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CICS Transaction Server from Start to Finish

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Published on 08 December 2011

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ISBN-10: 0738436178
ISBN-13: 9780738436173
IBM Form #: SG24-7952-00


Authors: Chris Rayns, Sarah Bertram, George Bogner, Chris Carlin, Andre Clark, Amy Ferrell, Gordon Keehn, Peter Klein, Ronald Lee and Erhard Woerner

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    Abstract

    In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss CICS®, which stands for Customer Information Control System. It is a general-purpose transaction processing subsystem for the z/OS® operating system. CICS provides services for running an application online where, users submit requests to run applications simultaneously.

    CICS manages sharing resources, the integrity of data, and prioritizes execution with fast response. CICS authorizes users, allocates resources (real storage and cycles), and passes on database requests by the application to the appropriate database manager, such as DB2®.

    We review the history of CICS and why it was created. We review the CICS architecture and discuss how to create an application in CICS. CICS provides a secure, transactional environment for applications that are written in several languages. We discuss the CICS-supported languages and each language's advantages in this Redbooks publication.

    We analyze situations from a system programmer's viewpoint, including how the systems programmer can use CICS facilities and services to customize the system, design CICS for recovery, and manage performance. CICS Data access and where the data is stored, including Temporary storage queues, VSAM RLS, DB2, IMS™, and many others are also discussed.

    Table of Contents

    Part 1. CICS introduction and history

    Chapter 1. Introducing CICS

    Part 2. CICS fundamentals

    Chapter 2. CICS facilities

    Chapter 3. CICS data

    Chapter 4. Access technologies

    Part 3. CICS Systems management and the CICS Tools

    Chapter 5. CICSPlex SM overview

    Chapter 6. CICS Explorer

    Chapter 7. CICS tools

    Chapter 8. Introduction to the IBM Problem Determination tools

    Part 4. CICS Application Development

    Chapter 9. Application development

    Part 5. CICS Topologies, and Architecture

    Chapter 10. CICS topology

    Chapter 11. CICS architecture

     

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