Comparing two groups/ResGroups

The side-by-side comparison of two groups or ResGroups consists of several "reports", each offering a different type of comparison.

Table 1. Side-by-side comparison reports of two groups/ResGroups
Comparison report Report shows… Use this report to identify… Checksum required?
All resources All resource definitions. Resource definitions that appear in one of the groups/ResGroups, but are missing from the other.

If you have activated checksums, then you can also use this report to identify resource definitions that appear in both groups/ResGroups, but have different checksums.

 
Missing resources Resource definitions that appear in one of the groups/ResGroups, but are missing from the other. Yes
Checksum differences Resource definitions that have the same name and type, but have different checksums. Yes

All but one of the reports requires you to activate checksums, either by entering:

CHECKSUM type

on the command line, or by selecting a checksum type from the Checksum action bar choice.

The checksum type determines which resource definition attributes are used to calculate the checksums on which the comparison reports are based. The different checksum types enable you to customize the level of comparison of the two groups/ResGroups. The checksum types available for side-by-side comparisons of groups/ResGroups are:

FULL
All attributes.
LIST
Your choice of attributes for each resource type. You must define LIST checksums before comparing the groups/ResGroups:
  1. Display a list panel of resource definitions.
  2. Specify a resource type in the filter field above the Type column.
  3. Enter CHECKSUM LIST on the command line.

A panel appears where you can select which attributes of that resource type you want to include in the LIST checksum. This panel also shows which attributes are included in the predefined PARTIAL checksum for that resource type.

PARTIAL
A selection of attributes predefined by CICS® Configuration Manager.

To step through the reports, press the NextPage key (F11).

The reports contain columns for the following "anomaly" flags:

M
Indicates resource definitions that appear in one group/ResGroup, but are missing from the other.
C
Indicates resource definitions that have the same name and type, but different checksums.

You can sort the resource definitions in the reports by name (the default order) or by type. To change the sort order, enter SORT NAME or SORT TYPE on the command line, or move the cursor to the Name or Type column heading and then press Enter.

To display a list panel of resource definitions from one or both groups, offering many more line actions for each resource definition than these side-by-side comparison panels, type S next to one or more resource definitions, and then press Enter. Instead of typing the line action S next to each resource definition individually, you can enter the following on the command line: