The CICS - CICSPlex System Manager Essentials training course provides an introduction to the CICS TS System Manager component and functions. The course provides an overview of the CICSPlex SM environment. It covers the CICSPlex SM requirements, with an emphasis on the functionality. It explains CICSPlex SM components such as the single system image (SSI), workload manager (WLM), real-time analysis (RTA), monitor (MON), and business application services (BAS). The course also covers the web user interface (WUI), design and use considerations, and other interfaces, such as the batch repository utility (BATCHREP), the CICS Explorer, and cloud enablement.
By attending CICS - CICSPlex System Manager Essentials workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe the capabilities of single system image (SSI) and single point of control and definition
- Describe the functions provided by CICSPlex SM operations, Work Load Management (WLM), real-time analysis (RTA), monitoring (MON), Business Application Services (BAS), and application program interface (API)
- Describe the required CICSPlex SM infrastructure: CICS Managing Address Space (CMAS), Coordinating Address Space (CAS), Enterprise Storage Server Specialist (ESSS), Managed Application Systems (MAS), and MAS agents
- Describe the security facilities provided by CICSPlex SM
- Describe the CICSPlex System Manager Web user interface
- Describe the use of CICSPlex System Manager for cloud enablement
Familiar with the control facilities within CICS TS and the intersystem facilities provided by CICS TS.
This CICS - CICSPlex System Manager Essentials class is designed for CICS system designers, system programmers, and operations staff members responsible for planning, installing, operating, or managing a CICSplex with CICSPlex SM.