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September 21, 1999 IBM CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 and CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 Offer Significant Programming and Operational Enhancements
(Corrected on December 1, 1999) Add text to seventh bullet in Terms and Conditions section. At a GlanceThe CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 enhancements include:
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CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is available for download from the Internet and also available as a program package. The CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 is available for download from the Internet for those with a license entitlement for it. The CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 includes all the CICS Universal Clients enhancements plus the following additions:
Key PrerequisitesCICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 requires one of the following:
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DescriptionCICS Universal ClientsNew functions in this release are:
CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 are also supplied with various IBM transaction products and can be downloaded over the Internet (subject to licensing restrictions). Refer to the Licensing section. CICS Transaction GatewayThe CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 is for customers who want a server-based integration solution for CICS. It includes identical functional enhancements to those in the CICS Universal Clients, plus the following additions:
CICS Transaction Gateway for OS/390 Version 3.1: The CICS Transaction Gateway for OS/390 Version 3.1, which runs directly on OS/390 Version 2.5, or higher, using OS/390 UNIX services, is included with the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1. It enables customers to provide support for end users at Web browsers in a two-tier configuration. CICS Transaction Gateway for OS/390 Version 3.1 was developed from, and replaces, the CICS Gateway for Java (MVS™), which was shipped as a component of the CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 1.2. It provides an API which enables Java applets and Java servlets to communicate using the CICS ECI interface. The CICS Transaction Gateway for OS/390 converts this ECI communication to access the CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 using the External CICS Interface (EXCI). The CICS Transaction Gateway for OS/390 Version 3.1 offers improved performance compared to the CICS Gateway for Java (MVS). The CICS Transaction Gateway is not available as a separate product. It is delivered with (same) IBM products, including:
These products give a license entitlement for the CICS Transaction Gateway. If you want to license the CICS Transaction Gateway for use with another supported CICS server, it is recommended, as an economical way of doing this, that you purchase a license for TXSeries Version 4.2 for Windows NT, AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX, or CICS Transaction Server for OS/2 Warp, Version 4.1. Whatever the platform supported by this product, the CICS Transaction Gateway is provided for all its supported platforms, including OS/390. The CICS Transaction Gateway can also be downloaded over the Internet by those who have a license entitlement via the Web site below. Additional information is available on the CICS Clients and Gateways at the Internet Web site at: Related ProductsWhen the program package for CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 becomes available in November 1999, CICS Transaction Server for OS/2 Warp Version 4.1 will ship CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 and CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 instead of the CICS Clients Version 2. For more information, refer to announcement material on the products with which it is shipped, or to Web site: Year 2000This product is Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with its associated documentation, it is capable of correctly processing, providing, and/or receiving date data within and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provided that all products (for example, hardware, software, and firmware) used with the product properly exchange accurate date data with it. The service end date for this Year-2000-ready product is January 31, 2002. Product PositioningCICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 provides the basis for IBM's very successful Application Mining initiative. It enables significant value to be brought to new desktop applications by tapping the hidden assets existing in your core enterprise applications. It provides an easy and low-cost mechanism to enable access to CICS applications for users at desktop workstations. It can be used with CICS servers on all platforms. CICS Universal Clients provides support for a single user at a desktop workstation. Where multiple users are required, and in particular for access by multiple users at Web browsers, the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 should be used. CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is the latest IBM product for accessing CICS from desktop environments, and should be used by those who are new to CICS Clients. If you are already using CICS Clients Version 2.0 you may prefer to use CICS Clients Version 2.0.8 while continuing to roll out an existing installation. Migration to CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is recommended in the longer term. The CICS Transaction Gateway is the latest IBM product supporting e-business configurations with CICS. It replaces and extends the functions previously provided by the CICS Internet Gateway and the CICS Gateway for Java Customers using the CICS Internet Gateway or the CICS Gateway for Java, which are not supported by CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1, should continue to use CICS Clients Version 2.0, but should consider migrating to the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1 at the earliest opportunity. Statement of DirectionSupport for the HP-UX 11 environment will be made available at a future date.
