New resource definition types and new attributes

Table 9 shows new resource definition types and new attributes.

Start of changeIf you have existing resource definitions that were created before the new attributes for the resources were available, check those resource definitions after you upgrade to this CICS release, to ensure that the default values are suitable for your situation. In some situations, CICS enforces certain values for options if these are required for compatibility with existing options in your resource definition.End of change

Table 9. New resource definition attributes
Resource type New keywords Explanation
CONNECTION
  • NETNAME
  • The description of the NETNAME option is extended to provide extra information if you are running CICS® regions with VTAM® dynamic LU alias in operation. Review this new information (see the CICS Resource Definition Guide ) when you implement LU alias support.
CORBASERVER
  • AUTOPUBLISH
  • CERTIFICATE
  • CLIENTCERT
  • CORBASERVER
  • DJARDIR
  • HOST
  • JNDIPREFIX
  • SESSBEANTIME
  • SHELF
  • SSLUNAUTH
  • STATUS
  • UNAUTH
CORBASERVER is a new type of resource definition to enable you to define the execution environment (a CorbaServer) for enterprise beans and stateless CORBA objects.
DB2CONN
DB2GROUPID
RESYNCMEMBER
The group ID and resync options are added to support the DB2® group attach facility.
DJAR
CORBASERVER
HFSFILE
DJAR is a new type of resource definition to enable you to define a deployed JAR file.
PIPELINE

For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide.

PROGRAM
  • JVMPROFILE
  • The JVMPROFILE option enables you to specify the name of the JVM profile needed to start a JVM for the program.
REQUESTMODEL
  • BEANNAME
  • CORBASERVER
  • INTERFACE
  • INTFACETYPE
  • MODULE
  • OPERATION
  • TYPE

The REQUESTMODEL resource definition now supports both CORBA and EJB requests, and the new attributes are added to enable definitions to be dual purpose. However, with INTERFACE, MODULE, and OPERATION replacing the old OMGxxxxxx equivalent keywords, and other changes, the new definition is incompatible with the REQUESTMODEL resource definition in CICS TS 1.3. See Incompatibility of REQUESTMODEL resource definitions for details.

TCPIPSERVICE
  • ATTACHSEC
  • AUTHENTICATE
  • CERTIFICATE
  • DNSGROUP
  • GRPCRITICAL
  • PROTOCOL

These new attributes are added to enhance CICS support for TCP/IP. PROTOCOL allows you to specify HTTP, IIOP, or ECI as the protocol supported by the TCPIPSERVICE; DNSGROUP and GRPCRITICAL are added to enable connection balancing.

ATTACHSEC is introduced in support of the ECI protocol.

AUTHENTICATE and CERTIFICATE are both introduced by the SSL-enabling APAR (PQ23421) in CICS TS 1.3 to specify the level of authentication required on the TCPIPSERVICE. The definition of CERTIFICATE is changed and now specifies the name of an X.509 certificate defined in a RACF® key ring, and can be up to 32 bytes.

TERMINAL NETNAME The description of the NETNAME option is extended to provide extra information if you are running CICS regions with VTAM dynamic LU alias in operation. Review this new information (see the the CICS Resource Definition Guide ) when you implement LU alias support.
TRANSACTION OTSTIMEOUT The OTSTIMEOUT attribute specifies the default time that an Object Transaction Services (OTS) transaction is allowed to execute without the initiator taking a syncpoint.
URIMAP

For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide.

WEBSERVICE

For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide.

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