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IBM CICS V5.1 Portfolio CICS Transaction Server and CICS Tools

Nick Garrod – CICS Market Enablement Ted Caffarelli – CICS Tools Product Line Manager

© IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 Preface

• The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and/or other countries: – CICS, CICS Explorer, CICSPlex SM, DB2, QMF, IMS, MQSeries, WebSphere, IBM, SupportPac, OS/390, z/OS, zSeries, RMF, Tivoli, Tivoli Enterprise, OMEGAMON XE • Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. • , Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. • Other company, product, service names, and logos may be trademarks or service marks of others.

Copyright 2013 2 CICS Transaction Server – Business Perspective

• CICS Transaction Server is the home of high volume updates to shared data. • CICS Transaction Server is designed to enable customers to create and maintain a competitive advantage • CICS Transaction Server continues to deliver innovative and essential technology to enable customers to deliver on their business imperatives, now and into the future

Large scale business critical Large installations with Competitive advantage is workloads, some > 1bn mixed workloads continue to embodied in CICS assets transactions per day support core business

Copyright 2013 3 CICS Transaction Server : The Story So Far… CICS Tools

V5.1

V4.2 Operational V4.1 Events Efficiency Events Service V3 Java Web 2.0 ,,, Connectivity Agility V2 SOA Management Cloud V1 Java Scalability Enablement Web OTE Feature Packs SupportPacs 5.1 CICS Tools

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Focused Versions Broad Range Of New & Enhanced Capabilities

Copyright 2013 4 Current Challenges

• Critical importance is that operational costs are kept as low as possible. • Increased pressure to be able to deliver results faster and more efficiently. – Current operational practices often inhibit the speed of delivery. • Investments made today can not only afford to meet the short term goals, but must continue to deliver value long into the future – despite the rapidly changing IT landscape.

Operation Efficiency: Service Agility: Future proof: Controlling cost Deliver results faster A long term investment

Copyright 2013 5 CICS TS V5.1 delivers Operation Efficiency & Service Agility…

Operation Efficiency • Greater capacity • Increased availability • Reduced complexity • Better control over critical system resources

Service Agility • Faster and easier deployment of applications • Improved management of the application environment • Greater responsiveness to unwanted behaviour • Colocation of back-end applications and front-end interfaces

… through Cloud Enablement • Consistent with the IBM strategy • Positioning customers for the next transformational era in technology • Moving towards a cloud oriented service delivery platform

Copyright 2013 6 New CICS Tools V5.1 enhance Operation Efficiency & Service Agility

Five core foundational CICS Tools – updated to exploit CICS TS V5.1

Fully integrated with CICS TS & CICS Explorer CICS Deployment Assistant V5.1 •Discovery and visualization aids insight into application and platform dependencies •Automation speeds service delivery and CICS CICS CICS DeploymentConfiguration Assistant V5.1 Interdependency ensures standardization and governance Manager V5.1 Analyzer V5.1 CICS •Modern, integrated user interfaces lower Transaction skills barrier Server V5.1 •Day-1 exploitation of CICS TS V5.1 new capabilities reduces time to value •Five core tools support and extend the CICS CICS VSAM CICS Recovery V5.1 Performance runtime Analyzer V5.1

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CICS TS V5.1 : Driving Operational Efficiency

Greater Capacity Managed Operations

Achieve cost savings Reduce cost and risk through consolidation through automation

11011010 24x7 Increased Availability Deeper Insight

24x7 Reduce the need for Improve decision making planned downtime and audit readiness

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Greater Capacity Managed Operations

Maximize CPU savings Reduce cost and risk with consolidation and through automation threadsafe analysis

11011010 24x7 Increased Availability Deeper Insight

Reduce the need for Improve decision making 24x7 planned and unplanned and system performance downtime

Copyright 2013 9 CICS TS V5.1 : Increasing Service Agility

First-class Applications First-class Platforms

Create agile services from Create agile service delivery existing assets platforms

Modern interfaces Foundational Enhancements

Build rich web experiences Extend core capabilities for critical applications

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First-class Applications First-class Platforms

