internal trace 14 in such a manner that the performance of the transaction processing being conducted in the CICS is not negatively impacted. In accordance with an arrangement of the invention, there is provided a method (to be described at a later stage) for reading and interpreting the content of the internal trace in a period of time that is lesser than the period of time needed for an internal trace to become full and wrap losing the trace entries stored therein.

Abstract: System and method for gaining information about particular application and/or system events, and exception conditions generated during processing of a computer program or a transaction, stored in CICS internal trace. in trace entries. The system includes a plurality of software modules for reading the CICS internal trace, and memory for storing trace entries. The system 10 may reconstruct the application lifecycle view of transactions processed by a transaction server such as a CICS transaction server 12. The system 10 includes the plurality of software modules linked together for reconstructing the application lifecycle view of transactions processed by the CICS transaction server 12. Alternatively, there may be provided a system and method for taking a snapshot of an entire internal trace of one or more transaction server regions at a particular moment of time. In further arrangement, there is provided a system and method for reading a CICS internal trace.