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Stable CICS Test and Production Systems

CA InterTest for CICS protects CICS test and production systems because it will not permit errors that could damage CICS.

In your test CICS system, you can instruct CA InterTest for CICS to inspect every program for errors. In addition to spotting program errors, CA InterTest for CICS detects and prevents all CICS storage violations. With CA InterTest for CICS, CICS test systems are less likely to crash, so programmers can work more productively. Additionally, program errors are confined to a single program—other programs remain unaffected. Therefore, system throughput improves because trial and error testing is eliminated, test programs need fewer recompiles, and CICS is much more stable.

CA InterTest for CICS also helps maintain stable CICS production systems. Using CA InterTest for CICS in CICS test systems means programs are less likely to have bugs when they go into production. CA InterTest for CICS can also monitor new, modified, and problem programs in production until they are completely debugged. In an emergency, CA InterTest for CICS can even monitor all the programs in the production system until you isolate the error. Special options let you adapt CA InterTest for CICS to specific production situations.