Running the installation verification procedures

After you have installed CICS, and applied any necessary service, you can use the CICS-supplied installation verification procedures (IVPs) to confirm that CICS is operational.

There are two IVP jobs:

1. DFHIVPBT (verify batch)
This job starts up CICS, specifying a pair of sequential input and output devices (CARDIN and PRINTER) to be used instead of an ordinary terminal. It then executes a number of CICS transactions that are read from CARDIN. The last transaction in the input stream shuts down CICS.
2. DFHIVPOL (verify online)
This job can run CICS with either XRF=NO, or XRF=YES. It is generated with XRF=NO specified as an override, which you change when you are ready to verify CICS with XRF.

You can use this CICS region to automatically install (autoinstall) an IBM 3270 Information Display System terminal, with which you can:

Before you run the IVP jobs, you will need to prepare your system. The steps you need to perform are described in Preparation for running the IVPs.

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