Defining CICS BAC data sets

About this task

The communication server, the ISPF administration interface, the file maintenance utility, and the batch request utility all require access to the control file table (CBKCFTBL). The communication server and batch request utility optionally require a CBKPARMS member to provide their runtime parameters. You can define the communication server parameters in a member called CBKSRVR, and the batch request utility parameters in a member called CBKBATCH. CICS BAC also uses an audit log to write audit messages.

You define the control file table, the parameters data set, and an audit log, as described in the following topics: