22.18. WebSphere TXSeries tracing

Tracing in WebSphere TXSeries can require concurrent traces to be run for some, or all of the key components (CICS, Encina, and DCE).

In WebSphere TXSeries the CICS component basically provides a CICS API interface. The transaction coordination and management process runs as a global task under Encina. Encina is the transaction manager, the two-phase commit coordinator, and controls access to the Structured File Server (SFS). Even if DB2 is used as the file system, Encina will be the two-phase commit coordinator.

Most installations that run WebSPhere TXSeries CICS use Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). This does not use DCE for authorization. DCE in this case is merely the portal through which connections are passed ...

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