You are using SMP/E to install CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V4.1 and receive messages: GIM38201E ** THERE IS A MODID ERROR FOR EXEC ENTRY CICSET IN SYSMOD UW16684. GIM31903I SYSMOD UW16684 DOES NOT SPECIFY UW60509 ON THE PRE OR SUP OPERAND. UW60509 IS THE RMID FOR EXEC CICSET THAT IS BEING INSTALLED.

For many countries Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November. You would like to understand the impact that the DST time change has on CICS Transaction Server. You would also like to know when DST will begin and end in your country, and the action that you will need to take.

APAR PK83534 allows the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V3.2 Service Flow Runtime (SFR) Feature to run on CICS TS V3.1. This means that if you are running CICS TS V3.1, you will now be able to exploit all the features of the V3.2 runtime. However to exploit these features some migration steps will be necessary.

In an effort to provide you with the most current service technology, IBM® is pleased to announce that effective 1 July 2008, IBM Assist On-site (AOS) replaced RSV-XCEL as the tool used for remote screen viewing. AOS is a secure web based application that provides you with the same functions as RSV-XCEL.

JinsightLive for IBM® System z™ is a visualization tool that allows you to interactively trace and visualize the execution of a Java™ program on z/OS® or Linux® on System z (zLinux). The Java application can be running in a variety of runtime environments including CICS® and WebSphere® Application Server. The power of this tool is the ability to see and drill down to the lowest levels of the application in a visual manner. The tool is now available as a toolkit , free of charge.

There is a change in z/OS 1.9 which will affect any customer applications that use a custom listener transaction through the CICS Socket API. The code that locates the Listener Control Area (LCA) for the transaction will at least need to be recompiled using the updated EZACICA macro. If the transaction is deployed to run on multiple z/OS releases, additional code will need to be added to support both. Symptoms that can occur in applications that have not been updated include: [<ul><li>Listene

New Function (NF) APAR PK58721 adds support for a number of features that are required for non-SOAP HTTP usage. The APAR adds support to both CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® (CICS TS) V3.1 and V3.2 pipeline processing. PK58721 closed on 12 March 2008.

New Function (NF) APAR PK56777 and PK60532 provide enhancements and defect fixes for the Web Services Atomic Transactions (WS-AT) support. PK56777, for CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® (CICS TS) V3.2, closed on 20 February 2008. PK60532, for CICS TS V3.1, closed on 25 February 2008.

You can now order, free of charge, the Service Flow Feature (SFF) of CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® (CICS TS) V3.2. The SFF continues to offer a combined tooling and runtime package to complement CICS Web Services. The packaging has been revised to reflect significant new IBM® investment in IBM Rational® branded development tooling for System z™ software. This document contains a link to the Announcement which contains more details.

New Function (NF) APAR PK35107 is for CICS® Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS® (CICS IA) V2.1. This APAR includes Global User exits to support collection in a CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.2 region. It also includes sample queries to assist in migration from previous versions of CICS TS. PK35107 closed on 19 June 2007. Without this APAR, you will receive message CIU1004E due to missing program definitions when running the installation verification procedure (IVP).