Mass Update of Personal CICS System Definitions

Suppose that, some time ago, you created CICS® System Definitions in CICS PA using version-specific data set names for the MCT and SDFHLOAD libraries. Now you want to upgrade your CICS System Definitions in CICS PA to match this change in your system environment. Rather than selecting and then editing each system definition individually, you can upgrade several (or all of them) together.

  1. On the System Definitions list panel, select systems using one of these methods:
    • Type line action U next to each of the CICS System Definitions that you want to upgrade together.
    • On the command line, enter: S prefix* U

      where prefix matches the leading characters of the names of the CICS System Definitions that you want to upgrade together.

    • To select all CICS System Definitions: enter S * U on the command line; or select Mass_Update in the action bar. This inserts line action U next to every CICS System Definition, including any rows that are not visible in the current view of the list panel. You can selectively remove U from any system definitions that you do not want to upgrade now.
    Notes:
    • You can only enter line action U next to System Definitions of type CICS.
    • To be updated a CICS System Definition must be selected and must match the particular existing "from" values that you specify.

    Once you have selected the systems you want to update, press Enter to display the Mass Update CICS Systems panel:

    Figure 1. System Definitions: Mass Update CICS Systems
       File  Options  Help                                                          
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                            Mass Update Shared CICS Systems                         
     Command ===> _________________________________________________________________ 
     
     Execution option  . . 1  1. Report only
                              2. Perform update and report
                              3. Populate From and To with first system details
     Definition changes:
     MVS Image   From  . . ________  To . . ________                     
                                                                         
     Description From  . . ____________________________________          
                 To  . . . ____________________________________          
    Start of change End of change                                                                     
     MCT Suffix  From  . . __        To . . __                           
                                                                         
     MCT Load    From  . . ______________________________________________
     Library     To  . . . ______________________________________________
                                                                         
     SDFHLOAD    From  . . ______________________________________________
     Library     To  . . . ______________________________________________
                                                                         
     Dictionary  From  . . ______________________________________________
     DSN         To  . . . ______________________________________________
     
    Start of change Log Stream  From  . . ___________________________________  RETPD From _____ 1 
                 To  . . . ___________________________________        To   _____End of change
    Start of change Update options:End of change                                                     
     _  Populate dictionary data set with new dictionary record
     _  Auto save after successful update 2 
    Start of change
     1 
    The Log Stream and RETPD fields are used with Shared System Definitions. They are not applicable to Personal System Definitions.
     2 
    For Personal System Definitions, CICS PA saves updates to disk according to the "Auto save after successful update" option. For Shared System Definitions updates are always saved immediately, so this option is not applicable.
    End of change
  2. In the "From" fields, enter the old values that you want to upgrade. In the matching "To" fields, enter the new values.

    Start of changeThe "From" fields for Description and data set names (MCT Load Library, SDFHLOAD Library, Dictionary DSN, and Log Stream) can specify an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to indicate zero or more characters, or the percent symbol (%) as a wildcard to indicate any single character.End of change

  3. To view a report of the changes that your "From" and "To" field values would have on each of the selected CICS System Definitions, select the "Report only" option. To perform the changes and then view a report of the changes, select "Perform update and report".

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