A CICS® test environment
can consist of several Multi-Region Option (MRO) connected regions.
This topic breaks down the various connection regions.
About this task
Over
time, unofficial designations have been used to categorize MRO-connected
regions. Typical designations are terminal owning region, web owning
region, application owning region, and data owning region (DOR). A
web owning region is used to implement HTTP communications with CICS, and the Application Deployment
Manager CICS Resource Definition
(CRD) server must run in this region.
The Application Deployment
Manager identifies this region as the CICS primary
connection region. The Application Deployment Manager CRD client implements
web service and REST connections to the CICS primary
connection region.
Procedure
To define CICS primary
connection regions, complete the following steps:
- Specify the credentials for the CICS primary connection region definitions that
you will configure later in this procedure.
- Click . A Preferences window
is displayed.
- Click . Credentials fields
are displayed.
- Click New.
- If you want to save a password for automatic login for
this credential, select the Save password check
box.
- Fill in the following fields:
- Credential
- Name: A name for the credentials
- Authentication
- User ID: Your user ID
- Password (only if you selected the Save
password check box)
- Click Apply. The
credentials are saved.
- Configure definitions for the CICS primary connection region.
- In the Preferences window,
click . Connections fields
are displayed.
- Fill in the following fields:
- Connection
- Type: For operations that require a connection
to the CICS Resource Definition
server for Application Deployment Manager (for example, creating and
editing a manifest for the Application Deployment Manager), this must
be set to CICS Resource
Definition Server via Web Services or CICS Resource Definition
Server via REST.
For improved performance or if you are using functions that require
resource types that are new in CICS version
4.1 such as bundles, XML transformations, or event bindings, use the CICS Resource Definition
Server via REST connection
type.
To use the CICS Explorer perspective,
you can use one of the CICS Resource Definition server connection
types or, for additional options, use either the CICSPlex
SM Data Interface or CICS Management Interface connection
type depending on which are available and configured at your
site.
- Name: Specify the name for the CRD server
region.
- Location
- Host name: Type the IP address
of the server.
- Port number: Type the port
number.
- Authentication
- Credentials: Select the name
of the credentials that you saved earlier in this procedure.
- CICS Resource Definition Server
-