Describes new functions, introduced by the PTF for APAR PK48565, for reporting
changes to resource definitions and cleaning up resource definitions (such
as unnecessary duplicates):
- Audit
changes to resource definitions
- The new batch CICSĀ® Resource Definition Changes Report shows
changes to resource definitions that CICS Configuration Manager records
in its journal.
- View
history of change package processing
- The History processing option under ISPF dialog primary menu option 3 Packages now provides additional
details. For example, selecting a Migrate command on the History panel displays
the command details, with the option of displaying a list panel of the resource
definitions that the command updated. History details are also available for
other change package processing commands.
- Show only
duplicate, unique, different, or missing resource definitions
- The new action bar choice and primary
command allow you to filter a list panel of resource definitions to show only
duplicates, based either on their combination of name and resource type, or
on a checksum calculated from their attribute values. Similarly, you can filter
a list panel to show only unique resource definitions.
List panels under option
4.1 Multiple Configs offer two additional
choices:
- Show different checksums
- Shows resource definitions that have the same name and resource
type but different checksum values.
- Show missing names
- Shows resource definitions whose combination of name and resource
type exist in some but not all of the selected CICS configurations.
- Analyze resource definitions
to assist clean-up
- New options under primary menu option 4 Reports analyze
relationships between resource definitions to help you clean up resource definitions;
for example, identifying unused or redundant resource definitions. These new
options report:
- Matching names (duplicate resource definitions)
- Matching checksums (different resource definitions that define the same
resource)
- Orphan groups (groups that are not installed at CICS startup)
- Orphan CICSPlex SM resource definitions (that do not belong to any ResGroups)
- Shared CICSPlex SM resource definitions (that belong to multiple ResGroups)
- Compare resource definitions
based on significant attribute values
- Option 4.7 Matching checksums introduces
the new CRITICAL checksum type, calculated from all attributes except those
that are not critical to the operation of the resource, such as the description.
This enables you to quickly compare resource definitions based on critical,
or "significant", attribute values.