Archived CICS documentation
This section provides links to documentation for versions of CICS® TS that have been removed from IBM® Documentation online and to some out-of-print IBM books that might still be useful when debugging CICS. Such documentation is provided as-is.
Documentation for products that are no longer generally supported but in use by clients who have extended service contracts is shown in End-of-service documentation.
Publication | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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Full set | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | V2.3 | V2.2 |
Application Programming Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Application Programming Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Business Transaction Services | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
C++ OO Class Libraries | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex® SM Administration | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Application Programming Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Concepts and Planning | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Managing Business Applications | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Managing Resource Usage | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Managing Workloads | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Messages and Codes | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Monitor Views Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Operations Views Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Problem Determination Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | - | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Resource Tables Reference | V4.2 Volume 1 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
CICSPlex SM Web User Interface Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Communicating from CICS on zSeries (previously "Communicating from CICS on System/390®") | n/a | n/a | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Customization Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Data Areas | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Db2® Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Debugging Tools Interfaces Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Diagnosis Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Distributed Transaction Programming Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
External Interfaces Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Front End Programming Interface Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
IMS Database Control Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Installation Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Intercommunication Guide | V4.2, | V4.1, | V3.2, | V3.1 | - | - |
Internet Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Interproduct Communication | n/a | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Java™ Applications in CICS | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Messages and Codes | V4.2 Volume 1 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Operations and Utilities Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Performance Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Performance Report | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | - |
Problem Determination Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Program Directory (base) | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
RACF® Security Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Recovery and Restart Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Release Guide | See What's New | See What's New | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Resource Definition Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Shared Data Tables Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Supplementary Data Areas | n/a | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Supplied Transactions | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
System Definition Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
System Programming Reference | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Trace Entries | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
Upgrading CICS TS for z/OS® (multi-version) | Version 6 | Version 6 | Version 6 | Version 6 | - | - |
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 3.1 | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | n/a | - | - |
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 3.2 | V4.2 | V4.1 | n/a | n/a | - | - |
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 4.1 | V4.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | - |
Upgrading from CICS TS Version 4.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | - |
Web Services Guide | V4.2 | V4.1 | V3.2 | V3.1 | - | - |
What's New | V4.2 | V4.1 | See Release Guide | See Release Guide | - | - |
Other archived IBM publications
The following IBM publications have been withdrawn from publication but are provided as-is for reference. Occasionally, these publications are referenced in CICS messages. Note that, because of their old formats, some of these files are large.
Title | |
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CICS/ESA 3.3 XRF Guide | dfhpt604.pdf |
IBM 3270 Data Stream Programmers Reference | cn7p4000.pdf |
IBM 3767/3770/6670 Guide | dfhptg01.pdf |
IBM 4700/3600/3630 Guide | dfhpte01.pdf |
IBM 3174 Functional Description | cn7a7003.pdf |
IBM 3274 Control Unit Planning, Setup, and Customizing Guide | a27282713.pdf |
Language Environment® Run-Time Application Migration Guide | ceea61c0.pdf |
Systems Network Architecture Formats | d50a5007.pdf |
Information Centers
Information Centers were stabilized in 2014. They are listed here for historical purposes only.
- CICS TS V4.2 information download site (content only)
- CICS TS V4.1 information download site (content only)
- CICS TS V3.2 Information Center (AIX) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.2 Information Center (Linux) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.2 Information Center (Windows) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.2 Information Center (z/OS) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.2 information download site (content only)
- CICS TS V3.1 Information Center (AIX) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.1 Information Center (Linux) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.1 Information Center (Windows) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.1 Information Center (z/OS) (including IEHS framework)
- CICS TS V3.1 information download site (content only)
- V2.3 (online) (content only, no IEHS framework)
- V2.2 (online) (content only, no IEHS framework)