CICS TS 5.4 downward compatibility with older releases of CICS Tools

The following are posts for specific CICS tools, but you should review the Detailed System Requirements (DSR) for CICS TS V5.4, also known as the Software Product Compatibility Report, to determine the supported operating system requirements, hardware requirements, and software requirements for CICS TS V5.4. You will find the CICS Tools and many other products in the "Supported Software" tab. Along with the minimum version(s) of each product, you will find any required actions in the "Notes" and "Details including APARs you must apply.

• CICS Batch Application Control for z/OS 1.1.1 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS 5.3 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS 5.3 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS Interdependcy Analyzer for z/OS 5.3 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS Online Transmission Time Optimizer 1.2 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS 5.3 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS 5.2 and 5.1 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CICS VSAM Transparency for z/OS 2.1 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• CL/SuperSession 2.1 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

• IBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit 1.0.1 and 1.0.0 compatibility with CICS TS 5.4

IBM CICS Support also flags content that has to do with upgrading when they create content as a result of working through problems with customers. Take a look at Upgrading information for CICS when changing releases of CICS, z/OS, DB2 or IMS to view this content. This is likely to include things like vendor fixes and common setup errors.

Also review the Planning to upgrade section in the CICS TS V5.4 documentation for more information including a link for vendor software products for z/OS.

If installing any other version of CICS TS, see Detailed System Requirements for CICS TS for links to the DSRs for all supported versions of CICS.