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.
IBM has IPLed the system and executed all installation verification programs (IVPs) prior to shipment.
Through the dialog, you can:
Figure 1 illustrates the content differences between the ServerPac method and the CBPDO method of installing CICS TS.
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.
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:
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.
Name of element | Excl. | Function level | Comments |
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CICS | Yes | CICS TS V3 R1 | CICS includes:
|
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. |