Comments on: Need help on CICS? Want to talk to other peers about CICS? http://themasterterminal.com/2008/05/06/need-help-on-cics/ All about CICS Transaction Server from those who produce and use it Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Grant http://themasterterminal.com/2008/05/06/need-help-on-cics/#comment-401 Grant Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:07 +0000 http://masterterminal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-401 Hi Ernie, You don't need to be a big shop to be running CICSPlex SM! For CICSPlex SM you do need a dedicated region for the CMAS and another for the WUI. These regions don't run any of your own code, so just need to be setup as per the sample jobs. See <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v3r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.installation.doc/topics/dfha167.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for setting up a CMAS and a WUI using sample jobs. I'd suggest you use these samples to get started - Don't clone one of your standard CICS and try and make it a CMAS or WUI as it will probably be more work/hassle. With CICS TS 4.1, you can use the SMSS capabilities of this release - and this does not require a CMAS or WUI, but you do miss out on some of the CICSPlex SM benefits. Cheers... Grant Hi Ernie,

You don’t need to be a big shop to be running CICSPlex SM!

For CICSPlex SM you do need a dedicated region for the CMAS and another for the WUI. These regions don’t run any of your own code, so just need to be setup as per the sample jobs. See here for setting up a CMAS and a WUI using sample jobs.

I’d suggest you use these samples to get started – Don’t clone one of your standard CICS and try and make it a CMAS or WUI as it will probably be more work/hassle.

With CICS TS 4.1, you can use the SMSS capabilities of this release – and this does not require a CMAS or WUI, but you do miss out on some of the CICSPlex SM benefits.

Cheers… Grant

]]> By: Ernie Evans http://themasterterminal.com/2008/05/06/need-help-on-cics/#comment-396 Ernie Evans Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:54:37 +0000 http://masterterminal.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-396 Where I work, it is a small size shop with about 1.2 million transactions a day, with 9 MRO regions and no CICSPLEX. I am thinking about CICSPLEX because it is my understanding that you need CPSM, WUI for CICS EXPLORER and it seems like most of the CICS products are being hooked into the CICSPLEX or the managing region of the CICSPLEX. I know nothing about installing and/or customizing the product and I was going to dive into like alot of us and there is definitely no classes allowed now. And, they are going through the Client Server direction, which will take them years and years. Does anybody have tips on setting up the bare bones CPSM and WUI? Do you need separate regions for those two? Any help appreciated. Where I work, it is a small size shop with about 1.2 million transactions a day, with 9 MRO regions and no CICSPLEX. I am thinking about CICSPLEX because it is my understanding that you need CPSM, WUI for CICS EXPLORER and it seems like most of the CICS products are being hooked into the CICSPLEX or the managing region of the CICSPLEX. I know nothing about installing and/or customizing the product and I was going to dive into like alot of us and there is definitely no classes allowed now. And, they are going through the Client Server direction, which will take them years and years. Does anybody have tips on setting up the bare bones CPSM and WUI? Do you need separate regions for those two? Any help appreciated.

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