Setting up and configuring CICS TCP/IP

This topic describes the steps required to configure CICS® TCP/IP.

It is assumed that both CICS and TCP/IP Services are already installed and operating on MVS™.

Before you can start CICS TCP/IP, do the following:

Task	See
Modify the CICS job stream to enable CICS TCP/IP startup.	Modifying CICS startup (MVS JCL)
Define additional files, programs, maps, and transient data queues to CICS using resource definition online (RDO) and the CICS resource management utility DFHCSDUP commands.	Defining CICS TCP/IP resources
Modify TCP/IP Services data sets.	Modifying data sets for TCP/IP services
Use the configuration macro (EZACICD), to build the TCP Configuration data set.	Building the configuration data set with EZACICD
Use the configuration transaction (EZAC) to customize the Configuration data set.	Customizing the configuration transaction (EZAC)
Note: You can modify the data set while CICS is running by using EZAC. See Customizing the configuration transaction (EZAC).