Create agile services from Create agile service delivery existing assets platforms

Modern interfaces Foundational Enhancements

Integrated and customizable Extend core capabilities tooling with rich visualization

Copyright 2013 11 IBM Software Group CICS Developer Trial

•Available from Jan 11th 2013 Based on CICS TS V5.1 • No charge trial, fixed expiry date - (with restrictions) • Does not start SVC period • Performance • For non-production environments • Capacity • Available through IBM ShopzSeries • License • PID 5655-CIC

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/connect/cicsdev

© IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 12 IBM Software IBMGroup CICS Explorer® V5.1 Enhanced! Manage Configuration Status Session and user views, IMS … Status Situations Configuration, Control, Test Topology Broadcast, User and MQ XE Admin commands Daemon & Connection IMS Explorer CICS, IMS, DB2, Manipulate, browse ISM Status & Test & z/OS z/OS data sets, z/FS, Abend Reporting Configuration Status Develop Status Situations Threadsafe, File, CPU, Daemon & Control, Test Topology Response Time analysis Connection MQ XE Graphical and VSAM, MQ, CICS, DB2 Status & Test Sheet views TG TG ISM CICS, IMS, DB2, & z/OS Abend Reporting & Diagnosis & Diagnosis Test Threadsafe, File, CPU, FA Response Time, Deployment CICS, IMS, Statistics, Alerts, Discovery, DB2, & z/OS CICS, IMS, DB2, Graphical and Visualization, Automation & Control Application & z/OS Sheet views Observation Requests DA Debugging Threadsafe, File, CPU, & Reporting PA DT APA Execution Tree CRUD/Install Dependencies History, Audit Queries Backout CRUD/Install Command Flow Search, Compare FM FA Control, Filter IA CM Topology Events, ATOM Response & Wait SM analysis, Statistics, Deployment, Alerts, Graphical and Discovery, RDz CICS, IMS, CICS, IMS, DB2, & z/OS Sheet views Visualization, Cloning, DB2, & z/OS Observation Requests Automation & Control Application & Reporting PA DA Debugging DT APA

Enhanced! 3270 application Enhanced! performance Execution Tree CRUD, Install, Control, testing CRUD, Install, History, Dependencies Filter, Sort, Topology, Backout, Audit, Search, Queries Events, ATOM, Java, WLM, WSIM Compare, Packaging Command Flow Txn Tracking, Copy/Paste IA CM SM APA Application Performance Analyzer FA Fault Analyzer SM CICS Transaction Server z/OS Connections, DT Debug Tool IA CICS Interdependency Analyzer z/OS Datsasets, zFS files, JES FM File Manager PA CICS Performance Analyzer WSIM Workload Simulator CM CICS Configuration Manager z/OS Explorer DA CICS Deployment Assistant MQ WebSphere MQ TG CICS Transaction Gateway CICS TS, IMS, XE OMEGAMON XE for CICS ISM IBM Session Manager DB2, MQ, z/OS RDz Rational Developer for System z

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Overview of IBM CICS Tools

14 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS DeploymentIBM Software AssistantGroup for z/OS V5.1

The power of discovery

What’s new in CICS DA V5.1… CICS DA enables you to… • Enriched discovery of over 30 entities • Visualize and manage your CICS topology • Discover existing regions and sus-systems • Improved visualization with tagging and filtering • Automation creates new CICSplex • Connections view with scoping • Plexify and clone CICS regions • Start and stop a CICS region • Export model for external reporting • CICS TS V5.1 upgrade cheat sheet • Tagging and filtering of model elements • New navigators • Clone JCL improvements • IPv6 support • Virtual IP addressing support • Serviceability enhancements

15 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS InterdependencyIBM Software Group Analyzer for z/OS V5.1

Application insight

What’s new in CICS IA V5.1… CICS IA enables you to… • Identify threadsafe / non-threadsafe programs • Support for CICS Transaction Server V5.1, • Isolate and remove affinities • Speed CICSPlex® SM workload management including enhanced business application analysis • Advanced CICS command flow analysis • Highlight CICS web service candidates • New threadsafe analysis plug-in view and report

