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CICS Transaction Server CICS Explorer		More Information about CICS

CICS Transaction Server - 5648-054

CICS Transaction Server 1.1.1 (5648-054) is part of VSE since VSE/ESA 2.4. CICS represents the current transaction monitor for the VSE operating system.

CICS Transaction Server for VSE delivers the following benefits to the customers:

• delivers a CICS on VSE compatible to CICS on MVS/ESA 4.1 and provides affinity with CICS on z/OS and OS/390
• provides increased reliability, availability and performance
• enables application and workload growth
• provides new application functions to meet the customer's e-business need
• supports coexistence with CICS/VSE 2.3 to aid migration (see note below)

The migration path to CICS TS is via the former CICS/VSE 2.3. To assist in a smooth migration CICS/VSE 2.3 is provided as part of the CICS TS product package (see note below). I.e. CICS TS for VSE/ESA is delivered as a cost effective product package comprising the following major components under one price and with one set of terms and conditions:

• CICS TS for VSE 1.1.1
• CICS/VSE 2.3 - the coexistence release (see note below)
• CICS Report Controller - formerly a priced feature
• CICS Universal Clients V3
• REXX for CICS - development and execution of REXX programs for CICS
• CICS/DDM - access to CICS files from distributed systems
• CICS Web Support (CWS)
• 3270 Bridge

Note: z/VSE V5.1 and V4.3 no longer offer CICS/VSE V2.3 as part of the z/VSE V5.1 or V4.3 base and thus fulfills the statement of direction in the z/VSE Version 4 Release 2 (US announcement letter 207-228, dated October 9, 2007). For more details, please see this support document.

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CICS Explorer

The new face of CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA V1.1

The CICS Explorer is the new systems management framework for CICS TS. It provides read-only capabilities to display CICS resources. The CICS Explorer consists of a CICS Explorer client and a CICS TS server extension. The CICS Explorer client can be downloaded from the CICS Explorer web page, and the CICS TS server extension is delivered as CICS TS PTF. When used with CICS TS for VSE/ESA, it requires z/VSE V5.1, or later. 

The CICS Explorer user guide provides some more information on the CICS Explorer installation and use.

	IBM CICS Explorer User Guide V1.2b (PDF, 500KB)
	IBM CICS Explorer download

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More Information about CICS

	CICS Family - Overview This web site provides you with an overview of all CICS releases available from IBM - not just on VSE/ESA.
	CICS Webcasts  This website gives you the ability to participate on web casts about CICS - not only for CICS on VSE/ESA
	CICS TS V1.1 Enhancements Guide (GC34-5763) (1.4MB) This manual provides the description of all recent enhancements done to CICS TS. For example it is described how to setup the CICS Web Support (CWS), the 3270 bridge, how to use the CICS Transaction Gateway with CICS on VSE and how to setup SSL in CICS TS.
	CICS Transaction Server Features and Benefits This web site gives you a brief overview of the features available with CICS Transaction Server on VSE/ESA.
	SOAP on z/VSE  SOAP support is available for the CICS Transaction Server on VSE/ESA since VSE/ESA 2.7.0. It is also available on VSE/ESA 2.6 with APAR PQ78973 / PTF UQ81044. Information about this support can be found in the VSE/ESA e-business Connectors User's Guide (SC33-6719) (PDF, 4.6MB).
	CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG) Home Page  This web site provides you with an overview of the CICS Transaction Gateway as in can be used with CICS on VSE/ESA.
	VSE/ESA Newletter #19: Articles for CICS Transaction Server (5.2MB) At this document you can find helpful articles how to migrate an existing CICS/VSE environment to the CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA.
	Further documentation on CICS Transaction Server (Manuals, Redbooks, ...) At this web site you can find all the current manuals, redbooks, white papers, etc. about CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA.

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