Mass update
To update system definitions for the system upgrade, do the following:
- From the Systems menu, select option 1 Personal
Systems
.
- Then from the sub-menu, select option 1 Define Systems, SMF
Files and Groups.
The list of system definitions is displayed.
- The systems just added by take-up have the description System added by take-up. For this exercise, we will update the system description.
- Select Mass_Update in the action bar. Press Enter.
- Line action U is displayed against all CICS® systems. We do not want to update the first
CICS system (APPLID *) so clear line action U by overtyping with a
space.
File Edit Filter View Mass_Update Options Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal System Definitions Row 1 from 13 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> ____ Select a System to edit its definition, SMF Files and Groups. SMF Files / System Type Image Description System _ * CICS Generic APPLID for getting started__ * _ FTS1LOGR Logger FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT41C CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVQ41C CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT32C CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT31C CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT32T CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT32M CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT41T CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT31T CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT41CX CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT41M CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 U CCVT31M CICS FTS1 System added by take-up_____________ FTS1 ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************
- Press Enter to select all CICS systems that have line action U for mass update.
- The mass update panel is displayed where you can specify changes to be applied to the selected CICS systems.
- Enter * in the From description to indicate all matches. Enter
the new description in the To field.
File Options Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mass Update Personal CICS Systems Command ===> _________________________________________________________________ Execution option . . 2 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 . . . Getting started with CICS upgrades__ MCT Suffix From . . __ To . . __ MCT Load From . . ______________________________________________ Library To . . . ______________________________________________ SDFHLOAD From . . ______________________________________________ Library To . . . ______________________________________________ Dictionary From . . ______________________________________________ DSN To . . . ______________________________________________ Log Stream From . . ___________________________________ RETPD From _____ To . . . ___________________________________ To _____ Update options: _ Populate dictionary data set with new dictionary record _ Auto save after successful update 11 CICS systems were selected for update. Specify the definitions to be changed, then select the required execution option.
- Select execution option 2 to do the update and report the changes.
- Exit to return to the system definition list where you will see the changes that you just made.
That concludes the initial tour of the CICS PA dialog.