Re: Iseries CICS

Hi Dave,

If you visit the iSeries Information Center on the web
and do a search on CICS, select the option CICS 73%
and you will receive a set of click through choices to
the following manuals:

Programming:
CICS

These topics provide programming and reference
material for Customer Information Control System
(CICS(R)), including CICS administration, operations,
and interproduct communications.

CICS for iSeries Administration and Operations
GuideLink to PDF(about 1716 KB)
This guide contains information relevant to the
operation and administration of an IBM(R) CICS(R)
iSeries(TM) system. It provides an overview of CICS,
and then discusses the following major topics:
characteristics and architecture of a CICS system,
CICS resource definition, operating procedures
(including starting and ending CICS shells and control
regions), and CICS-supplied transactions (including
CICS Enhanced Master Terminal (CEMT), the master
terminal transaction that helps you administer your
CICS system).

CICS for iSeries Application Programming GuideLink to
PDF(about 3583 KB)
This guide assumes that you know about CICS in
general, and about application programming in
particular. If you are not experienced in CICS, this
guide also has introductory material.

CICS for iSeries IntercommunicationLink to PDF(about
1043 KB)
This manual describes how to set up a CICS OS/400(R)
environment to communicate with another CICS
environment, or with any of the following CICS
products: CICS for MVS/ESA(TM), CICS/MVS(R),
CICS/VSE(R), CICS OS/2(TM), CICS/6000(R), or CICS
clients.

CICS for iSeries Problem DeterminationLink to
PDF(about 658 KB)
This manual describes how to troubleshoot problems in
CICS. This manual starts with the symptoms of the
problem, and uses these symptoms to classify the
problem. For each class of problems, possible causes
and suggested techniques are provided that you can use
to establish the cause of the problem.

CICS Family: API StructureLink to PDF(about 1356 KB)
This manual gives you a quick reference to the level
of support that each member of the CICS family gives
to the CICS application programming interface (API)
and the system programming INQUIRE and SET commands.
It complements the reference information for the API
and system programming interface (SPI) in the
appropriate manuals for each member.

CICS Family: InterProduct CommunicationLink to
PDF(about 604 KB)
This manual describes how you can connect CICS
systems, and explains what functions those connected
CICS systems can use. The following groups of CICS
systems are discussed: CICS on System/390(R), CICS for
Windows(R) NT, Transaction Server for Windows NT(R),
CICS on Open Systems, CICS for OS/400, and CICS
clients.

In terms of the effort required to perform a CICS
port, you might want to check out the following web
page as well:

http://www.systeminetwork.com/isnetforums/archive/index.php?t-3041.html

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul 

date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:35:38 -0500
from: <ldwopt@xxxxxxx>
subject: Iseries CICS

We have a customer that is considering moving
Mainframe applications to the iSeries.

They have significant investment in COBOL, CICS and
VSAM files.

Where can I find information on porting the
applications to the iSeries?

Thanks
Dave Willenborg
Senior iSeries Engineer
FNTS
Omaha NE

Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC

Tel/Fax: 603-343-1820
Mobile:  603-866-0712
E-mail:  ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx
WWW:     http://www.tykodi.com

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