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Extend the CICS Explorer: A Better Way to Manage Your CICS

Author : Chris Rayns

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 31,42 MB

Release : 2010-05-03

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738434019

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Book Description

CICS® ExplorerTM is the latest significant evolution in the management and analysis of your CICS environment. It is a statement of intent from the CICS Development organization, which is determined to ensure you can manage your CICS estate in a simple and easily extensible way, using a combination of the following approaches: Tried and trusted CICS expertise and technology The widely accepted user interfaces and integration power of the open source Eclipse platform Web 2.0 and RESTful programming (this technology underpins the CICS Explorer concept) This IBM® Redbooks® publication shows how you can use the extensible design of CICS Explorer to complement the functionality already provided, with added functionality tailored to the needs of your business. We show you how to perform the following tasks: Install the CICS plug-in SDK into your eclipse environment Develop a simple plug-in for the CICS Explorer Deploy the plug-in into CICS Explorer We provide several useful examples of plug-ins that we developed during the residency using the methodology we describe. The starting point for the book is that you already have CICS Explorer installed and configured with connectivity to your CICS region or CICSPlex®, and that you are looking for ways to customize CICS Explorer.



Managing Enterprise-wide Deployment of IBM Explorer for z/OS or CICS Explorer

Author : David Nice

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 21,96 MB

Release : 2014-01-10

Category : Computers

ISBN : 073845365X

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Book Description

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes the set of features that IBM clients use to simplify deployment of the IBM Explorer products in their operating environments. This enables them to give different levels of control to the system administrator, provide different types of experiences for their users, and require different levels of technical knowledge to implement. Before describing the different mechanisms available for deployment and the unique features of each, the author introduces some of the factors that are involved in deployment. He concludes with a comparison chart of the available technologies so that you can determine which is the most appropriate for your situation. This paper is likely to interest the people in your organization who are responsible for planning, managing, and maintaining deployments of IBM z/OS® Explorer and IBM CICS® Explorer software.



Introduction to CICS Dynamic Scripting

Author : Chris Rayns

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 30,73 MB

Release : 2011-06-30

Category : Computers

ISBN : 073843552X

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Book Description

IBM® CICS® Transaction Server Feature Pack for Dynamic Scripting embeds and integrates technology from WebSphere® sMash into the CICS TS V4.1 run time, helping to reduce the time and cost of CICS application development. The Feature Pack provides a robust, managed environment for a wide range of situational applications allowing PHP and Groovy developers to create reports, dashboards, and widgets, and integrate CICS assets into mash-ups, and much more. The CICS Dynamic Scripting Feature Pack combines the benefits of scripted, Web 2.0 applications with easy and secure access to CICS application and data resources. The Feature Pack includes a PHP 5.2 run time implemented in JavaTM and with Groovy language support, support for native Java code and access to many additional libraries and connectors to enhance the development and user experience of rich Internet applications. Access to CICS resources is achieved by using the JCICS APIs. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we introduce the Dynamic Scripting Feature Pack, show how to install and customize it, and provide examples for using it.





IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS

Author : Rufus Credle

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 31,82 MB

Release : 2013-01-27

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738437506

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Book Description

IBM® Problem Determination (PD) Tools consists of a core group of IBM products that are designed to work with compilers and run times to provide a start-to-finish development solution for the IT professional. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides you with an introduction to the tools, guidance for program preparation to use with them, an overview of their integration, and several scenarios for their use. If an abend occurs during testing, Fault Analyzer enables the programmer to quickly and easily pinpoint the abending location and optionally, the failing line of code. Many times, this information is all the programmer requires to correct the problem. However, it might be necessary to delve a little deeper into the code to figure out the problem. Debug Tool allows the programmer to step through the code at whatever level is required to determine where the error was introduced or encountered. After the code or data is corrected, the same process is followed again until no errors are encountered. However, volume testing or testing with multiple terminals is sometimes required to ensure real-world reliability. Workload Simulator can be used to perform this type of testing. After all of the tests are completed, running the application by using Application Performance Analyzer can ensure that no performance bottlenecks are encountered. It also provides a baseline to ensure that future enhancements do not introduce new performance degradation into the application. This publication is intended for z/OS® application developers and system programmers.



