Mass update

To update system definitions for the system upgrade, do the following:
  1. From the Primary Option Menu, select option 1 Personal System Definitions.
  2. Then from the sub-menu, select option 1 Define Systems, SMF Files and Groups.
  3. The list of system definitions is displayed.
  4. The systems just added by take-up have the description System added by take-up. For this exercise, we will update the system description.
  5. Select Mass_Update in the action bar. Press Enter.
  6. Line action U is displayed against all CICS® systems. We do not want to update the first CICS system (APPLID *) so clear line action U by overtyping with a space.
      File  Edit  Filter  View  Mass_Update  Options  Help  
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                              Personal System Definitions             Row 1 from 13
     Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> ____
     
     Select a System to edit its definition, SMF Files and Groups.
                                                                        SMF Files
     /   System   Type    Image                 Description             System
     _   *        CICS             Generic APPLID for getting started__ *
     _   FTS1LOGR Logger  FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT41C  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVQ41C  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT32C  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT31C  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT32T  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT32M  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT41T  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT31T  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT41CX CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT41M  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
     U   CCVT31M  CICS    FTS1     System added by take-up_____________ FTS1       
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  7. Press Enter to select all CICS systems that have line action U for mass update.
  8. The mass update panel is displayed where you can specify changes to be applied to the selected CICS systems.
  9. Enter * in the From description to indicate all matches. Enter the new description in the To field.
      File  Options  Help                                                         
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                               Mass Update CICS Systems                           
    Command ===> _________________________________________________________________
                                                                                  
    Execution option  . . 2  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 . . . Getting started with CICS upgrades__              
                                                                                  
    CICS Version (VRM) From . . ___       To . . ___  +                        
                                                                               
    MCT Suffix         From . . __        To . . __                            
                                                                               
    MCT Load Library   From . . ______________________________________________ 
                       To . . . ______________________________________________ 
                                                                               
    SDFHLOAD Library   From . . ______________________________________________ 
                       To . . . ______________________________________________ 
                                                                               
    Dictionary DSN     From . . ______________________________________________ 
                       To . . . ______________________________________________ 
    Update options:                                                              
    _  Update CICS VRM based on SDFHLOAD                                          
    _  Populate dictionary data set with new dictionary record                    
    _  Auto save after successful update                                          
                                                                                  
    
    11 CICS systems were selected for update. Specify the definitions to be
    changed, then select the required execution option.                    
  10. Select execution option 2 to do the update and report the changes.
  11. Exit to return to the system definition list where you will see the changes that you just made.

That concludes the initial tour of the CICS PA dialog.