Mass Update of Personal CICS System Definitions
Suppose that, some time ago, you created CICS® System Definitions in CICS PA using version-specific data set names for the MCT and SDFHLOAD libraries. Now 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 system definition individually, you can upgrade several (or all of them) together.
- On the System Definitions list panel, select systems using one
of these methods:
- Type line action U next to each of the CICS System Definitions that you want to upgrade together.
- On the command line, enter: S prefix*
U
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: enter S * U on the command line; or select Mass_Update in the action bar. This inserts line action U next to every CICS System Definition, including any rows that are not visible in the current view of the list panel. You can selectively remove U from any system definitions that you do not want to upgrade now.
Notes:- You can only enter line action U next to System Definitions of type CICS.
- To be updated a CICS System Definition must be selected and must match the particular existing "from" values that you specify.
Once you have selected the systems you want to update, press Enter to display the Mass Update CICS Systems panel:
Figure 1. System Definitions: Mass Update CICS SystemsFile Options Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mass Update Shared 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 . . . ____________________________________ MCT Suffix From . . __ To . . __ MCT Load From . . ______________________________________________ Library To . . . ______________________________________________ SDFHLOAD From . . ______________________________________________ Library To . . . ______________________________________________ Dictionary From . . ______________________________________________ DSN To . . . ______________________________________________ Log Stream From . . ___________________________________ RETPD From _____ 1 To . . . ___________________________________ To _____ Update options: _ Populate dictionary data set with new dictionary record _ Auto save after successful update 2
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- The Log Stream and RETPD fields are used with Shared System Definitions. They are not applicable to Personal System Definitions.
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- For Personal System Definitions, CICS PA saves updates to disk according to the "Auto save after successful update" option. For Shared System Definitions updates are always saved immediately, so this option is not applicable.
- In the "From" fields, enter the old values that you want
to upgrade. In the matching "To" fields, enter the new values.
The "From" fields for Description and data set names (MCT Load Library, SDFHLOAD Library, Dictionary DSN, and Log Stream) 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.
- To view a report of the changes that your "From" and "To" field values would have on each of the selected CICS System Definitions, select the "Report only" option. To perform the changes and then view a report of the changes, select "Perform update and report".