CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.2

Technical detail

There is now, for the first time ever, an open beta program for this new release of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS - Version 3 Release 2.

No formal education is offered for this beta program. However, educational documentation and presentations are available with the product on the download site.

Objectives

The objectives of providing an open beta program for this release are:

• To give early access to the new function in CICS TS V3.2
• To provide feedback to IBM
• To test the code in various and unique environments
• To ensure that the code functions as designed

New Product Function

• CICS application connectivity:

  - Support for WSDL 2.0
  - Web services support for MTOM and XOP
  - Support for WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 and Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0
  - Support for the WS-Trust specification in WS-Security
  - IP interconnectivity for DPL
  - Enhanced TCP/IP management and control
  - Updates for CICS Web Support

• CICS application reuse

  - Enhancements to data mapping and to WSDL in Web services
  - Java API for Web Services Assistant
  - 64-bit support for channels and containers
  - Optimized support for CCSID data conversion
  - C/C++ integrated translator
  - Further codepage support in CICS translator for C
  - CICS-MQ adapter, CICS-MQ trigger monitor, and CICS-MQ bridge transferred from WebSphere MQ

• CICS service management

  - Online management of program libraries
  - Support for Enterprise Workload Manager
  - Threadsafe file control commands
  - Threadsafe definition for system autoinstalled global user exits
  - Threadsafe CICS journalling commands
  - Threadsafe WebSphere MQ commands
  - Enhancements to Java configuration and management
  - Integrated installation of CICSPlex SM
  - Enhancements to CICSPlex SM
  - Enhancements to the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface
  - CICSPlex SM support for new functions
  - Revised CICSPlex SM Web User Interface view and menu packaging
  - Larger capacity (> 2 GB) for shared data tables
  - Support for larger capacity (> 4 GB) VSAM ESDS files
  - Improved timing data precision in monitoring and statistics records
  - Compression for monitoring data records
  - Enhancement to CICS statistics
  - Increase in default size of the trace table
  - Enhancement allowing DFHTRxxx trace programs to run RMODE(31)
  - Enhancements to INQUIRE MVSTCB
  - XCF group limit avoidance

Further information about the new function contained in CICS TS V3.2 can be found in:

• The product announcement letter
• The CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3 Release 2: Release Guide, GC34-6811, available from the IBM Publications Center.

Note that the CICS Service Flow Feature is not available with this beta program. Also note that the promotional copy of WebSphere Developer for System z to be provided with the product at general availability is not included in this beta program.

Schedule
Beta Code Available - 10th April 2007
Download site - Download site available from 10th April 2007 until 29th June 2007
Beta end (beta code expiration) - 31st August 2007

Participants

This beta program is open to all.

IBM Support

No service support is provided for this beta program.

There is an informal forum available for comments and feedback. Please note that, although this forum is monitored, IBM does not guarantee that it will respond to any issues or comments raised. Details of any restrictions in the beta product functions and of any required fixes may also be placed on the forum. The download site contains a link to this forum on developerWorks (see the BETA Code download site section).

ISV Support

IBM does not guarantee that any CICS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) infrastructure products will work with this beta code, and no support is implied for any CICS ISV products. For information concerning support of non-IBM products, please contact the appropriate software vendor.

BETA Code download site

• Download the BETA code

Please note that an IBM ID is required to download the beta code. If you do not have one, you will be able to register for one at this site. Participants will be required to state that they accept the licensing terms and conditions of this beta program before they can download the code.