CICS enterprise beans roadmap

  1. Familiarize yourself with CICS® support for enterprise beans by reading What are enterprise beans?.
  2. Read the overview of the steps involved in setting up a CICS EJB server in Configuring CICS as an EJB server—overview.
  3. Set up a basic, single-region EJB server and name server—see Setting up a single-region EJB server.
  4. Test your single-region EJB server by running the EJB installation verification program (IVP)—see Running the EJB IVP.
  5. Further test your EJB server by running the EJB sample applications—see Running the sample EJB applications.
  6. Optionally, expand your single-region EJB server into a multi-region server capable of load balancing—see Setting up a multi-region EJB server.
  7. Implement any security controls required by your system—see Managing security for enterprise beans.
  8. Code your session bean. If you are not using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), see Coding a session bean.
  9. Follow the deployment process described in Deploying enterprise beans, using the tools as described in Using CICS deployment tools for enterprise beans.
  10. Write the client program. See Writing the client program.