Introduction to CICS Transaction Server for OS/390
Duration
One Day
Summary
This course will present the new facilities of CICS/TS (Transaction Server). The student will be exposed to the new features of BTS (Business Transaction Services), which allows CICS to process transactions as a complete, interdependent entity, instead of the classic "single transaction at a time" method. Also discussed are several improvements in the way that CICS/TS interfaces with non-3270 type entities, such as a web browser.
Pre-requisites
The student must have basic knowledge of CICS and general knowledge of the mainframe programming environment.
Audience
This course is designed for CICS programmers and/or programmer/analysts who are familiar with the basics of CICS/ESA and want to gain knowledge of the new features available in CICS/TS.
Topics
- CICS Business Transaction Services (BTS)
- The CICS log manager
- The CICS recovery manager
- File control enhancements
- Temporary storage enhancements
- Transient data enhancements
- CICS/DB2 attachment facility
- CICS Web interface
- 3270 bridge
- Miscellaneous enhancement
