CICS Advanced Topics

 LENGTH OF COURSE:
 2-3 Days

DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to teach the student the latest in CICS terminology and techniques. Included will be discussions of performance and application design.

PREREQUISITES: Understanding of CICS Concepts, Coding, and Facilities.

INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: A combination of Lecture, Exercises, and Labs (when/where available).

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for the Application Programmer/Analyst or Systems Programmer that needs to have a comprehensive understanding of CICS Advance Topics and Facilities that are available with the latest releases of CICS.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Review of the CICS Transaction Flow, including the role and purpose of the following control
  • programs:
    • Transaction Manager
    • File Manager
    • Program Manager
    • Storage Control
    • Dispatcher
    • Domain Manager
    • Transient Data
    • Temporary Storage
    • Statistics Manager
    • Kernel Control
  • Review the definition of resources in the CICS environment
  • Multi-Region Operations and Inter-Systems Communication
  • Improving performance using MRO / ISC
  • Identify key system parameters that impact the performance of application
  • Evaluate the CICS Task Control Block structure and interaction with OS/390
  • CICSPLEX and benefits


  • How to use Dynamic Transaction Routing in the CICS environment
  • Distributed Program Link
  • The CICS Dynamic Storage Area structure, management and impact that application have on it
  • Overview of CICS internals
  • Interaction with data products
  • Using monitors to quickly identify problems
  • Tools for performance
  • Advanced problem determination techniques
  • CICS Data Tables and Expanded Storage
  • CICS Statistics and Evaluation


FROM OUR STUDENT EVALUATIONS...
"This was a very good class. It enhanced my current understanding of CICS, OS/390 and COBOL. It has inspired me to continue my understanding of mainframe and PC technology."

Pamela R. McLaughlin

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