CICS/VSE is quite ugly (at best) and was never supported on releases of z/VSE past Version 4.3. (z/VSE 4.2 was the last release to include CICS/VSE. CICS/VSE was supported on z/VSE 4.3, but with serious caveats.) Here's some background reading:
http://enterprisesystemsmedia.com/article/pete-clark-on-z-vse-z-vse-announcements For newer z/VSE releases, including all supported z/VSE releases, you really ought to make the hop to CICS Transaction Server. To make that hop you'll need to migrate CSP (and VisualAge Generator) to EGL. Details on the migration process are available here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/W75c8733d99bb_4d55_9ee8_4dbc8c56ebee/page/Cross +System+Product+v4.1+Migration+to+EGL The runtime for EGL, called the Rational COBOL Runtime for z/VSE (5648-F66), is compatible with z/VSE 4.2 and higher. You can use z/VSE 4.2 as a "bridge" release if necessary since that release supported both CICS/VSE and CICS TS Version 1, in coexistence, along with the Rational COBOL Runtime for z/VSE. z/VSE 4.2 is no longer supported at this point in time, but for migration purposes it could be a useful "bridge" release. CSP on VSE was/is interpreted. This CSP to EGL migration is well worth doing for performance reasons, too. Make sure you refer to the interpreted CSP to generated COBOL migration considerations in the VisualAge Generator and EGL migration documentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
