Summary of concepts

When you use CICS® Configuration Manager to manipulate resource definitions in a CSD file, a CICSPlex® SM context, or an export file, rather than referring directly to the data set name of the CSD file, the name of the context, or the data set name of the export file, you refer to the name of a CICS configuration. A CICS configuration contains:

Figure 1. Contents of a CICS configuration

A change package contains keys that identify resource definitions. A change package may also contain the name of an approval profile.

Figure 2. Contents of a change package

When you issue a command to process a change package (for example, to migrate it), you select the migration scheme that you want to use. A migration scheme contains:

A migration scheme also specifies whether or not to perform approval processing for a change package.

Figure 3. Contents of a migration scheme

An approval profile defines up to five approver roles for each migration scheme.

Figure 4. Contents of an approval profile

The following figure shows how these concepts fit together.

Figure 5. Relationships between key CICS Configuration Manager concepts