CICS TS Systems Boot Camp

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Duration: 10 Days

Method: Instructor-led. Hands-on workshops.

Price: $6995.00

Course Code: CI3000

Audience

Anyone new to CICS System Programming.

Description

This comprehensive ten-day 'Boot Camp' type course provides attendees with an accelerated learning approach to system support for CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) for z/OS. The course is designed for students new to the CICS TS for z/OS environment who need to develop the skills to administer the product. The hands-on lab exercises follow presentation topics giving students the opportunity to try out their newly gained skills immediately. The course will start with an introduction to CICS TS for z/OS concepts and facilities. Students will work on an existing CICS TS and subsequently build a CICS TS from scratch and use the CICS provided tool, such as CEMT, CEDA, and the CICS provided batch utilities. The use of the CICS Explorer to define and manage CICS resources will be introduced. Once created, subsequent lectures and exercises will allow the definition and management of additional resources within a CICS TS region.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the basic concepts, facilities and terminology of CICS
Describe the CICS functions available for program development
Explain the role of CICS in a distributed environment
Describe the concepts of CICS
Identify the major management modules and tables
Trace & Describe the flow of a CICS Transaction
Identify the CICS facilities used for accessing data
Perform all CICS administration duties, such as
Identify and use the CICS supplied transactions, CEMT, CEDA, CECI, CEBR, & CEDF
Use CEDA transaction to dynamically define resources
Understand the effect system Initialization parameters have on performance, reliability & availability
Define and understand the use of resources and facilities such as: Terminals, Profiles, Task dispatching, System initialization, Programs, Mapsets, Virtual storage management, Inter CICS channel communication using (MRO, ISC, & IPIC), Event Processing, File definitions, LSR pool usage, Temp Storage and Transient Data queues, Db2 and WMQ connectivity, CICS Logging, Event processing & much more
Use other administrative interfaces such as the CICS Explorer & DFHCSDUP utility
Solve development or production problems using CICS formatted dumps
Specifically solve storage violation problems
Use CICS supplied transactions in problem solving
Install and customize the CICS Explorer
Provide the needed definitions in CICS to allow the explorer to connect
Use the CICS Explorer to perform CICS resource operational (CEMT type) functions
Use the CICS Explorer to perform CICS resource administrative (RDO – CEDA type) functions
Describe and use the perspectives in the CICS Explorer
Customize perspectives to your needs
Customize views to your needs
Describe the capabilities of CPSM components such as, Single System Image (SSI), single point of control and definition, Work Load Manager (WLM), Real Time Analysis (RTA) and Business Application Services (BAS)
Describe the functions provided by CPSM operations
Describe the required CPSM infrastructure
Describe the installation of the CICS Explorer
Describe the installation of the WUI server
Configure a CICSPlex
Define CICSPlex topology
Use the CICS Explorer to connect to the WUI server and manage resources

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of IT

Topics

I. CICS Introduction and Administration
- Resource Definition
- System Initialization
- Dispatching
II. CICS problem resolution
III. CICS support tools
IV. CICS System Manager