• Improved installation and configuration

• DB2 data lifecycle management

• Native SQL language stored procedures

• Graphical visualization view of resources

16 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS PerformanceIBM Software GroupAnalyzer for z/OS V5.1

Performance insight

What’s new in CICS PA V5.1… CICS PA enables you to… • CICS TS V5.1 – support for new metrics • Comprehensive Performance Reporting and Analysis for CICS including DB2, WebSphere MQ, • Application, Platform, and Policy and MVS System Logger • Plug-in enhancements: • Understand trends and develop capacity plans • Application centric view • View statistics and create statistical alerts • Customizable sheet views • Suspend time reporting • Easy navigation to key reports and alerts • SMF logstream support • Batch statistics reporting for CICS TG • Improved management of PA data loaded to DB2 • CPU totals on MQ reports • SMF data processing performance improvements

17 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS ConfigurationIBM Software Group Manager for z/OS V5.1

The value of control

What’s new in CICS CM V5.1… CICS CM enables you to… • Application, Platform, and Policy resources • Manage changes throughout the life-cycle • Create reports to identify redundant definitions, • Enhanced plug-in with Packaging and show resource relationships, and change management history Deployment Analysis • Manage audit, back-out and change authorizations • Sort in Package view and Ready list

• ADD/REMOVE CSD group to/from LIST during Migrate operation

• Option to automatically remove empty Groups from CSD List

• SSL support for plug-in connection

• Audit trail for Install and NewCopy

18 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS VSAMIBM Recovery Software Group for z/OS V5.1

Reduce the risk to your data

What’s new in CICS VR V5.1… CICS VR enables you to… • Replication logging in support of the GDPS- • Supports backups created by Backup-While-Open Active-Active availability solution (BWO) • Automate recovery • Test forward recovery and backout • Batch logging enhancements • Produce disaster recovery reports

• Batch backout improvements

• Migration utility enhancements

• Logstream printing and other usability enhancements

19 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS TransactionIBM Software Gateway Group V9.0

Open integration and modernization

What’s new in CICS Transaction Gateway V9.0… CICS Transaction Gateway provides… • Java 7 support for client applications • Proven connectivity—distributed platforms integrate with any CICS server • Increased vertical scaling on z/OS • Skills match for today—bridges the skill gap

• SSL connectivity for 3-tier topologies • Secure, scalable, and highly available connectivity • Connection-level time-out with IPIC

• 64-bit support for ECI V2 and ESI V2

• ECI V2 support for asynchronous calls.

• End-to-end transaction tracking

• Simplified DSS configuration

• Statistics recording with CICS TG for MP

20 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 IBM SessionIBM SoftwareManager Group for z/OS V3.2

Simple, secure session-management

What’s new in … CICS … • Updated plug-in with administration perspective • Access multiple z/OS systems from a single 3270 terminal - SNA and TCP/IP • Simplified pass-ticket support • Session recovery across the Sysplex • Load RACF classes into data spaces • Centralized administration • Improved DUMP GDG facility • Rexx-like scripting language • Customer-driven enhancements • Log-off procedures

• Security checking and Audit logging

• Benefits to helpdesk and operations

• Spy function

• Broadcast messages

• Demo function helps staff training

21 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS ToolsIBM Software V5.1 Group

Driving Operational Efficiency

Greater Capacity Managed Operations

• Use CICS IA and CICS PA to determine the • CICS CM supports all new resource definitions threadsafe readiness of programs, plan region in both CSDs and BAS for TSV5.1 and below consolidation etc • Improved CICS IA and CICS PA data • zIIP-eligible CICS IA stored procedures and management reduces space requirements and zAAP-eligible CICS DA server can save MLC $s simplifies tasks

• CICS PA provides Application- and Platform- level SLA analysis and resource usage reports

