Start of changeCICS VSAM Transparency for z/OS, Version 1.2


Upgrading system components

A subset of the installation steps are required to upgrade an existing version 1.2 system to version 2.1.

You must complete three actions to upgrade CICS® VT system components:

  1. my.SVIDCNFG.custom member VIDB2BND binds the version 2.1 DB2® packages and plans. Refer to Bind CICS VT packages and plans for instructions. The package VIDMIGG2 is new in version 2.1.

    All CICS VT system DBRMs have a version ID related to the product version. If you have to fallback from version 2.1 to version 1.2, you do not have to run version 1.2 my.SVIDCNFG.custom member VIDB2BND. When you have fully migrated to version 2.1, the version 1.2 packages can be freed. The version ID for version 1.2 is CVT120.

  2. The existing version 1.2 CICS VT objects defined in CICS are used by version 2.1. New CICS VT objects associated with the VTMU transaction must be to be defined to CICS. Member VIDCDEF2 in my.SVIDCNFG.custom contains the input to the batch CSD update utility to define the new objects. Add them to the same CICS group as the existing version 1.2 objects. The default group name is VID.
  3. There are 5 new JCL procedures in version 2.1. The version 1.2 procedure VIDPRE is replaced by procedure VIDDB2 in version 2.1. Refer to Make JES JCL procedures available for a discussion on implementing JCL procedures.




Last updated: November 9, 2012 20:42:51
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