Release levels on INQUIRE SYSTEM command

You are recommended to use the EXEC CICS® INQUIRE SYSTEM CICSTSLEVEL(data_area) command to determine the Version and Release number, and hence the function level, of CICS. CICS returns 030100 for CICS TS for z/OS® Version 3 Release 1. Use the EXEC CICS INQUIRE SYSTEM OSLEVEL(data_area) command to determine the level of z/OS; CICS returns 010400 for z/OS Release 1.4.

To ensure compatibility with previous releases, the CICS base element maintains its own level (identification) number. Each time new function is added to CICS and shipped with the CICS Transaction Server product, the CICS level number is incremented. The CICS version and release number are no longer implicit in the CICS level number.

The CICS level number in CICS TS 3.1 is 0640. This number is returned in the RELEASE parameter of the INQUIRE SYSTEM command. The 0640 number also appears in other forms such as 6.4.0 in output from offline utilities such as statistics and dump formatters to identify the level of utility being used, and as the suffix in module names such as DFHPD640.

[[ Contents Previous Page | Next Page Index ]]