CICS® Interactive
function is being migrated to the Resource Definition Editor, IBM® CICS Explorer,
and the System programmer administrative utility.
The migration includes the following components and their functions:
- Resource Definition Editor contains CICS resource definition function:
- CICS resource
definition (add, edit, delete) and install or export
- CICS resource
attribute value default retrieval and attribute display permissions retrieval
are performed automatically when a resource is added to the manifest
- New copy and pipeline scan requests are performed automatically by the
Resource Definition Editor when the Install button
is clicked, or by right-clicking the manifest file, selecting Manage
CICS Resources, and selecting Re-scan and Phase-in.
- IBM CICS Explorer
contains
- The CICS primary
connection region connection definition view on the CICS Interactive systems/regions tab is
now found in the IBM CICS Explorer preference page. Creating a "Non CICSPlex® SM" entry
on this page also updates connection information required by list function
(see the information later in this section) remaining in CICS Interactive.
- The following list displays are now individual tabular views in the new IBM CICS Explorer:
- DFHRPL list of concatenated load libraries
- Pipeline names and pickup directories
- Connections list of MRO connected regions
- System programmer administrative utility contains the following system
programmer functions:
- Supply the CICSPlex name
for CICSPlex managed
test environments
- Supply CICS resource
attribute defaults and display permissions
- Supply the CICS VSAM
file logical to physical binding used for VSAM file definitions