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PublicationsAll the books applicable to CICS® Universal Clients and CICS Transaction Gateway are provided in Acrobat Portable Document format (filetype .PDF), for viewing and printing using the Adobe Acrobat reader. The English .PDF books are provided in a single, platform-specific library, with search, covering both CICS Universal Clients and CICS Transaction Gateway. This library, along with the current Adobe Acrobat Reader, with search, is an installable option. Translated .PDFs are available on the product CD-ROM, but these are stand-alone books and are not part of the library. Language versions of the reader are not provided for these, but may be obtained from the Adobe Acrobat Web site. The .PDF library and individual English .PDFs can also be downloaded from the Web. For more information, refer to: and follow the library link. In addition, hardcopy of these books (except CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1: Messages and CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3.1: Messages) are available for purchase. To order, contact your IBM representative or your dealer. However, the hardcopy books may be at a lower level than the .PDFs available from the referenced Web site. The books are:
.----------------------------------------------+------------. | Title |Order Number| |----------------------------------------------+------------| |CICS Universal Clients V3.1 | | | Administration for Windows (TM) |SC34-5449 | | Administration for OS/2 (R) |SC34-5450 | | Administration for AIX (R) |SC34-5348 | | Administration for Solaris |SC34-5451 | | Messages | | | C++ Programming** |SC33-1923 | | COM Automation Programming** |SC33-1924 | |----------------------------------------------+------------| |CICS Family: Client/Server Programming |SC33-1435 | |----------------------------------------------+------------| |CICS Transaction Clients V3.1 | | | Administration for Windows |SC34-5589 | | Administration for OS/2 |SC34-5590 | | Administration for AIX |SC34-5591 | | Administration for Solaris |SC34-5592 | | Administration for OS/390 (R) |SC34-5528 | | Messages | | | Programming |SC34-5594 | |----------------------------------------------+------------| |**CICS Clients Version 2 users need the (-00) level of | | these books: | | CICS Family: OO Programming in C++ for CICS Clients | | CICS Family: OO Programming in BASIC for CICS Clients | '-----------------------------------------------------------' Technical InformationSpecified Operating EnvironmentHardware Requirements: CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 will run on any hardware capable of running the appropriate operating system and other prerequisite software. The support for the CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 for OS/2, Windows NT™, and Windows 98 is for any IBM-compatible machine. Requirements for hard disk space for the CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 are in the region of:
.----------------------+--------------------------. | Platform | Hard File Space | |----------------------+--------------------------| |OS/2 | 8 MB | |----------------------+--------------------------| |Windows NT | 8 MB | | | +5 MB for TCP62 | |----------------------+--------------------------| |Windows 98/95 | 8 MB | | | +5 MB for TCP62 | |----------------------+--------------------------| |AIX | 4 MB | |----------------------+--------------------------| |Solaris | 4 MB | '----------------------+--------------------------' Software Requirements: Information on software requirements previously announced for Version 3.0 remains valid, except as described below. For this information, refer to Software Announcement 299-058 , dated March 9, 1999, and to Software Announcement 298-378 , dated September 29, 1998. For SNA communications with the CICS Universal Clients for Windows 98, IntranetWare for SAA, Version 3 is supported. For SNA communications with the CICS Universal Clients for Windows NT and Windows 95, NetWare for SAA Version 2.20, with APAR JP10793, or later, or IntranetWare for SAA, Version 3, are supported. The support for eNetwork™ Personal Communications includes Version 4.3. For use of DCE with the CICS Universal Client for Windows NT, DCE Runtime Services are required. The DCE products supported are:
The following compilers and application development tools are supported:
.--------------------+--------------------------------------. | Client Platforms|Software Supported | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |OS/2 |VisualAge (R) C++ Version 3.0, | | | or later | | |VisualAge PL/I Version 2.1 | | |IBM REXX for OS/2 | | |WebSphere (TM) Application Server | | | Advanced | | |Edition V2.02 or later | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |OS/2, Windows NT, |VisualAge COBOL Version 2.1, or later | | Windows 95, | | | Windows 98 | | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |OS/390, OS/2, |VisualAge for Java (TM) Professional | | Windows NT, AIX |or Enterprise Edition V2.0 and V3.0 | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |Windows NT, |VisualAge C++ Version 3.5, or later | | Windows 98, |Microsoft (TM) Visual C++ Version 5.0,| | Windows 95 | or later | | |Microsoft Visual Basic Version 5.0, | | | or later | | |Microsoft Visual Basic Script | | | Version 5.0 for Windows | | | (Part of Scripting Host) | | |IBM Object REXX Version 1.0.2 | | |IBM WebSphere Application Server | | | Advanced Edition 2.02 or later | | |IBM VisualAge Interspace | | | Version 5.2, 6.0 | | | (Refer to note below) | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |AIX |IBM C for AIX Version 4.4 | | |IBM C Set++ for AIX Version 3.1 | | | or later 3.1, or later | | | 3.1, or later | | |IBM COBOL Set for AIX Version 1.1, | | | or later | | |IBM WebSphere Application Server | | |Advanced Edition V2.02 or later | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |Solaris |Sun WorkShop C++ Version 3.0.0 | | |IBM WebSphere Application Server | | |Advanced Edition 2.02 or later | |--------------------+--------------------------------------| |Note: IBM VisualAge Interspace Version 5.2 can only be | |used for development under NT, | |and supports the CICS Universal Clients at run-time. | |However, for production it can also be used for AIX and | |Solaris, but only supports the CICS for UNIX (R) Clients. | |VisualAge Interspace Version 6.0 supports the | |CICS Universal Clients at run-time for AIX and Solaris. | |For application development VisualAge Interspace | |Version 6.0 only supports Windows NT 4.0 and | |Windows 98, 95. | '-----------------------------------------------------------' Planning InformationPackaging: CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is shipped in a shrink-wrapped box, delivering the Universal Clients for all supported platforms. The box contains the following:
Note: The Java Run-time environment (JRE) for the Solaris platform is supported by Sun Microsystems, Inc. The Solaris JRE is installed with the CICS Transaction Gateway This improves the installation process as well as run-time checking. Customers using this JRE can keep up to date with the Sun upgrades by accessing the Sun Web site (for the 1.1.x level). This program when downloaded from a Web site, contains the applicable IBM license agreement, and License Information (LI), if appropriate, and will be presented for acceptance at the time of installation of the program. The license and LI will be stored in a directory for future reference. Security, Auditability, and ControlThe customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities. Ordering InformationCICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is a product with a single charge unit of "Installs". It is ordered as a program package, and as use authorizations without program supply. CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1 is available at an upgrade price for those customers currently licensed for the following qualifying programs:
Licensed customers of CICS Clients Version 3.1 can upgrade at no charge by downloading from the Internet site or obtaining a service upgrade for the qualifying program.
