Release notes for CICS Deployment Assistant Version 1.1.0.2

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What's new in this release?

Version 1.1.0.2 contains minor defect fixes and toleration changes in support of CICS TS version 4.2.

Using CICS Explorer version 1.1.0 and CICS Deployment Assistant version 1.1.0.2, you can now manage CICS TS version 4.2 regions. However CICS DA 1.1.0.2 does not support the new features of CICS TS version 4.2.

The ability to discover CICS TS v4.2 systems with this updated version of the IBM CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in for CICS Explorer is also dependent upon APAR PM38405 being applied to the CICS DA z/OS component.

For a list of the APARs and problems that are fixed in CICS Deployment Assistant Version 1.1.0.2, see the Retain system.

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System requirements and prerequisites

The CICS Deployment Assistant system requirements are listed on the CICS Deployment Assistant system requirements web page.

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Installation process

There are three tasks that must be performed to complete the installation of the CICS® Deployment Assistant:

  1. Install the CICS DA host component, Program Number 5655-W48. Details are in the "Program Directory for IBM CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS V1.1.0".
  2. Perform the post-installation configuration of CICS. See Installing and configuring CICS DA in the CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS, V1.1 documentation in the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 4 Release 2 information center.
  3. Download and install the CICS DA plug-in. See the section Downloading and installing the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in for more information.

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Downloading and installing the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in

To download the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in from the download Web site:
  1. Click the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in V1.1.0.2 download link.
  2. Save the compressed file in a temporary directory. Do NOT extract the file. The CICS Explorer™ extracts the contents automatically.
To install the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in in the CICS Explorer:
  1. Start the CICS Explorer.
  2. Click Help > Software Updates on the CICS Explorer menu bar. The Software Updates and Add-ons window is displayed.
  3. Click the Available Software tab.
  4. Click Add Site and in the Add Site dialog click Archive. The Repository archive dialog box is displayed.
  5. Locate and select the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in compressed file you downloaded previously, and click Open.
  6. Click OK in the Add Site dialog box. The dialog box closes and CICS-Deployment Assistant is displayed in the Software Updates and Add-ons dialog box.
  7. Select the check box alongside the CICS Deployment Assistant entry.
  8. Click Install.
  9. In the Install dialog box, confirm the installation by clicking Next.
  10. Review the license and click the relevant radio button. Click Finish to complete the installation, or Cancel if you do not accept the license.
If you accepted the license, the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in is installed into the CICS Explorer. You are prompted to restart the CICS Explorer to ensure that the plug-in starts in a clean environment.

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Getting started

If you are not familiar with CICS Deployment Assistant you can read the Getting Started information in the help documentation. Click Help > Help Contents > CICS Deployment Assistant Users Guide > Basic Tutorial to display the basic tutorial for the CICS Deployment Assistant.

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Known issues and limitations

The following limitations exist in CICS Deployment Assistant version 1.1.0.2

  • When you use the Team support function to synchronize with a shared system model you might find that changes in the shared model are not shown in your local model. To show the changes you must close and reopen the DA project that contains the local model. When you have reopened the project, select the project and press F5 to refresh the information. The project should now show the updated content.
  • If you add an unmanaged CICS region to a CICSplex, after you stop and start the CICS region the associated CMAS, DB2, and WebSphere MQ connections are not shown in either the region editor or the system model. To show the changes you must select the WUI server associated with the CICSplex and rediscover the CICSplex resources.
  • Using CICS Deployment Assistant version 1.1.0.2 you can now manage CICS TS version 4.2 regions, however CICS Deployment Assistant 1.1.0.2 does not support the new features of CICS TS version 4.2.

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