Suppose that, some time ago, you created CICS® System Definitions in CICS PA, and specified their CICS VRM as 630 (CICS Transaction Server Version 2.3), matching the current system environment at the time. Perhaps you also specified version-specific data set names for the MCT and SDFHLOAD libraries. Now you have upgraded to a later version of CICS TS, and you want to upgrade your CICS System Definitions in CICS PA to match this change in your system environment. Rather than selecting and then editing each CICS System Definition individually, you can upgrade several (or all of them) together.
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where prefix matches the leading characters of the names of the CICS System Definitions that you want to upgrade together. To select all CICS System Definitions, omit the prefix: enter S * U
This command inserts line action U next to every selected CICS System Definition, including any above or below the current view of the list panel. If you want to upgrade all of the selected CICS System Definitions together, press Enter. Otherwise, selectively remove the line action U from the System Definitions that you do not want to upgrade, and then press Enter. (As described below in a later step, even if you select all CICS System Definitions, the upgrade only affects those CICS System Definitions that match the particular existing "from" values that you specify.)
The Mass Update CICS Systems panel appears:
File Options Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mass Update CICS Systems Command ===> _________________________________________________________________ Execution option . . 1 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 . . . ____________________________________ 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
The CICS VRM "From" field can specify any CICS version; however, the "To" field can only specify one of the CICS versions supported by CICS PA.
The "From" fields for Description and data set names (MCT Library, SDFHLOAD Library, and Dictionary DSN) can specify an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to indicate zero or more characters, or the percent symbol (%) as a wildcard to indicate any single character.