Detailed Course Outline
Course introduction CICS Transaction Server for z/OS overview Installation and verification Exercise: Getting acquainted with CICS TS for z/OS Resource definition Exercise: Preparing and starting a CICS region Supporting terminal access Exercise: Administering terminals Defining transactions, programs, and map sets Exercise: Defining transactions, programs, and map sets File control functions and file definition Exercise: Defining files and LSR pools CICS queuing facilities Exercise: Defining transient data queues CICS intercommunication services Exercise: Connecting systems Administering application resources Storage management and storage protection System control Exercise: Administering with CICS Explorer Startup, recovery, and restart Exercise: Defining recoverable resources and journal models Accessing external resource manager data Basic problem determination Exercise: JSON web services, DB2 resources, and OTE Measurement and evaluation Security and the external security manager Exercise: Statistics, dumps, and security Sysplex support functions Course summary