How to shut down CICS

This section describes how to shut down CICS®. For an overview of CICS shutdown, see Shutting down CICS.

To shut down CICS, you can issue the CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN command with appropriate options, depending on the type of shutdown that you want. You can specify any of the following shutdown options on the command, without affecting the type of shutdown performed:

Option
Effect
DUMP
CICS produces a dynamic storage dump after shutdown has completed.
PLT(xx)
CICS runs programs in the PLT, DFHPLTxx, during shutdown.
XLT(xx)
Only those transactions listed in the XLT, DFHXLTxx, can be started after the SHUTDOWN command, and before shutdown has completed.

You can use the CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN command at the master terminal, or the system console.

For guidance on using the CEMT transaction, see CICS Supplied Transactions.

Related tasks
Shutting down CICS normally
Shutting down CICS immediately
Shutting down XRF CICS regions
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