Bibliography

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390: Planning for Installation

GC33-1789

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Release Guide

GC34-5352

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Migration Guide

GC34-5353

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Installation Guide

GC33-1681

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Program Directory

GI10-2506

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Licensed Program Speci®cation

GC33-1707

CICS books for CICS Transaction Server for OS/390

General

 

CICS Master Index

SC33-1704

CICS User's Handbook

SX33-6104

CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Glossary (softcopy only)

GC33-1705

Administration

 

CICS System De®nition Guide

SC33-1682

CICS Customization Guide

SC33-1683

CICS Resource De®nition Guide

SC33-1684

CICS Operations and Utilities Guide

SC33-1685

CICS Supplied Transactions

SC33-1686

Programming

 

CICS Application Programming Guide

SC33-1687

CICS Application Programming Reference

SC33-1688

CICS System Programming Reference

SC33-1689

CICS Front End Programming Interface User's Guide

SC33-1692

CICS C++ OO Class Libraries

SC34-5455

CICS Distributed Transaction Programming Guide

SC33-1691

CICS Business Transaction Services

SC34-5268

Diagnosis

 

CICS Problem Determination Guide

GC33-1693

CICS Messages and Codes

GC33-1694

CICS Diagnosis Reference

LY33-6088

CICS Data Areas

LY33-6089

CICS Trace Entries

SC34-5446

CICS Supplementary Data Areas

LY33-6090

Communication

 

CICS Intercommunication Guide

SC33-1695

CICS Family: Interproduct Communication

SC33-0824

CICS Family: Communicating from CICS on System/390

SC33-1697

CICS External Interfaces Guide

SC33-1944

CICS Internet Guide

SC34-5445

Special topics

 

CICS Recovery and Restart Guide

SC33-1698

CICS Performance Guide

SC33-1699

CICS IMS Database Control Guide

SC33-1700

CICS RACF Security Guide

SC33-1701

CICS Shared Data Tables Guide

SC33-1702

CICS Transaction Affinities Utility Guide

SC33-1777

CICS DB2 Guide

SC33-1939

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OS specifications

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