Creating a CICSplex

You can create a CICSplex with CICS® DA. When the CICSplex is created you can edit the information in the CICSplex editor.

About this task

This task creates a CICSplex. You must have a system model loaded and an active connection before you can create a CICSplex.

Procedure

  1. Open the Create a CICSplex wizard by choosing one of the following options:
    • In the DA Explorer view, right-click the connection name and click New > CICSplex.
    • Click the New icon The New icon. Expand the CICS Deployment Assistant tree and click CICSplex.
    The Create a CICSplex wizard is displayed. If you have an active CICS DA connection, the wizard selects that connection and then populates the other fields with the first value in each list. If you do not have an active connection, CICS DA selects the first connection name in the DA Connection list and displays the Signon window.
    A screen capture of the Create a CICSplex wizard.
  2. Review the default values in the fields. You can click the twistie to select different values. Type the new CICSplex name and select any CMASs that you want to add to the CICSplex. Click Finish.

What to do next

The CICSplex is created and added to the model. The CICSplex editor opens showing the CICSplex details. You can now add CICS regions to the CICSplex or connect to the CICSplex through the WUI server and view or update the CICSplex definition attributes.