Book structure

Communicating with non-System/390 CICS systems
describes how to set up a CICS® on System/390® system to communicate with non-System/390 CICS systems.

It contains the following chapters:

Overview of CICS System/390-non-System/390 intercommunication
summarizes intercommunication between System/390 and non-System/390 CICS products, listing the supported facilities, with a brief description of each.
Planning for CICS System/390-non-System/390 intercommunication
describes the areas where you have a choice to make when designing your System/390--non-System/390 communication links and applications.
Resource definition for communication with non-System/390 systems
describes the CICS on System/390 resource definitions needed to support communication with a non-System/390 CICS system.
CICS internal security
describes the security available on CICS on System/390--non-System/390 links, and the resource definitions needed to specify the level of security you want.
VTAM/NCP definitions
describes the VTAM/NCP definitions necessary to support intercommunication between System/390 and non-System/390 CICS products.
Data conversion for communication with non-System/390 systems
describes the CICS on System/390 resource definitions needed to enable data conversion for communication with CICS Transaction Server for Windows or CICS on Open Systems. This chapter also lists the supplied user-replaceable data conversion program, which you can replace or modify if the supplied standard conversion program does not meet your needs.
Server Support for CICS Clients
describes how to set up a CICS on System/390 system to act as a server to the CICS Clients workstation products.

It contains the following chapters:

Introduction to CICS Clients
 
Installing server support for Clients
 
Data conversion for Clients
 
Application programming for Clients
 
Problem determination for Clients
 
Recovery after a restart of CICS
 
Restrictions on Client support
 
Migration considerations
 
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