End-of-service documentation
When a CICS product is withdrawn from support, the product documentation remains available for use by clients with extended support contracts, but is no longer maintained. This section provides links to the documentation for previous versions of CICS® Transaction Server: 5.4 and 5.3. Such product documentation is provided as-is, in support of your extended service contract and solely for the applicable product and version.
For documentation of even older versions, where available, see Archived CICS documentation.
Documentation is available in IBM Documentation or in PDF. A few manuals are provided as eBooks with CICS TS Version 5.2. Some documentation is translated into languages other than English.
IBM Documentation
CICS TS 5.5 PDF manuals
- PDF sets and their download links
- PDFs and their download links
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- Administering CICS (also available in German and Japanese)
- API (EXEC CICS) Reference (also available in Japanese)
- C®++ OO Class Libraries (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex® SM Administration (also available in German, Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide (also available in German and Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications (also available in German, Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes (also available in German and Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- CICS Codes (also available in Japanese)
- CICS Messages (also available in German, Japanese)
- Configuring CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Data Areas (also available in German, Japanese)
- Db2® Guide (also available in German and Japanese)
- Developing CICS Applications (also available in Japanese)
- Developing CICS System Programs (also available in Japanese)
- Global User Exit Reference (also available in German, Japanese)
- IMS Database Control Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Installing CICS (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese)
- Intercommunication Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Java™ Applications in CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Monitoring CICS (also available in German and Japanese)
- Performance Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Performance Report
- Program Directory (base)
- Program Directory (activation module, base)
- Program Directory (activation module, Developer Trial)
- Program Directory (activation module, Value Unit Edition)
- RACF® Security Guide (stabilized at 5.4)
- Resource Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- Security for CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Shared Data Tables Guide (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, German, and Japanese)
- Statistics Reference (also available in German, Japanese)
- Supplied Transactions Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- System Initialization Parameter Reference (also available in German, Japanese)
- System Programming Reference (also available in German, Japanese)
- Trace Entries (stabilized at 5.4; also available in Japanese)
- Troubleshooting CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Upgrading CICS (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish)
- Using EXCI (also available in German and Japanese)
- Utilities Reference (also available in German and Japanese)
- Web Services Guide (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, German, Japanese, and Spanish)
- What's New (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese)
- XPI Function Reference (also available in German, Japanese)
CICS TS 5.4 PDF manuals
The following PDF manuals, including any available translated versions, are provided with CICS TS 5.4. You can download the full sets or individual PDF manuals. Note that translated PDFs are packaged in one file per language for download; no individual PDF download links are available.
- PDF sets and their download links
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- English full set
- Set of stabilized PDFs
- Brazilian Portuguese set
- German set: not available
- Japanese set
- Korean set
- Simplified Chinese set
- Spanish set
- PDFs and their download links
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- Administering CICS (also available in Japanese)
- API (EXEC CICS) Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Business Transaction Services (stabilized at 5.4)
- C++ OO Class Libraries (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Administration (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Use (stabilized at 5.4)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide (stabilized at 5.4; also available in Japanese)
- CICS Codes (also available in Japanese)
- CICS Messages (also available in Japanese)
- Configuring CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Data Areas (also available in Japanese)
- Db2 Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference (stabilized at 5.4)
- Developing CICS Applications (also available in Japanese)
- Developing CICS System Programs (also available in Japanese)
- Diagnosis Reference (stabilized at 5.4)
- Distributed Transaction Programming Guide (stabilized at 5.4)
- External Interfaces Guide (stabilized at 5.4)
- Front End Programming Interface User's Guide (stabilized at 5.4)
- Global User Exit Reference (also available in Japanese)
- IMS Database Control Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Installing CICS (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish)
- Intercommunication Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Internet Guide (stabilized at 5.4; also available in Japanese)
- Java Applications in CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Monitoring CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Performance Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Performance Report
- Program Directory (base)
- Program Directory (activation module, base)
- Program Directory (activation module, Developer Trial)
- Program Directory (activation module, Value Unit Edition)
- RACF Security Guide (stabilized at 5.4)
- Resource Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Security for CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Shared Data Tables Guide (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese)
- Statistics Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Supplied Transactions Reference (also available in Japanese)
- System Initialization Parameter Reference (also available in Japanese)
- System Programming Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Trace Entries (stabilized at 5.4; also available in Japanese)
- Troubleshooting CICS (also available in Japanese)
- Upgrading CICS (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish)
- Using EXCI (also available in Japanese)
- Utilities Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Web Services Guide (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish)
- What's New (also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese)
- XPI Function Reference (also available in Japanese)
CICS TS 5.3 PDF manuals
The following PDF manuals, including any available translated versions, are provided with CICS TS 5.3. You can download the full sets or individual PDF manuals.
- PDF sets and their download links
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- English full set
- PDF sets in other national languages are not available. You can download individual translated PDFs, if available.
- PDFs and their download links
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- Application Programming Guide (also available in Japanese, and Korean)
- Application Programming Reference (also available in Japanese)
- Business Transaction Services
- C++ OO Class Libraries
- CICSPlex SM Administration
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide
- CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference
- CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning (also available in Japanese)
- CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications
- CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Usage
- CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads
- CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes
- CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference
- CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference
- CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide
- CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference Volume 1
- CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference Volume 2
- CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Customization Guide
- Data Areas
- Db2 Guide
- Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference
- Diagnosis Reference
- Distributed Transaction Programming Guide
- External Interfaces Guide
- Front End Programming Interface Guide
- IMS Database Control Guide
- Installation Guide (also available in Japanese and Simplified Chinese)
- Intercommunication Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Internet Guide (also available in Japanese and Simplified Chinese)
- Java Applications in CICS (also available in Japanese and Korean)
- Messages and Codes Volume 1
- Messages and Codes Volume 2
- Operations and Utilities Guide
- Performance Guide (also available in Japanese)
- Performance Report
- Problem Determination Guide
- Program Directory
- Program Directory (activation module, base)
- Program Directory (Developer Trial)
- Program Directory (VUE)
- RACF Security Guide
- Recovery and Restart Guide
- Release Guide: See What's New.
- Resource Definition Guide
- Shared Data Tables Guide
- Supplied Transactions
- System Definition Guide
- System Programming Reference
- Trace Entries
- Upgrading CICS TS for z/OS (multi-version)
- Web Services Guide (also available in Korean)
- What's New (also available in Simplified Chinese)
eBook
One of the manuals is provided as an eBook. The documentation is supplied in EPUB format.