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CICS Fundamentals
Course: IC
Duration: 3 Days
Level: I
Course Summary
This course will provide a detailed discussion of CICS features,
including workshops. Class topics will include an examination
of the history, internal structure, functional features,
and operational characteristics of the CICS product.
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Topics Covered In This Course
EVOLUTION OF THE CICS PRODUCT
- An overview of the history of CICS up to and including Transaction
Server v3.2
- CICS and its place in the Business Environment
- The role of a real-time transaction monitor
- CICS terminology:
- Define interrupt-driven, table-driven, transaction, task,
domains, multi-threading, multi-tasking, quasi-reentrancy,
etc.
CICS DEFINITION AND INITIALIZATION
- Defining CICS resources
- CICS tables and the RDO utility
- Overview on:
- definition of terminals (TCT)
- definition of datasets (FCT)
- definition of transactions and programs (PCT, PPT)
- The CICS execution jobstream
- Setting JCL parameters and overrides
- The Initialization Phases
- Start-up Options: COLD, AUTO, EMERGENCY, RESTART, and STANDBY
- The System Initialization Table (SIT) and parameters
- PLTPI programs
- Events and console messages during start-up
- The Termination process
- Events and console messages during shutdown and restart
and recovery
- How CICS interfaces with other CICS regions
- Overview of interregion and intersystem communication
CICS APPLICATIONS SUPPORT
- The Command-level Interface
- Applications Domain and Application Facilities
- Logging and System-level Recovery
- DTB and Task-level Recovery
- Terminal-initiated transactions
- Pseudo-conversational transactions
- Automatic Task initiation
- Basic Mapping Support
- Terminal Control
- Program Control
- Execute Interface block
- Transient Data
- Temporary Storage
- File Control
- Error Handling
- Trace Facilities and debugging
- New Trace features of CICS/ESA
- Client Server Solutions (DPL/EXCE)
- Sample CICS application programs
CICS OPERATIONS
- Interpreting console messages and abend codes
- In-depth study of IBM-supplied utility transactions
- CEDA (and CEDB, CEDC) - Using the RDO (Resource Definition
Online) facility. Defining transactions, programs, terminals,
datasets.
- CEMT - Master Terminal operations.
- How to perform various OPERATIONS functions:
- Printing dumps, purging locked tasks, opening/closing datasets,
invoking trace facilities, bringing terminals in/out of
service, shutting down the CICS system, etc.
- CECI - Using the on-line Command Interpreter to execute
CICS commands.
- CETR - Invocation and use of Trace Facilities
- CEBR - Browsing and manipulating the CICS queuing facilities.
- CEDF - Execution Diagnostic Facility.
- CMSG - Message Routing.
- CWTO - Write To Operator.
- DSNC - Controlling the CICS/DB2 Attachment Facility.
What You Can Expect
After completing this course, the student should be able
to understand:
- Application support through API features.
- The internal components and features of the CICS product,
and how they work together to expedite the needs of business
applications.
- How to start and stop a CICS system, and how to interpret
and react to problems and messages encountered in the
production CICS environment.
- How to use the family of CICS supplied utility transactions.
- Data Integrity
- Flow of Transations
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for any data processing personnel
who desire a general introduction to the CICS product,
including those with a background in applications, systems,
operations, or management.
Recommended Prerequisites
This class has no prerequisites.
Training Style
Instructor led with some exercises. Hands-on exercises could
be substituted if the client is a licensed user of CICS.
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Every student attending a Verhoef Training class will receive
a certificate good for $100 toward their next public class taken
within a year.
You can also buy "Verhoef Vouchers" to get a discounted rate for a
single student in any of our public or web-based classes.
Contact your account manager or our sales office for details.
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