Scribd
Upload
11 views5 pages

Cics Topics To Cover

This course provides attendees with the knowledge to start, run, and manage a CICS system, including administration duties and resource management. Key topics include CICS data types, system initialization parameters, transaction management, and connectivity with DB2 and MQ. The course also covers security measures, storage considerations, problem determination, and performance tuning within a CICS environment.

Uploaded by

balaji
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
11 views5 pages

Cics Topics To Cover

This course provides attendees with the knowledge to start, run, and manage a CICS system, including administration duties and resource management. Key topics include CICS data types, system initialization parameters, transaction management, and connectivity with DB2 and MQ. The course also covers security measures, storage considerations, problem determination, and performance tuning within a CICS environment.

Uploaded by

balaji
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will appreciate how CICS works and be able to:

 Start, run and shut down a CICS system.

 Perform CICS administration duties.

 Understand and work with resource naming conventions

 Use CEDA, CEDB, and CEDC to manage CICS resources on-line.

 Understand and maintain the System Initialisation Table parameters including those
relating to performance.

A CICS 6.1 system will be available for online access and workshops. This course is also
available at previous releases, please ask for details.

Topics

CICS/TS Overview
Who might be involved.
What is CICS?
Programming Interfaces (API, SPI and XPI).
Transaction flow.
Terminal versus non-terminal.

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

CICS/TS Data Sets


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.

System Initialization Parameters


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

CICS/TS Start and Stop


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

Supplied Transactions
CEMN.
CEMT.
CEBR.
CECI.
CEDA.
CEDF and CEDX.
CETR.
CMAC.

Transaction Management
Relevant SIT parameters.
Resource Definition controls.

Resource Overview
Resource packaging (GROUPS and LISTS).
Resource definition methods.
Auto-install and security implications.
CSD SIT parameters.
General list of resource types.
DFHCSDUP
A description of the various commands, with exercises.

File Related Definitions


Using FILE definition.
Using LSRPOOL definition.
Using LIBRARY definition.

Transaction Related Definitions


Using MAPSET definition.
Using PROGRAM definition.
Using TRANSACTION definition.
Using TRANCLASS definition.

Defining Peripheral Services


Using TD Queue definition.
Using CONSOLE definition.
Using Terminal Model definitions.

CICS to CICS Connectivity


MRO vs. ISC vs. IPIC.
z/OS IEFSSN implications.
SIT implications.
Using the CONNECTION resource.
Using the SESSION resource.

CICS to DB2 Connectivity


How a connection is made.
Thread types.
How threads work.
SIT implications.
Using DB2CONN definitions.
Using DB2ENTRY definitions.
Attachment commands – DSNC.

CICS to MQ Connectivity
CICS / MQ Relationship.
SIT Implications.
CSD implications.
Using the CKQC transaction.

CICS / Batch Interface


LINK Interface.
CALL Interface.
Security implications.
SIT Implications.
JES2 Interface.

CICS / WEB Interface


WEB support overview.
SIT implications.
Using TCPIPSERVICE definition.
Using DOCTEMPLATE definition.
Using URIMAP definition.
PIPELINE definition described.

Security
Ensuring CICS has the authority to access non-CICS resources.
ICHRIN03 vs. STARTED.
Protecting the APPLID.
Impact of SEC=NO in the SIT.
Defining a default user.
Transaction security.
The granular security controls within RACF.

Storage
General z/OS Address Space structure.
Exploiting the Page-able Link Pack Area (PLPA).
Impact of LSQA requirements.
Impact of z/OS GETMAIN requests.
SIT parameters.
DSA vs. EDSA.
Sizing EDSA.

Problem Determination
Transaction dumps.
Transaction DUMP SIT parameters.
DFHDU670 and transaction dumps.
System Dumps.
SIT Parameters.
z/OS influencing parameters.
IPCS overview.
CICS Trace facility.
SIT Parameters.
DFHTU670 and trace information.

Tuning and Statistics


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.

Appendices
Sample Program and Map.

You might also like