This tutorial introduces the CICS® Deployment
Assistant and outlines the basic functions to help you start using
it. You can find additional information in the Tasks section in this
help.
Configuring a CICS DA system connection
CICS Deployment
Assistant uses several types of connections to access the CICS DA host component: an FTP
connection, CMCI or CICSPlex® SM
data interface connections, and HTTP connections. When you configure
the CICS DA system connection,
you provide details about the connection, credentials, type of FTP
connection (implicit or explicit), and other related details.
Running discovery and loading the system model
The system model is a representation of the all
the z/OS® images, CICS systems, associated subsystems, and other
logical system information, in the sysplex. The model is created by
the CICS DA server when the
discovery action is run. When the discovery operation completes you
load the model into your CICS Explorer® workspace.
Running discovery when the JES member name and MVS system name do not match.
If your MVS™ system
name and the JES member name do not match, and you are running a z/OS version earlier than version
1.11, you must run some additional steps to complete the discovery process.
When you run a discovery CICS DA
loads the discovered model into a CICS DA
Project.
Viewing the system model as a tree structure
You can view the content of the system model as a tree-based
structure in the DA Explorer view. Initially, the model is shown as
a flat view with a folder for each discovered type of model element.
However the model data can be shown in a number of different ways.
Viewing the system model with the resource editors
You can use the DA Explorer navigation tree to see the
individual model elements, or you can use the resource editors to
navigate through the elements in your CICSplex. The resource editors
show more detailed information about the individual resources and
links to other related resources.
Viewing the system model in the visualization views
The visualization views provide a graphical representation
of the system model. The three visualization views use the same model
data, but each view shows the data in a different way. You can use
the Expand all and Collapse all icons
to view the content of the Sysplex and MVS images,
and open the objects to access more detailed information.