To shut down CICS® immediately, use the CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE command.
When you use the CEMT PERFORM SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE command, CICS responds directly by issuing the DFHTM1703 message at the console. Message DFHTM1703 is also issued to the master terminal, to inform the operator that CICS is terminating.
If the CICS shutdown is successful, CICS issues the following message at the console:
DFHKE1799 applid TERMINATION OF CICS IS COMPLETE
For example, the following sequence of messages was issued on an immediate shutdown of the CICS TOR, CICSHTH1:
16:15:59 . F CICSHTH1,CEMT PERF SHUT IMMED
15.05.55 . +DFHTM1703 CICSITH1 CICS is being quiesced by userid
IVPUSER in transaction CEMT at terminal SAMA
16.15.59 . +DFHTM1701 CICSHTH1 CICS is being terminated by operator
at terminal CON1
16.16.01 . +DFHDU0303I CICSHTH1 Transaction Dump Data set DFHDMPA closed.
16.16.01 . +DFHKE1799 CICSHTH1 TERMINATION OF CICS IS COMPLETE.