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Phoenix/Preference 8.0 Software Compatibility with the CICS Transaction Server

July 21, 2011

Dear Customer,

Below is information on software compatibility for our Phoenix and Preference release 8.0 system with the CICS Transaction Server.

There are no known compatibility issues with supported releases of CICS Transaction Server up through CICS TS 4.2. The tables below identify program definitions that are required.

Phoenix Only
CICS TS
8.0

All known versions

Perform steps in Procedure 1 below

 

Preference Only
CICS TS
8.0

Versions prior to 3.1

 Perform steps in Procedure 2 below

3.1 and more current (*)

 Perform steps in Procedure 3 below

 

Phoenix & Preference
CICS TS
8.0

Versions prior to 3.1

 Perform steps in Procedures 1 & 2 below

3.1 and more current (*)

 Perform steps in Procedures 1 & 3 below

Note(*) With release 8.0 support is no longer limited to CICS transactions using a COMMAREA.  Starting with CICS TS 3.1 the COMMAREA 32KB limit was replaced with the new Containers and Channels Feature.  CICS Transactions that have been updated to use the new Containers and Channels Feature are supported by Phoenix and Preference starting with release 8.0.

 

Procedures
1 Change program definitions to specify EXECKEY=CICS for the following programs:

CBECICS, CBECICSI, CBECICSP and CBEFCTS
2 Change program definitions to specify EXECKEY=CICS for the following programs:

CBECICSI, CBEFCTS, CBRCIA, CBRCIB, CBRCIC, CBRCID, CBRCIE, CBRCIG, CBRCIGC, CBRCIH, CBRCIP, CBRCIPC and CBRCDZ33
3 Change program definition to specify EXECKEY=CICS for the following programs

CBECICSI, CBEFCTS, CBRCIA, CBRCIB, CBRCIC, CBRCID, CBRCIE, CBRCIG, CBRCIGC, CBRCIH, CBRCIP, CBRCIPC and CBRCDZ64

Thanking you,
Sincerely,
The Phoenix and Preference Development Team

 

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