Changes to documentation
- Table 1 describes changes to documentation by area.
- Table 2 provides information about the availability of PDFs by release.
Area of documentation | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
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Offline documentation |
NEW: IBM® Documentation Offline is now automatically translated. |
NEW: IBM Documentation Offline is now automatically translated. |
NEW: IBM Documentation Offline is now automatically translated. |
CHANGED: IBM Knowledge Center-Customer Installed (KC-CI) is replaced by IBM Documentation Offline. NEW: IBM Documentation Offline is now automatically translated. |
Online documentation | NEW: IBM Documentation is now automatically translated. | NEW: IBM Documentation is now automatically translated. | CHANGED:
IBM Knowledge Center is renamed to IBM Documentation.
NEW: IBM Documentation is now automatically translated. |
NEW: documentation covers both CICS TS 6.2 and CICS TS 6.1. Tags highlight differences between releases. NEW: archived IBM publications that are referenced by some CICS messages (for example, the IBM 3270 Data Stream Programmers Reference) are available for download from Archived CICS documentation. NEW: IBM Documentation is now automatically translated. |
Fundamentals | NEW:
How it works: CICS storage CHANGED after general availability: The reference topics about CICS subpools in CICS DSAs, previously contained in How it works: CICS storage, are moved to System management reference. See Reference: CICS subpools in CICS DSAs. |
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Developing applications | NEW: Get started with Java in CICS | |||
Performance | NEW: The CICS V5 Performance Report, previously published as an IBM Redbook (SG24-8298) is included in the CICS documentation online and in PDF. | |||
Security | NEW: structure and information | |||
Upgrading Upgrading information is provided in full in the latest CICS TS product documentation. |
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Changes to security section to summarize changes to CICS security, including changes to RACF®
classes. NEW: Stabilization notices and discontinued functions section to summarize technologies that are stabilized in CICS. |
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Troubleshooting | CHANGED: Enhancements to trace information, including a new trace term topic and new section How it works: Tracing in CICS. z/OS® trace is now covered in Using z/OS trace for problem determination. | |||
z/OS Connect embedded in CICS | REMOVED: References removed from the documentation. | |||
CICS TS Feature Pack for Dynamic Scripting V2.0 | REMOVED: References removed from the documentation. | |||
Scenario: Using business events to analyze application trends | REMOVED |
PDFs
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NEW: documentation covers both CICS TS 6.2 and CICS TS 6.1. Tags highlight differences between releases. |
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NEW: archived IBM publications that are referenced by some CICS messages (for example, the IBM 3270 Data Stream Programmers Reference) are available for download from Archived CICS documentation. CHANGED:
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STABILIZED:
The following PDF is no longer produced.
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STABILIZED: The following PDF is no longer produced.
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