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CICS Universal Clients Version 3.1
Program Package 5801-AAR 5288 0704642
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1 Install 5802-AAR 2896 0704644
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Description Type Number Number
CICS Universal Clients
Version 3.1 Program 5803-AAR 2321 0704643
Package Upgrade
-- CD-ROM
Version 3.0 -- 1 Install 5804-AAR 1112 0704645
for Upgrade
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CICS Universal Clients Media Package English 84H6616
CICS Universal Clients Documentation 84H6615
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VPO Instl CICS Universal Clients 1 client D2686ML
VPO Instl/SW Sub CICS Universal Clients D2688ML
1 client 1 Year
VPO Instl/SW Sub CICS Universal Clients D2689ML
1 client 2 Years
VPO SW Sub Rnwl CICS Universal Clients E168AML
1 client
VPO SW Sub CICS Universal Clients 1 client D268CML
1 Year
VPO SW Sub CICS Universal Clients 1 client D268DML
2 Years
CO Instl/SW Sub CICS Universal Clients D268EML
1 client 1st Anniversary
CO Instl/SW Sub CICS Universal Clients D268FML
1 client 2nd Anniversary
CO SW Sub Rnwl CICS Universal Clients E168HML
1 client
CO SW Sub CICS Universal Clients 1 client D268KML
1st Anniversary
CO SW Sub CICS Universal Clients 1 client D268MML
2nd Anniversary
CO SUPT CICS CLIENT FLAT 1 ANNIV AR7UWML
CO SUPT CICS CLIENT FLAT 2 ANNIV AR633ML
Terms and ConditionsLicensing: IBM IPLA. PoE are required for all authorized use, except as described below. CICS Universal Clients Version 3 may be copied free of charge to enable communication with any supported IBM CICS server, Transaction Server, CICS Transaction Server, or TXSeries™ server, with the exception of the servers listed below. Provided CICS Universal Clients is used only with servers which are not on the exceptions list, customers are authorized to make copies of the CICS Universal Clients as program features. The exceptions are:
Note: Earlier versions of these two servers are not supported with CICS Universal Clients Version 3. If they are used to enable communication with either of these servers, a license is required for every copy made of CICS Universal Clients. Note: When the CICS Universal Clients Version 3 program is connected to a server that has use-based pricing, the appropriate number of use-based features for that server must be licensed. A license entitlement (subject to the Terms and Conditions of the IBM IPLA) to use the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3 is included at no additional charge with a license for any of the following products:
Note: in the event that you cease to be authorized to use this program then you are no longer authorized to use the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3. License Information Form Number
Program Services: Available until January 31, 2002 To obtain the latest service level, contact the Service Support Center for your country. Alternatively, you can obtain information about service levels and download the latest service level from the Internet at: Money-back Guarantee: 30-day, money-back guarantee Copy and Use on Home/Portable Computer: Yes Other Support: Passport Advantage Volume Orders: Yes, contact your IBM representative. Passport Advantage Applies: Yes Passport Advantage Subscription Applies: Yes Upgrades: Customers can acquire upgrades up to the currently authorized level of use of the qualifying programs. AIX/UNIX Upgrade Protection Applies: No Entitled Upgrade for Current AIX/UNIX Upgrade Protection Licensees: No AS/400® Software Subscription Applies: No ChargesThe charges provided in this announcement are suggested retail prices for the U.S. only and are provided for your information only. Dealer prices may vary, and prices may also vary by country. Prices are subject to change without notice. For additional information and current prices, contact your local IBM representative.
Part
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CICS Universal Clients
Version 3.1 Program 0704642 $115
Package -- CD-ROM
Version 3.1 -- 1 Install 0704644 95
Upgrades: Contact your sales channel for Support Line pricing information.
Part
Description Number OTC
CICS Universal Clients
Version 3.1 Program Package 0704643 $46
Upgrade -- CD-ROM
Version 3.1 -- 1 Install 0704645 38
for Upgrade
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