Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
What this book is about .................................. ix
Who should read this book ............................... ix
What you need to know to understand this book .................... ix
How to use this book .................................. ix
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 ............................ xi
CICS books for CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 ................. xi
CICSPlex SM books for CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 ............ xii
Other CICS books ................................... xii
Books from related libraries ............................... xii
Determining if a publication is current .......................... xii
Summary of changes .................................. xv
| Changes for this edition ................................. xv
Changes for the CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 release 2 edition ........ xv
Changes for the CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 release 1 edition ........ xvi
Changes for the CICS/ESA 4.1 edition .......................... xvi
Chapter 1. Transactions supplied by CICS ....................... 1
Upgrading CICS transactions ................................ 1
How to start or stop a transaction ............................. 1
Syntax notation and conventions used in this book .................... 2
Terminal operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MRO and ISC support ................................... 4
BMS partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The system console as a CICS terminal .......................... 5
Time sharing option (TSO) consoles ............................ 7
|Chapter 2. CBAM—BTS browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3. CDBC—database control menu ...................... 11
Connecting CICS to DBCTL ............................... 11
Disconnecting CICS from DBCTL ............................ 11
The HELP panel ..................................... 12
Chapter 4. CDBI—database control inquiry ..................... 13
The HELP panel ..................................... 13
Chapter 5. CDBM—database control interface .................... 15
Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
| DFHDBFK - The CDBM GROUP command file ..................... 16
| The MAINTENANCE panel for DFHDBFK ........................ 16
The CICS-DBCTL interface ................................ 17
The HELP panels ..................................... 17
Chapter 6. CEBR—temporary storage browse .................... 19
The HELP panel ..................................... 20
Chapter 7. CEBT—master terminal (alternate CICS) ................. 21
Minimum abbreviation of keywords ............................ 21
CEBT INQUIRE and SET commands .......................... 21
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