July 2009: V2.1

Describes new features introduced in CICS® Configuration Manager V2.1:

Support for CICS Transaction Server V4.1
CICS Configuration Manager V2.1 includes support for new features introduced in CICS Transaction Server V4.1, including:
  • Definition signature for resource definitions (attributes that contain details about when, how, and by whom a resource definition was defined or changed)
  • New types of resource definition:
    • Application bundle (BUNDLE)
    • Atom service (ATOMSERVICE)
    • WebSphere® MQ Connection (MQCONN)
    • Java™ Virtual Machine server (JVMSERVER)

For more information on these new features, see the CICS Transaction Server documentation.

Working with full-function BAS objects
You can now use CICS Configuration Manager to create and maintain full-function BAS objects:
  • Resource assignment (RASGNDEF)
  • Resource assignments in resource description (RASINDSC)
  • System link (SYSLINK)
Deployment analysis reports
Deployment analysis reports enable you to list or compare resource definitions in active CICS regions, CSD files, and CICSPlex® SM data repositories, in various combinations. The reports help you to answer questions about your CICS environment, and avoid potentially costly surprises caused by unexpected differences. For example, the "cold start compare" deployment analysis report compares a set of "runtime" resource definitions (collected from an active CICS region) with a set of "candidate" resource definitions (stored in a CSD file, CICSPlex SM data repository, or combination of the two). This report helps you to answer the question: what will be the effect of cold-starting a CICS region?
Migration of commands
Previously, you could use change packages to migrate only resource definitions between CICS configurations. You can now also use change packages to perform the following commands after the migration of resource definitions:
Add
Adds a resource definition to a resource group (ResGroup) in a context-based target CICS(r) configuration.
Remove
Removes a resource definition from a ResGroup in a context-based target CICS(r) configuration.
Delete
Deletes a resource definition from either a CSD-based or a context-based target CICS(r) configuration.
CICS Explorer®
(Also available to users of CICS Configuration Manager V1.2.) CICS Explorer with the CICS Configuration Manager plug-in offers an Eclipse-based graphical user interface to many of the functions available in the CICS Configuration Manager TSO/ISPF user interface.
Change package external reference expanded to 32 characters
For improved compatibility with third-party change management systems, the external reference for a change package is now 32 characters.
ISPF dialog interface: XML trace to data set
As an alternative to displaying an on-screen XML trace of the SOAP API requests and responses that the CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog client exchanges with the CICS Configuration Manager server, the Settings action bar choice now allows you to save the XML trace to a data set.
Server setup: PLTPI entry no longer required
Previous releases of CICS Configuration Manager required you to add the server initialization program CCVIINIT to the post-initialization program list table (PLTPI), otherwise the server would not initialize correctly. You are no longer required to add CCVIINIT to the PLTPI. You can now start the CICS Configuration Manager server by either:
  • Adding CCVIINIT to the PLTPI, as before

    or

  • Calling CCVIINIT, or invoking the transaction CCVI, at any time after the server CICS region has started
Tip: After installing CICS Configuration Manager, if you use the sample installation JCL member CCVXSYSO again later to update CICS Configuration Manager system options (such as port numbers) , you can invoke transaction CCVI to re-initialize the CICS Configuration Manager server so that it uses the updated system options.
Server setup: CSDLSRNO SIT parameter
Previous releases of CICS Configuration Manager required you to specify the CICS system initialization (SIT) parameter CSDLSRNO=NONE. If the server is running under CICS TS V3.2 or earlier, you can now specify any value allowed by CSDLSRNO. From CICS TS V4.1, you can specify any value allowed by CSDLSRNO, with the following exception: if you specify the SIT parameter TRANISO=YES, then you cannot specify CSDLSRNO=NONE.
Processing change packages in batch: new EXTREF parameter
The following batch commands now allow you to refer to a change package by either its ID or its external reference: READY, UNREADY, APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, MIGRATE, BACKOUT, INSTALL, and NEWCOPY.
SOAP API: new process parameter on List command to return all attributes
As an alternative to specifying a List command request containing restriction criteria for each attribute of a resource definition, you can now specify the process parameter <AllAttributes>YES</AllAttributes> to return all attributes.
SOAP API: enhancements to support packaged commands
The Add command, Remove command, and ReadyLst object have been enhanced to support change packages that contain commands.

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