CICS System Programming
CICS applications contain exchanges, which can be written in various programming languages, including COBOL, PL/I, C, C++, IBM Basic Assembly Language, REXX, and Java. Each CICS program is started utilizing an exchange identifier.
Language - English
IT & Software , Mainframes
Last updated 7/2024
Professional Certificate - 9 course series
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Course Duration
5 Days
Total Learners
500+
Training Mode
Online
Skill Level
Beginner
Ratings
500+
Support
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This course is for personnel responsible for CICS Administration, system programmers, experienced application programmers, and managers.
This course is intended to help CICS System Administration faculty to comprehend CICS from introduction through to closure, including support, execution and accessibility. Endless supply of this course participants can value how CICS works and be able to:
Representatives are relied upon to have earlier CICS experience.
- Start, run and shut down a CICS system
- CICS Installation
- Perform CICS organization obligations
- Understand resource naming conventions
- Use CEDA, CEDB & CEDC to manage CICS resources on-line.
- Understand & maintain the System Initialization Table parameters including those identifying with execution.
- 40% theory 60% practical on mainframe Live Server
COURSE CONTENT
- Who might be involved
- What is CICS?
- Programming Interfaces (API. SPI, and XPI)
- Transaction flow
- Terminal versus non-terminal
- CICS/TS Domains and Internal Structure
- CICS/TS InterSystem Communication
- CICS/TS DB2 Interface
- CICS/TS Master Terminal Transaction.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Installation
- CICS installation/migration basics – Install CICS on an LPAR overview
- Introduction to CICSplex
- CICSPlex System Management
- Defining a CICSPlex environment
- Maintain CICSplex environment
This course includes:
Lecture recordings
Extensive labs on LIVE IBM Mainframe Servers
Certificate of completion
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