• CICS DA includes automated cloning and CICSPlex SM provisioning wizards

• CICS CM Packaging perspective avoids UI- switching

11011010 24x7 Increased Availability Deeper Insight

• CICS VR adds replication logging support for • Enriched discovery in CICS DA and CICS IA Active-Standby and Active-Query configurations enables broader and deeper insight • Use CICS IA to minimize the impact of routine • CICS PA processes SMF performance and application maintenance for the end user statistics data providing reports for all new metrics in CICS TS V5.1 • CICS PA Wait analysis helps resolve 24x7 performance problems • CICS DA model can be exported for external analysis and reporting • CICS CM deployment analysis reports avoid potentially costly surprises

22 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 CICS ToolsIBM Software V5.1 Group

Increasing Service Agility

First-class Applications First-class Platforms

• CICS CM helps manage new Application • CICS CM helps manage new Platform definitions definitions • CICS DA automates creation of new CICS • New CICS PA views simplify Application platforms performance analysis and • Discover and manage your CICS topology and • CICS IA tracks, analyzes, and helps create CICS applications with CICS DA and CICS CM TS Applications • Analyze Applications and isolate Platform performance bottlenecks with CICS PA

Modern Interfaces Foundational Enhancements

• CICS DA active graphical visualization the CICS • New CICS DA server delivers faster discovery topology - tags and filters enable custom views and better governance

• Visualization and charts are now available for the • 64 bit enablement metrics introduced in TS V5.1 • CICS DA IPv6 and virtual IP addressing support • Customizable sheet views in CICS PA allow extends usage to modern networks customers to see data their way • CICS IA Global Work Area above the 31 bit line

23 © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 Find out IBMmore Software Group

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© IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 24 Raising new requirements with RFE . You can now raise and track requirements using the new IBM RFE system for  CICS Transaction Server  CICS Explorer  TXSeries  WXTR  IBM CICS Tools  CICS Transaction Gateway  PD Tools

• Existing FITS requirements are currently being processed, and will either be transferred to RFE or closed and returned. • All brands https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/ - select Brand: WebSphere • WebSphere only https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/?BRAND_ID=181 • Select Product Family: Transaction Processing - for CICS Transaction Server, TXSeries, and WXTR • Select Product Family: Enterprise Tooling - for the CICS Tools, CICS Transaction Gateway, and PD Tools • Raise CICS Explorer base requirements against the Explorer component of CICS TS. • Raise plug-in requirements against the Explorer component of related product.

Copyright 2013 25 GENAPPIBM – SoftwareSupportPac Group and Redpaper

. GENAPP is available to customers as SupportPac CB12, at no extra cost Download from http://www- 01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1085&uid =swg24031760 . There is a paper based on GENAPP with scenarios in this new IBM Redpaper Download from http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp48 24.html?Open

GENAPP will continue to be updated to exploit new CICS TS V5.1 features © IBM Corporation 2013 Copyright 2013 26 CICS V5.1IBM collateral Software Group

. Announcement letters  CICS TS V5.1 http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS212-325  CICS Tools V5.1 http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS212-374 . Data sheets  CICS TS V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/CICS_TS_V51_data_sheet_V4.pdf  CICS DA V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/CICS_DA_V5.1_datasheet_GI13-0600-00.pdf  CICS IA V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/CICS_IA_V5.1_datasheet_GI13-0587-00.pdf  CICS PA V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/CICS_PA_V5.1_datasheet_GI13-0591-00.pdf  CICS CM V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/CICS_CM_V5.1_datasheet_GI13-0599-00.pdf  CICS VR V5.1 ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tools/WSD11329-USEN-00_CICSVR_DS_0620.pdf . Presentations  CICS V5.1 http://www-01.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tserver/v51/library/Presentations.html . IBM RedBooks  CICS Transaction Server from Start to Finish http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247952.html?Open  CICS and SOA: Architecture and Integration Choices http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245466.html?Open  Architects Guide to CICS on System z http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248067.html?Open  All CICS Redbooks http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/cgi-bin/searchsite.cgi?query=CICS&SearchOrder=4&SearchFuzzy= . Videos and demos  CICS V5.1 demos http://www-01.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/tserver/v51/library/demos.html  CICS V5.1 Business Partner testimonials on CICS Youtube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/CICSfluff . Links  CICS family home page http://ibm.com/cics

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