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CICS/TS Structure and Problem Solving
This CICS/TS course covers the internals of CICS up to and including CICS/TS 6.1. Upon completion, attendees will be able to describe the internal structure of CICS/TS. All the major Domains will be...
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This CICS/TS course covers the internals of CICS up to and including CICS/TS 6.1. Upon completion, attendees will be able to describe the internal structure of CICS/TS. All the major Domains will be covered, such as the Kernel Domain, the Dispatcher Domain, Transaction Manager Domain and the Storage Manager Domain. In addition, the attendee will understand how to analyze the File Control and Enqueue structures. Storage Management is covered and the attendee will be able to describe what the causes are of storage violations and how to locate and resolve them. CICS Tracing is covered, as well as a session on using the Interactive Problem Control System - IPCS to analyze the CICS System dumps. A number of workshops are included, and the attendee will analyze a number of system dumps. including a Storage Violation dump and an Enqueue dump. The attendees will use IPCS to analyze the dumps taken and be given a roadmap to resolve these issues. Attendees will have a CICS/TS 6.1 system for the workshop.
Who Can Benefit
This course is designed for CICS systems programmers and CICS application technical programmers.
Prerequisites
Attendees should have had 2-3 years as a CICS Systems Programmer, and ideally should have completed CICS/TS for System Programmers.
Course Details
Course Topics
- Introduction to CICS Architecture
- CICS/TS Domain Structure
- The Transaction Manager and Dispatcher Domains
- The Application Domain
- The ENQUEUE Domain
- The CICS/TS Storage Management
- CICS/TS Recovery Management
- CICS/TS Trace Facility
- The IPCS Facility
- Interpreting CICS System Dumps
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
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At Ascendient Learning, we offer training that is Instructor-Led, Online, Virtual, and Self-Paced.
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Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.
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As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.
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Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
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Reviews
ExitCertified provided a very organized way to learn and provided materials to follow along.
Topics, material and specially instructor (Graham Godfrey) was beyond my expectations.
They are very good and made sure we had all the appropriate materials for class.
my experince was great from the day i regetered to the actuall day of the class.
Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.
