Developer Trial and Value Unit Edition (VUE)
CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® is available in different editions to give you flexibility to try before you buy or to take advantage of different price options. These editions are CICS Transaction Server (the base edition), Developer Trial, and Value Unit Edition (VUE). The product documentation applies equally to all three editions, unless specifically stated. Where you read CICS Transaction Server, you can assume that it refers also to Developer Trial and Value Unit Edition.
Developer Trial is a no-charge, evaluation edition, offering a full set of features but with restricted performance and a limited operational life-span. Find out more in Developer Trial.
Value Unit Edition (VUE) provides a one-time-charge (OTC) price model, aimed at eligible workloads that include Java™ applications deployed in qualifying IBM Z® New Application License Charge (zNALC) logical partitions (LPARs). Find out more in Value Unit Edition.
You can upgrade CICS regions from Developer Trial to a full edition of CICS as the Monthly License Charge (MLC) base edition of CICS TS, subject to your purchased entitlement, without having to reinstall.
- Where can I find License Terms for MLC?
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You can find information about the License Terms for MLC by visiting IBM CICS Transaction Server Licensed Program Specifications.
Developer Trial
- What are the restrictions on the use of the Developer Trial edition?
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When you use CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1, the following restrictions apply:
- Maximum number of tasks
- The maximum number of user tasks that can exist in a CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 system at the same time is 30. There is no need to change the MXT system initialization parameter for the region; the restriction is handled by CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1. No messages are issued to indicate that the lesser value is used.
- Product duration
- CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 has a fixed expiration
date to allow at least 90 days usage from the date that it is ordered. On system initialization, the
console message DFHTI0200 informs you that you are using
CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 and shows the expiration
date. After initialization, the console message is issued daily at midnight. After the expiration
date is passed, you can no longer use your version of CICS TS
Developer Trial. Your system terminates and, if you try to initialize CICS TS Developer Trial, the console message DFHTI0201 is issued.
If you want to use CICS TS Developer Trial after the expiration date, you must order a new release of the CICS TS Developer Trial. The license package is the only part that you must re-install. When you replace the old licence with the new licence, you can use CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 for at least 90 days from the date when you ordered the new release.
- Usage restrictions
- CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 is for non-production use only. It may only be used as part of your internal development and test environment for internal non-production activities, such as (but not limited to) testing, performance tuning, fault diagnosis, internal benchmarking, staging, quality assurance activities, and/or developing internally used additions or extensions to CICS TS. You are not authorized to use any part of CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 for any production workloads.
- What Support and Service do I get?
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Existing CICS clients can raise Service Requests for the CICS TS Developer Trial. Since the CICS TS Developer Trial is a non-production version of CICS Transaction Server, Service Requests should be raised as Severity 3 (some business impact) or Severity 4 (minimal business impact) through IBM® CICS Support. If a program fix is required, it will be delivered into the base CICS TS product and incorporated into future versions of the CICS TS Developer Trial.
- Can CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 systems act as CICSPlex® SM components?
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CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 systems can be a CICSPlex SM address space (CMAS), a CICSPlex SM web user interface (WUI), or a region that is managed by CICSPlex SM (MAS). A CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 system that is a CMAS must be started with the CMAS option on the CPSMCONN system initialization parameter for the region.
- How do I install and configure CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1?
- The installation and configuration of CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 requires the same tasks as
those used to install and configure the base edition of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 6 Release 1. During the installation process you
must install the activation module specific to Developer Trial.For detailed instructions, see the following information:
- Where can I find License Terms for CICS TS Developer Trial?
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The CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 is licensed under the IBM International License Agreement for Evaluation of Programs. Licenses of this type are usually not published as they expire and are therefore no longer valid. The license for CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 describes its limits in performance and capacity, the limited term of use, and support only for non-production use. A copy of the current license for CICS TS Developer Trial 6.1 can be made available on request.
Value Unit Edition
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- Can I mix VUE and non-VUE CICS regions?
- Yes. A VUE system can be connected to VUE CICS regions or a non-VUE CICS region.
- How do I install and configure CICS TS VUE?
- The installation and configuration of CICS TS
VUE requires the same tasks as those
used to install and configure the base edition of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 6 Release 1. Whether you are installing CICS TS VUE on its own or whether you are moving from the CICS TS base edition to VUE, you must download VUE from Shopz.
During the installation process, you must install the activation module specific to VUE.For detailed instructions, see the following information:
- Where can I find License Terms for VUE?
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For more information about VUE license information terms and conditions, see License Information terms and conditions for Value Unit Edition 6.1