Planning for installation

This section discusses the steps required to plan your CICS TS installation.

Introduction to CICS TS installation
This section outlines the way that CICS TS is packaged for installation, the methods that you can use to install, and the documentation that you will need.
Program Directories
The Program Directory is a document provided with CICS Transaction Server. It contains information about the materials and procedures for installing each component of CICS TS.
Requirements for CICS TS
Before installing, you need to check that you have the requirements for CICS in place.
Renewing a Developer Trial license
The Developer Trial has an fixed expiry date to allow at least 90 days use from the date that it is ordered. A console message showing the expiry date is issued each day. After that time, your system terminates and, if you try to initialize CICS TS Developer Trial, the console message DFHT10201 is issued. If you want to use the CICS Transaction Server for z/OSDeveloper Trial, Version 5 Release 3 after the expiry date, you can follow this procedure to renew a Developer Trial license. When installed, the Developer Trial is the latest version, with a new expiry date.
CICS Explorer planning
CICS Explorer is a system management tool that is delivered as part of CICS Transaction Server. It provides an easy-to-use way to manage one or more CICS systems. It is based on an Eclipse platform and provides a view of some CICSPlex® SM functions in a CICS Transaction Server, and a platform for the integration of CICS tools.
CICSPlex SM planning
CICSPlex SM requires some additional planning for installation.

Parent topic: Installing