Still running CICS/TS 3.1 or 3.2, and cannot upgrade yet to the recently released 4.1 version due to budget constraints or other restrictions? You can still get some of the benefits available in 4.1 by installing these free SupportPacs for CICS available on the IBM web site!
| CB11 | CICS Events for WebSphere Business Events |
| CA8K | Atom feeds |
| CA1S | REST support using PHP |
| CS1J | CICS Explorer (Windows) |
| CS1O | CICS Explorer (Linux) |
| CS1N | CICS Explorer plugins for CICS IA, CICS PA, and CICS CM |
If you downloaded either of the CICS Explorer SupportPacs before April 28, you may wish to download the current version, as it has been updated to include fixes and performance enhancements.
Granted, you are not going to get all of the enhancements available in the new 4.1 version, but if upgrading just is not an option at this time, you can get some of the major functionality additions at no cost!
2 Comments
June 30, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Steve, All customers with a CICS TS V3 or V4 licence can download a fully supported, GA version of the CICS Explorer here http://ibm.com/cics/explorer/download. A supported, GA version of the CICS PA plug-in is also available there.
John
June 30, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Excellent info, John! Thanks for letting us know about that.