Contents

Preface
What this book is about
Who should read this book
What you need to know to understand this book
Notes on terminology
Figures
Tables
General changes to CICS externals
Installation changes
Installation process changes
Authorization routines
Installation changes for Language Environment
Installation changes for data conversion
System initialization parameters
Obsolete system initialization parameters
Changed system initialization parameters
New system initialization parameters
Getting started with new and changed system initialization parameters
CICS-supplied transactions
New transaction CCRL
New transaction CWXU
Changes to CEMT
Obsolete options
New CEMT commands
Changed CEMT commands
Changes to CETR
Changes to transaction CWXN
Additions to CICS RACF category 1 transactions
Resource definition (online) changes
Obsolete resource definition attributes
New resource definition types and new attributes
Other resource definition changes
Obsolete IBM-supplied resource definitions
Updating user-modified IBM-supplied definitions
Migrating copies of CICS-supplied resource definitions
Upgrading the CSD
Running the DFHCSDUP UPGRADE job
Sharing the CSD between different releases of CICS
Resource definition (macro) changes
Changed control table parameters
Monitoring control table, DFHMCT
Reassembling control tables
The application programming interface (API)
Obsolete commands and options
New commands and options
Changed commands and options
Changes to EXEC CICS VERIFY PASSWORD
The system programming interface (SPI)
New commands
Changed commands and options
Obsolete commands and options
Obsolete CVDA values
Release levels on INQUIRE SYSTEM command
CICS-supplied utility programs
Changes to the CSD utility program, DFHCSDUP
Changes to the trace formatting utility program, DFHTU640
Changes to the IPCS dump exit routine, DFHPD640
The global user exit programming interface
Obsolete global user-exit points
Changes to global user exit points
Changes because of channels
User-replaceable programs
Changes to user-replaceable programs
DFHCNV
New user-replaceable program
Monitoring and statistics
Changes to monitoring and statistics data in SMF 110 records
Increase in performance class data record length
Changes to statistics records
New and revised values in DFHSTIDS (statistics record identifiers)
Migration planning considerations
Redefining and initializing the local and global catalogs
Migration planning for application development
Translator support for high-level languages
Runtime support
Support for OO COBOL
Migration planning for BTAM and TCAM networks
BTAM networks
TCAM networks
the ACB interface of TCAM
the DCB interface of TCAM
Migration planning for connector applications
Migration planning for Debug Tool users
Migration planning for enhanced inter-program data transfer: channels as modern-day COMMAREAs
Migrating from COMMAREAs to channels
Migration of existing functions
Migration to the new function
Coexistence with other CICS products
Migration planning for the integrated translator
Nested COBOL program considerations
Migration planning for improved Internet security
Migration planning for Java applications
Migration for Java applications that run in a JVM
Running Java programs in a JVM without exploiting the new JVM functions
Running Java programs in a JVM using the new JVM functions
Migration for Java programs that do not run in a JVM (hpj-compiled Java program objects)
Migration planning for multiregion operation (MRO)
DFHIRP coexistence
Migrating to the latest DFHIRP
End-of-memory clean-up routine
Migration planning for Named Counter and Shared Temporary Storage servers
Migration planning for threadsafe programming and the open transaction environment (OTE)
What is the open transaction environment and how can I benefit from it?
How can I make my applications exploit the open transaction environment?
Important changes to accounting for processor time in the open transaction environment
Migration planning for the XPLINK option with C and C++ programs
Migration planning for CICS Web support applications
Migration of existing CICS Web support applications
Migration to the new CICS Web support function
Migration planning for Business Transaction Services (BTS)
Migrating the DFHLRQ data set
Repository data sets
Changes to CICSPlex SM
Operations views changes
New operations views
Changed operations views
Business Application Services changes
New CICS resource definition (BAS) views
Changed CICS resource definition (BAS) views
Changes with RASGNDEF processing
The CICSPlex SM API
Programs that connect to a previous release of CICSPlex SM
New resource tables
Changed resource tables
Changes to generic alert structures used by CICSPlex SM
Migrating to CICS TS 3.1 CICSPlex SM
Running CICSPlex SM Version 3.1 and an earlier release concurrently
Removal of support for Windows remote MAS
Conditions for running CICSPlex SM Version 3.1 and earlier releases concurrently
Performing migration procedures
Converting a CAS to Version 3.1
Converting a CMAS to Version 3.1
Converting a MAS to Version 3.1
Converting a Web User Interface Server to Version 3.1
Deleting the previous release definitions from CSD files
A phased migration scenario
The environment
Objective 1: Convert MP CMAS to the new version
Objective 2: Convert CMAS B to the new version
Objective 3: Convert CMAS C to the new version
CICS messages and codes
Messages and codes
Changes to messages and codes
New CICS messages
Changed CICS messages
Deleted messages
New abend codes
Deleted abend codes in CICS
Requirements
Bibliography
The CICS Transaction Server for z/OS library
The entitlement set
PDF-only books
Other CICS books
Accessibility
Index
Notices
Trademarks
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