Configuring CICS for CICS Explorer installation
To manage CICS® with CICS Explorer®, you must decide how you want CICS Explorer to run in your organization, apply the correct service to your CICS systems, and configure CICS or CICSPlex® SM to use the CICS management client interface.
Prerequisites
- CMAS resource table
- CICSplex configuration definition resource table
- CICS region data operations resource table
CICS Explorer also requires that a default CMAS context is set for the WUI. This context is set in the WUI parameter DEFAULTCMASCTXT. Failure to set the context results in the error IZE0106E error with INVALIDPARM CONTEXT while connecting CICS Explorer.
Configuring CICS for CICS Explorer to access
You must configure CICSPlex SM or your CICS regions so that end users can connect CICS Explorer to CICS regions.
- CICS management client interface (CMCI) connection
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Provides the ability to read, update, create, and install definitions, as well as performing actions against installed resources.
Provides connection to a CICSplex or to a single CICS region (SMSS). For more information on how to set up a CMCI connection, see Configuring for CICS Explorer in the CICS TS 6.1.0 product documentation.
Note: If you are connecting to a CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 system, the CMCI connection will provide read-only capability. - SM Data connection to a CICSPlex SM WUI server
- Provides read-only access to definitions and installed resources.
What's next
To configure the FTP server for CICS Explorer, see Configuring the FTP server for CICS Explorer in the CICS TS 6.1.0 product documentation.