What you receive with CICS TS

Because the elements of CICS® TS are integrated into a single package, you are expected to install the entire product.

You can install CICS TS using one of several IBM® packages. Two of these packages are available at no additional charge when you license CICS TS: (1) ServerPac, the system replace deliverable, or (2) CBPDO.

There is no stand-alone product tape for CICS TS, and there is no Custom Built Installation Process Offering (CBIPO).

Because of the overall ease of installing, IBM recommends that you choose ServerPac, if possible.

Figure 1 illustrates the content differences between the ServerPac method and the CBPDO method of installing CICS TS.

Figure 1. Contents of the ServerPac and the CBPDO Delivery
 The figures shows the components of a ServerPac tape to be (in order) Integration-tested code and PTFs, Hipers, PE fixes, PTFs required for new products, Other IBM products you might have ordered, and PTFs not integrated and available for preventive maintenance. (All but the last of these is marked "Integrated into libraries".) Also illustrated are the contents of a CBPDO tape, they are (in order) Integration-tested code in RELFILE format, Integration-tested PTFs, Hipers, PE fixes, and Uninstalled PTFs based on your customer profile. (All but the last of these is marked "IBM recommends you install this code".) The figure ends with the observation "All service in both deliverables is current to within a week of order."

Documentation

Regardless of whether you use ServerPac or CBPDO, you receive:

For details of all the publications available, see the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS® Release Guide.

Summary of elements in CICS TS

This topic lists all the elements and features in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS. Most of the elements are products that have been available for some time; you may already be running some of them.

Table 2 lists all elements that are in the CICS TS base. The table tells you:

Name
The short name of the element used in this book.
Excl.
Whether the element is exclusive. In the Excl. column, Yes indicates an exclusive element, and No indicates a non-exclusive element that is also available as a stand-alone product.
Function Level
The latest CICS TS release in which the element changed (that is, was added to CICS TS or had new function added). For non-exclusive elements, this column also gives the release level of the stand-alone product.
Note:
To ensure compatibility with previous releases, the CICS base element maintains its own level (identification) number. Each time new function is added to CICS and shipped with the CICS Transaction Server product, the CICS level number is incremented. The CICS level number no longer implies a specific version and release number, because CICS is no longer a separate product.

The CICS level number in CICS TS is 0640. This number is returned in the RELEASE parameter of the INQUIRE SYSTEM command. The 0640 number also appears in other forms such as 6.4.0 in offline utilities such as statistics and dump formatters to identify the level of utility being used, and as the suffix in module names such as DFHPD640.

Comments
Some general information about the element.
Table 2. List of base elements shipped in CICS TS
Name of element Excl. Function level Comments
CICS Yes CICS TS V3 R1 CICS includes:
  • ONC RPC support
  • CICS Web interface
  • CICS DB2® attachment facility
  • CICS/DDM
CICSPlex® SM Yes CICS TS V3 R1 Updated to support new levels of function in CICS. CICSPlex SM becomes an exclusive element in CICS TS Release 3.

IBM CICSPlex System Manager for MVS/ESA Version 1 Release 3 continues to be available for customers that are not yet ready to migrate to CICS TS (for example, customer with CICS/ESA Version 4 Release 1 or earlier).

Application Migration Aid No CICS TS V1 R1 First available in 1990, this element is still available stand-alone as IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) program offering, CICS Application Migration Aid, program number 5695-061.
REXX for CICS No CICS TS V1 R2 (REXX for CICS/ESA V1R1) Separately available as REXX for CICS, program number 5655-B54.
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