Release notes for CICS IA Version 3.2.0.5 plug-in

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Whats new in this release?

Version 3.2.0.5 provides the fix for CICS® IA plug-in, APAR IV27619:

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System requirements and prerequisites

The CICS IA Version 3.2.0.5 plug-in must be installed in the CICS Explorer® Version 1.1 or later.

Note: If you want to look at CICS IA V2.2 data that you have already collected using the CICS IA V3.2 plug-in, you must migrate the CICS IA V2.2 DB2® table to the CICS IA V3.2 format.

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Downloading and installing the CICS IA plug-in

To download the CICS IA plug-in from the download Web site:
  1. Click the CICS IA plug-in V3.2.0.5 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 IA plug-in in the CICS Explorer:

  1. Launch the CICS Explorer.
  2. Click Help on the CICS Explorer menu bar and click Install New Software in the drop-down menu. The Available Software window is displayed.
  3. Click the Add button. The Add Repository archive dialog box is displayed.
  4. Click the Archive button. The Repository archive dialog box is displayed.
  5. Locate and select the CICS IA plug-in compressed file you downloaded previously, and click Open.
  6. Click OK in the Add Repository dialog box. The dialog box closes and the tool is displayed in the Software Updates and Add-ons dialog box.
  7. Click the Select All button and click Next.
  8. In the Install dialog box, confirm the installation by clicking Next.
  9. 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 IA 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.

If you accepted the license, the CICS IA plug-in is installed into the CICS Explorer. You are prompted to restart the CICS Explorer. This ensures that the plug-in starts in a clean environment.

If you see the message "Duplicate location" during step 5, that can mean one of two things:
  1. If this is the first time you have attempted to install this plug-in in CICS Explorer, the message suggests that you did not install CICS Explorer in an empty directory, and some residual information remains from a previous installation. If this is the case, you should re-install CICS Explorer in a clean directory.
  2. You have previously installed, or prepared to install, the plug-in at this location, and CICS Explorer has saved the location details. If this is the case, cancel the Add Repository dialog. In the Available Software view, click the Work with twistie and select the location containing the plug-in you want to install, then continue with the next step.

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Getting started

When the CICS Explorer restarts the CICS Explorer perspective is displayed. To open the CICS IA perspective, click the Open Perspective toolbar icon, click Other, select CICS IA and click the OK button.

If you are not familiar with CICS Interdependency Manager you can read the Getting Started information in the help documentation. Click Help > Help Contents > CICS IA Plug-in Users Guide > Basic Tutorial to display the basic tutorial for the CICS IA plug-in.

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