Diagnosing problems with IP CICS sockets

This information describes how to diagnose IP CICS® Sockets problems with the Customer Information Control System (CICS) and contains the following subtopics:

Diagnostic data
Initialization problems
CICS sockets application problems
CICS sockets control blocks
CICS trace

CICS is an IBM® licensed program that enables transactions that are entered at remote terminals to be processed concurrently by user-written application programs.

For more information about CICS and solving problems with CICS, see the following information:

z/OS Communications Server: IP CICS Sockets Guide
CICS information at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/library/
z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids