Replacing a resource description

To replace a resource description:

  1. Issue the replace line action command (REP) from the RESDESC view.
  2. Fill in the panel, illustrated in Figure 128.
    Figure 128. Replacing a resource description
     COMMAND  ===>
     
      Name                  EYUBAD02     Description to be installed
      Installed Name  ===>  EYUBAD03     Description to be replaced
     
        Notify        ===>  NO           Precheck (INACTIVE,RELEASE,FULL,NO)
        State Check   ===>  NO           Consistent State (YES,NO)
        Force Install ===>  NO           Unconditional Install (YES,NO)
     
     Press ENTER to replace Resource Description.
     Enter END or CANCEL to cancel without replacing.
  3. Press Enter to replace the resource description in active CICS® systems.

When you use the replace line action command (REP) from the RESDESC view, CICSPlex® SM attempts to replace all of the resources associated with an installed resource description with the resources associated with a new description. That is, CICSPlex SM:

For replacement to occur, the CICS systems named in the Target and Related scope fields of both resource descriptions must be active and must be running a release of CICS that supports the EXEC CICS CREATE command.

Note:
For information on what happens if your request does not complete successfully, see Handling dynamic installation errors in the EUI.

Related concepts
RESDESC (resource descriptions) view
Resource descriptions
Related tasks
Controlling resources by resource description
Accessing the RESDESC view
Working with the RESDESC view
Creating a resource description
Related reference
Resource descriptions attribute descriptions
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