CICS Transaction Server from Start to Finish

Author : Chris Rayns

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 410 pages

File Size : 38,74 MB

Release : 2011-12-07

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738436178

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Book Description

In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss CICS®, which stands for Customer Information Control System. It is a general-purpose transaction processing subsystem for the z/OS® operating system. CICS provides services for running an application online where, users submit requests to run applications simultaneously. CICS manages sharing resources, the integrity of data, and prioritizes execution with fast response. CICS authorizes users, allocates resources (real storage and cycles), and passes on database requests by the application to the appropriate database manager, such as DB2®. We review the history of CICS and why it was created. We review the CICS architecture and discuss how to create an application in CICS. CICS provides a secure, transactional environment for applications that are written in several languages. We discuss the CICS-supported languages and each language's advantages in this Redbooks publication. We analyze situations from a system programmer's viewpoint, including how the systems programmer can use CICS facilities and services to customize the system, design CICS for recovery, and manage performance. CICS Data access and where the data is stored, including Temporary storage queues, VSAM RLS, DB2, IMSTM, and many others are also discussed.



IBM CICS Explorer

Author : Chris Rayns

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 29,20 MB

Release : 2010-12-17

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738434973

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Book Description

IBM® Customer Information Control System (CICS®) Explorer is the new face of CICS Integration point for CICS tooling with rich CICS views, data, and methods. Are you looking for new ways to accelerate the transfer of knowledge, skills, and best practices to the next generation of technical staff and experts? Do you need to maintain productivity and protect service-levels? CICS ExplorerTM and System z® lead the way to platform simplification. IBM CICS Explorer has a common, intuitive, Eclipse-based environment for architects, developers, administrators, system programmers, and operators. The task-oriented views provide integrated access to a broad range of data and control capabilities, and it also has powerful, context-sensitive resource editors. Integration point for CICS TS, CICS Tools, CICS TG, PD Tools, and Rational® Tools are extensible by independent software vendors (ISV), system integrators (SI), and customers who use our Software Development Kit. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we focus on the new CICS Explorer. The first part of the book is an overview of the CICS Explorer along with all of the CICS Tools' plug-ins. In the second part of the book, we focus on several scenarios in which you can use the CICS Explorer with the CICS Tools plug-ins to resolve various problems.



CICS and DevOps: What You Need to Know

Author : Hernan Cunico

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 202 pages

File Size : 34,49 MB

Release : 2016-01-12

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738441384

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Book Description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an example approach of an agile IT team that implements development and operations (DevOps) capabilities into an IBM CICS® application. Several tools are used to show how teams can achieve transparency, traceability, and automation in their application lifecycle with the assistance of all the stakeholders to deliver high-quality application changes that meet the requirements. The application changes that are built highlight the composable and dynamic nature of using CICS, the Liberty JVM runtime server, and IBM UrbanCodeTM Deploy, which allows developers to get their applications running quickly by using only the programming model features that are required for their applications. The target audience for this publication is IT developers, managers, and architects, and project managers, test managers and developers, and operations managers and developers.



IBM CICS and Liberty: What You Need to Know

Author : Hernan Cunico

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 252 pages

File Size : 18,11 MB

Release : 2017-03-15

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738441368

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Book Description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication, intended for architects, application developers, and system programmers, describes how to design and implement Java web-based applications in an IBM CICS® Liberty JVM server. This book is based on IBM CICS Transaction Server V5.3 (CICS TS) using the embedded IBM WebSphere® Application Server Liberty V8.5.5 technology. Liberty is an asset to your organization, whether you intend to extend existing enterprise services hosted in CICS, or develop new web-based applications supporting new lines of business. Fundamentally, Liberty is a composable, dynamic profile of IBM WebSphere Application Server that enables you to provision Java EE technology on a feature-by-feature basis. Liberty can be provisioned with as little as the HTTP transport and a servlet web container, or with the entire Java EE 6 Web Profile feature set depending on your application requirements. This publication includes a Technology Essentials section for architects and application developers to help understand the underlying technology, an Up-and-Running section for system programmers implementing the Liberty JVM server for the first time, and a set of real-life application development scenarios.



Architect's Guide to IBM CICS on System z

Author : Phil Wakelin

Publisher : IBM Redbooks

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 37,76 MB

Release : 2012-11-20

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0738437441

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IBM® CICS® Transaction Server (CICS TS) has been available in various guises for over 40 years, and continues to be one of the most widely used pieces of commercial software. This IBM Redbooks® publication helps application architects discover the value of CICS Transaction Server to their business. This book can help architects understand the value and capabilities of CICS Transaction Server and the CICS tools portfolio. The book also provides detailed guidance on the leading practices for designing and integrating CICS applications within an enterprise, and the patterns and techniques you can use to create CICS systems that provide the qualities of service that your business requires.