CICS BAC requires a small amount of initial and some ongoing administration.
To make the administration tasks as flexible as possible and offer
you a choice of method of working,
CICS BAC provides three administration
tools. Because each tool provides virtually the same functionality,
you have the option of choosing which tool or combination of tools
fits best in your environment. The three methods, which are introduced
briefly in the following topics, are:
You can choose to use one of the tools exclusively, or choose to
use any combination of the three tools, even in the same MVS image.
However, you need to be aware of data integrity considerations if
you are using the ISPF administrative interface with, either of the
other two (see Data integrity considerations).