CICS VSAM Transparency for z/OS, Version 1.2


Summary of changes

This section summarizes what is new and what has changed in CICS® VSAM Transparency for z/OS® version 2.1 under the following headings:

Mapping and data migration

Enhancements to COBOL binary fields support are introduced in version 2.1, including the use of the BIGINT DB2® column data type for doubleword binary fields. Support for COMP-5 fields is introduced.

There are new warning messages for unsigned COBOL COMP and COMP-5 fields to highlight potential data conversion issues.

There is a new facility to generate the appropriate batch job JCL and control cards for data migration. This is described in Automated data migration.

Batch processing setup

The JCL changes that are required for CICS VT can be made prior to migrating the VSAM file. A mechanism is introduced to simplify switching between VSAM and CICS VT DB2 access. This is described in Making JCL changes before migration.

REPRO support

In previous versions of CICS VT, support for REPRO was restricted to read only. Version 2.1 supports REPRO using the REPLACE and REUSE options. This is explained in CICS VT and IDCAMS.

National language support

All ISPF screens in version 2.1 are written in dialog tag reference (DTL) to simplify national language translation.

Tracing

Version 2.1 allows CICS VT tracing in CICS at the DIM level. You no longer have to supply one or more specific TERMIDs. This is explained in Activating the trace in CICS .





Last updated: December 6, 2013 20:45:53