Describes the new features introduced in this release:
- Export and import resource definitions
between sites
- Export selected resource definitions to a file, transfer the file to a
separately managed site (that may or may not have CICSĀ® Configuration
Manager),
and then import the resource definitions into the CICS systems at that site.
Or import a file of resource definitions from separately managed sites (that
may or may not have CICS Configuration
Manager).
If
both the exporting and importing site have CICS Configuration
Manager,
then, in addition to exporting and importing ad hoc selections of resource
definitions, you can export and import change packages. This enables you to
manage the migration of resource definition updates across multiple sites.
- Define
all of your CICS configurations in a single batch job
- The DATATAKEUP batch command offers a timesaving alternative to the interactive
ISPF dialog panels for defining CICS configurations. Rather than using the
panels to define CICS configurations one at a time, you can use this command
to define all of your CICS configurations in a single batch job.
- Write user
exit programs to extend and customize CICS Configuration
Manager
- Attach your own programs at exit points provided by the server.
- Alter
some attributes of resource definitions without affecting others
- The Alter command is available via the CICS Configuration
Manager API
and also in the ISPF dialog, as the ALT line
action. This is similar to the CICS CEDA ALTER command.
- Rename
or move resource definitions
- Rename resource definitions, optionally moving the renamed resource definitions
to another group. The Rename command is available via the CICS Configuration
Manager API
and also in the ISPF dialog, as the REN line
action.
- Filter
the list of change packages
- Filter the list of change packages to match criteria such as change package
name, last command processed, last migration scheme used, last return code,
last processing date, and last user ID to process the change package. You
can also use the special filter values "APPROVE?" or "MIGRATE?" to
list only those change packages that require approval or migration.
- Use a domain name to connect to the CICS Configuration
Manager server
- Connect to the CICS Configuration
Manager server
using either a dotted-decimal IP address or a domain name.
- Define
search criteria to further restrict resource definition lists
- In addition to restricting list panels of resource definitions with name,
type, and group filters, you can further restrict these list panels to resource
definitions that match specific combinations of attribute values.
- Define
custom checksums for comparing resource definitions
- Select which attributes to use when calculating checksums for resource
definitions.
- Compare resource definition
groups/ResGroups and lists/ResDescs
- Compare a list panel of groups/ResGroups or lists/ResDescs using a checksum
column, or compare two of these objects side-by-side.
- Save
resource definition lists to a data set
- When viewing a panel that displays a selection list of resource definitions,
enter SAVE on the command line to save the list
to a data set.
- Unload
and reload journal records
- Run the journal housekeeping batch program periodically to unload old
records in the CICS Configuration
Manager journal.
You can also use this program to load records back into the journal.
- Expand
a list or ResDesc to show its resource definitions
- Enter XR next to a list/ResDesc to show the
resource definitions that belong to all of its groups/ResGroups.
- API commands use object lists for improved performance
- Several API commands have been enhanced to process a list of objects with
a single command. This improves performance by reducing API traffic between
client and server.