CICS V4.1 Basic Tailoring
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- Vendor:
- IBM Corporation
- Course:
- WM814
- Start Date:
- Unscheduled
- Length:
- 5 Days
- Location:
- Expired Class Date
- Tuition:
- $3,125
No Dates
Scheduled
Course Description
An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V4.2 Basic Tailoring (WM815).
PLEASE NOTE: This course is also available as an Instructor Led Online Course, CICS V4.1 Basic Tailoring (Remote Classroom) (VM814). Please note this option does not require any travel.
CICS V4.1 Basic Tailoring is a 5-day, instructor-led course designed to teach CICS system programmers the basics of how to install and tailor CICS Transaction Server (TS) for z/OS.
In this course, students learn how to tailor the system by defining transactions, programs, files, and the other resources that will be needed by CICS applications. The course also provides a thorough introduction to security and recovery concepts necessary for the administration of new or existing installations of CICS TS. Lecture topics include problem determination tools, intersystem communication, CICS DB2, Database Control (DBCTL), and IBM WebSphere MQ interfaces.
Numerous hands-on lab exercises enable students to practice their new skills using a z/OS system configured specifically for this course. Skills covered by the hands-on exercises include administering terminals, defining transactions and programs, defining files, defining recoverable resources, and using the CICS Explorer.
For information on other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/
Skills Gained
- Course introduction
- CICS Transaction Server for z/OS overview
- Installation and verification
- Exercise: Getting acquainted with CICS TS for z/OS
- Resource definition online
- Exercise: Using the RDO batch utility DFHCSDUP
- Supporting terminal access
- Exercise: Administering terminals
- Defining transactions, programs, and map sets
- Exercise: Defining transactions, programs, and map sets
- File control functions and file definition
- Exercise: Defining files and (optionally) LSR pools
- CICS TS queuing facilities
- Exercise: Defining transient data queues
- CICS intercommunication services
- Exercise: Connecting systems
- System control
- Storage management and storage protection
- Startup, recovery, and restart
- Exercise: Defining recoverable resources and journal models
- Security using an external security manager
- Basic problem determination
- Measurement and evaluation
- Exercise: CICS sample statistics program
- Accessing external resource manager data
- Managing CICS resources
- Exercise: Using the CICS Explorer
- Related CICS licensed programs (optional)
- Sysplex support functions (optional)
- Course summary
Who Can Benefit
This intermediate course is designed for system programmers who are new to the installation and tailoring of CICS Transaction Server.
Prerequisites
Students should:
- be familiar with CICS architecture and facilities
- have a working knowledge of z/OS, job control language (JCL), and TSO/ISPF
- have a basic knowledge of Systems Network Architecture concepts
- have a basic knowledge of VSAM concepts and Access Method services
