CICS System Programming

• Local Shared Resources (LSR)
• Temporary storage (TS)
• Transient Data (TD)
• CICS Log Manager
• Local and Global catalogues
• DB2
• User Application Files

• SYSIN
• STEPLIB
• DFHRPL
• DFHTEMP
• DFHINTRA
• DFHAUXTA and DFHAUXTB
• Extra-partition data sets
• Local and Global catalogue data sets
• CAVM
• DFHCXRF
• CICS Dump data sets
• System dump data sets
• C Language data sets
• DFHCSD
• CICS BTS data set
• DFHEJOS
• DFHCMACD
• Sample FILEA data set

• A look at the many SIT parameters and where they can be used, i.e. Macro, SYSIN or CONSOLE.

• • INITIAL
  • COLD
  • WARM
  • STANDBY
  • Effects of the Local and Global catalogues
  • Started Task invocation
  • Batch job submission
  • CICS Shut down

• • CEMT
  • CEBR
  • CECI
  • CEDA
  • CEDF and CEDX
  • CETR
  • CMAC

• • A further survey of SIT and different boundaries aid the control and execution of errands.

An audit of CICS Resources and the methods for definition with particular emphasis on:

• CEDA
• DFHCSDUP
• The LIST and GROUP structure
• Defining connections
• Defining DB2 resources
• Defining Files
• Defining Transactions

Defining Programs

• Terminal versus non-Terminal revisited
• Multi-Region Options (MRO)
• The relationship between DB2 and CICS
• WEB support
• Batch Interface _ EXCI
• Relating CICS to MQ

• CICS/TS RACF Interface
• Ensuring CICS has the authority to access non-CICS resources
• ICHRIN03 versus STARTED
• Protecting the APPLID
• Impact of SEC=NO in the SIT
• Defining a default user
• Transaction security
• The granular security controls within RACF
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• • Transaction dumps versus System Dumps
  • DFHDU640 and its use
  • The controls influencing system dump production
  • CICS Trace facility
  • DFHTU640 and its use
  • CICS/TS Storage Manager
  • CICS/TS Dispatching
  • CICS/TS Recovery
  • CICS/TS System Logger

• • A general review of statistics collection including SMF
  • Practical use of the statistics reporting program
  • A review of some common performance themes
  • A brief review of GTF
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• • Installation
  • CICS installation/migration basics - Install CICS on an LPAR overview

• • Introduction to CICSplex
  • CICSPlex System Management
  • Defining a CICSPlex environment
  • Maintain CICSplex environment
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