Activating CICS Transaction Server

Perform the following steps after you have loaded CICS® Transaction Server to disk.

  1. Apply service; see Applying service to CICS Transaction Server for z/OS.
  2. Integrate CICS Transaction Server with MVS™; see Setting up the MVS environment for CICS.
  3. Create CICS Transaction Server system data sets; see Jobs for creating the CICS data sets.
  4. (Optional) Install CICS IMS DBCTL support; see Defining DL/I support.
  5. (Optional) Install MRO and ISC support, see Installing MRO support.
  6. (Optional) Run the installation verification procedures (IVPs); see Verifying the CICS installation.

Information about putting CICS Transaction Server into operational status is included as part of the process of verifying the installation; see Verifying the CICS installation.