CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Overview and Migration

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Topic Outline

Part 1: SYSPLEX

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SYSPLEX Operations

-	Implementation
-	Coupling Facility
-	Logger
-	VSAM/RLS

Part 2. CICS/TS Overview

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Architecture

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Control Tables

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New Functions

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Interfaces

-	DBCTL, DB2, and SMSVSAM
-	Recovery Process
-	CORBA and IIOP
-	CICS/WEB interface
-	JAVA Virtual Machines
-	OO Interface

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Externals

-	Changes to transactions, utilities, monitoring, and statistics
-	Initialization and Shutdown Procedures
-	RRMS Services

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Programming Interfaces

-	Changes to Programming Interfaces
-	JCICS and CICS Business Transaction Services

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Communication

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Traces and Dumps

Part 3: The Transition

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CICSPlex Considerations

-	Transition Issues
-	Transaction Affinities Product
-	CICSPlex/SM Facilities

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390
Overview and Migration

4 days

Description

This course includes a product overview of the changes found in CICS/TS and a discussion of implementation tips. It includes a review of the steps needed to migrate to CICS/TS and suggestions that will ease the migration of CICS/ESA regions to this platform.

Audience

Anyone involved with the migration of applications to CICS/TS.

Prerequisite

Some knowledge of the CICS/ESA 4.1 product - a technical background is preferred but not required.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

discuss the changes found in CICS/TS

list the steps needed to migrate to CICS/TS

address changes to the programming interfaces that impact production applications

implement steps to ease the transition to CICS/TS