Summary of steps to configure the agent

You need to configure the agent in each remote region. Here is a summary of the configuration steps for each remote region:

 1 
Create an MRO link or an ISC link between the remote region and the local region.

To create this link, you must define two resources in the local region, and two corresponding resources in the remote region, of the following types:

  • Connection
  • Session

In the procedure following this overview, we will use CICS® Configuration Manager to define these resources. Before we can do that, we need to define CICS configurations for the CSD files used by these regions; this is also described in the procedure.

When defining the CICS configuration for the CSD file used by the remote region, we specify a remote system connection name. This is the name of the connection resource definition, in the CSD file used by the local region, that refers to the remote region.

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Start of changeDefine the CICS Configuration Manager resources in the remote CICS region. These resources are described in member CCVXCSDR of the sample library SCCVSAMP. Review and install these resources into each remote CICS region managed by CICS Configuration Manager. These resources include:
Transaction CCVR
The mirror transaction that the CICS Configuration Manager server invokes to start the agent programs in the remote region.
Programs CCVxxxxx
The agent programs that CICS Configuration Manager uses to collect data or execute commands.
TDqueue CCVM
A transient data queue used for collecting data.
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Ensure that the library concatenation DFHRPL of the remote CICS region contains the Start of changeCICS Configuration Manager agent programs (CCVxxxxx),End of change using one of the following methods:
  • Edit the startup job, and add to DFHRPL the CICS Configuration Manager application load library SCCVLINK containing the agent programs
  • CICS Transaction Server for z/OS® Version 3.2, or later: define and install a library resource that refers to the CICS Configuration Manager application load library
  • Copy the agent programs to a library that is already listed in DFHRPL
 4 
If you updated DFHRPL by editing the startup job, then restart the remote CICS region.
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Start of changeInstall the newly defined resources.End of change

Figure 1 illustrates the items that you need to configure.

Figure 1. Configuring the agent for CSD-based CICS regions