CICS Concepts and Commands for Operations

    

Summary:
This course covers the basic components and operational aspects of the CICS (Customer Information Control System/Transaction Server) product. The primary emphasis is on the daily operation of the CICS complex. The workshop time can be tailored by the instructor to emphasize aspects of CICS/TS that are important for a particular environment. Students will leave with a good basic knowledge of the CICS components and some experience running common commands for maintaining the operability of the CICS/TS system.

Duration:
2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for computer operations staff, programmers, and system programmers.

Topics:

• CICS/TS Overview
• Architecture
• System Resources
• Operator Basics
• Sysplex and CICSPlex
• Problem Determination
• Utilities

Prerequisites:
The student must have fundamental computer literacy dealing with mainframe environments. Some computer operations experience is assumed.

Last Update: February 11, 2012