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.DELAY

.DELAY is a Strobe pseudo-resource  that shows mean service time when a CICS mirror or user transaction is ready to execute but the MVS task control block on which it needs to run is servicing another transaction.

You may see the Strobe pseudo-section .xx-TCB, which is always associated with .DELAY. "xx" identifies the dispatcher mode task control block that has been requested:

  • CO–concurrent TCB used for offload I/O by various domains

  • D2–Db2 mode

  • FO–file-owning TCB used to offload various file operations

  • J8–open mode, Java virtual machine

  • J9–open mode

  • JM–JVM CLASSCACHE

  • L8–open mode, LA370 Db2 TCB

  • L9–open mode

  • QR–Quasi-reentrant, main CICS TCB under which applications are subdispatched

  • RO–resource-owning TCB under which program loads are performed

  • RP–ONC/RPC owning mode

  • S8–sockets domain; for SSL support

  • SL–sockets domain listener TCB

  • SO–sockets domain

  • SP–Sockets PTHREAD owning mode; supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

  • SZ–secondary LU, used for Front End Programming Interface (FEPI)

  • X8–open mode, for XPLINK

  • X9–open mode, for XPLINK

The Strobe pseudo-section .MVS indicates that the transaction is waiting on some other MVS resource.

Reference Sources

Strobe for CICS Concepts and Facilities, Compuware Corporation.

Strobe Interpretation and Analysis User Guide, Compuware Corporation.