Requirements for running CICS® IA.
CICS Requirements
CICS IA V5.1 captures data for CICS Transaction Server Version
1.3 for z/OS® and later. However,
some new features are supported only in later versions of CICS TS for z/OS.
The CICS IA
Command Flow feature requires CICS TS
V3.1 or later.
If you want to operate the CICS IA Controller from the CICS IA Explorer plug-in, the CICS IA region that you intend to control requires CICS Transaction Server V4.1 or
later.
Each CICS region,
on which the CICS IA Collector
is to run, must have Language Environment® installed and active.
DB2 requirements
CICS IA requires DB2® V8.0 for z/OS or
above. You will also require the
DB2 Utilities
Suite for z/OS for the
version DB2 that you are using.
The CICS IA sample jobs
support utilities provided by other vendor with minor changes.
VSAM file support
To control CICS IA Collectors on multiple
regions from a single CICS terminal,
the VSAM files to which CICS saves
dependency data, affinity data, and control information must be shared
across all the regions. See
The dependency data and affinity data VSAM files and
The control record VSAM file. To share these files, you can
use either:
- VSAM record-level sharing (RLS). If you use VSAM RLS, all the
regions must be in the same MVS™ parallel
sysplex. A parallel sysplex is a sysplex that uses a coupling facility,
which is required to support VSAM RLS. For information about using
VSAM RLS in CICS, see the CICS Installation Guide.
- Function shipping to a file-owning region (FOR). For information
about CICS function shipping,
see the CICS Intercommunication
Guide.
Other Requirements
CICS IA V5.1 uses the IBM® supplied DFSORT utility in the sample batch
jobs used to load DB2 tables.
These
jobs can be used with other vendor SORT utilities with minor changes
to the sample JCL.
Note: The SORT utility uses SYMBOLIC names. CICS IA does not provide support
for vendor utilities that do not meet this requirement.