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.
where prefix matches the leading characters of the names of the CICS System Definitions that you want to upgrade together.
Once you have selected the systems you want to update, press Enter to display the Mass Update CICS Systems panel:
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 . . . ____________________________________
MCT Suffix From . . __ To . . __
MCT Load From . . ______________________________________________
Library To . . . ______________________________________________
SDFHLOAD From . . ______________________________________________
Library To . . . ______________________________________________
Dictionary From . . ______________________________________________
DSN To . . . ______________________________________________
Log Stream From . . ___________________________________ RETPD From _____ 1
To . . . ___________________________________ To _____
Update options:
_ Populate dictionary data set with new dictionary record
_ Auto save after successful update 2
The "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.