About this book

This information describes the planning, installation, configuration, and operation of the IBM® CICS® Universal Client product.

You should be familiar with the operating system on which your CICS Universal Client runs.

This information is organized as shown in the following table:

What's new on the CICS Universal Client Functional changes made in this version of CICS Universal Client.
CICS Universal Client overview Overview of CICS Universal Client and the functions it provides.
Planning your installation Planning your installation, including the hardware and software you need to run CICS Universal Client.
Installing CICS Universal Client How to install CICS Universal Client.
Configuring CICS server connections How to set up communication links between CICS Universal Client and CICS servers.
Configuring CICS Universal Client How to configure your CICS Universal Client.
Client security How to provide a user ID and password when connecting to a CICS server.
Performance How to tune your CICS Universal Client, and other system components, to achieve the best possible performance.
Operating the Client daemon How to operate the Client daemon.
Terminal Emulation How to use the cicsterm and cicsprnt programs.
Problem determination and problem solving Problem determination and problem solving.
Migration Migrating from an earlier version of CICS Universal Client.
Data conversion Data conversion when using the Client daemon and a CICS server