WA1264 CICS/TS System Administration Training
Learn how to setup, customize and operate CICS/TS. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises, you learn to handle the general CICS/TS system administration tasks in MVS environment (OS/390 and z/OS). Course topics include CICS Region setup, resource definitions, basic problem determination, CICS Intercommunications facilities (MRO, ISC,.) and many others.
Topics
  • CICS/TS Concepts and Facilities
  • Resource Definitions:
    • Table definitions
    • RDO – Resource Definition Online
  • CICS Region Setup:
    • Define CICS system data sets, MVS logs;
    • Create CICS Job / Started Task;
  • Initialization & Shutdown
  • CICS Storage Control
  • CICS Intercommunications
    • MRO, ISC, 3270 Bridge, Web Support
  • CICS Supplied Transactions
    • CEMT, CECI, CEDF, CEDX,….
  • CICS Batch Utilities
    • DFHCSDUP, DFHLGCNV,…
  • CICS Customization
    • Global User Exits (GLUEs)
    • Task Related User Exits (TRUEs)
    • User Replaceable Modules (URMs)
What you will learn
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
  • Understand the CICS/TS facilities
  • Perform basic CICS customization – region setup, resource definitions
  • Understand CICS Intercommunications facilities
  • Use the CICS Supplied Transactions and batch utilities
  • Perform basic problem determination
Audience
System administrators responsible for the setup and maintenance of CICS systems on MVS (OS/390 or z/OS).
Prerequisites
An Introduction to CICS/TS and a previous system administration experience in the MVS environment.
Duration
Five days.
Schedule this course
Download this page as a word document