Summary of concepts

When you use CICS® Configuration Manager to manipulate resource definitions in a CSD file, a CICSPlex® SM context, or an export file, rather than referring directly to the data set name of the CSD file, the name of the context, or the data set name of the export file, you refer to the name of a CICS configuration. A CICS configuration contains:

Figure 1. Contents of a CICS configuration
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A change package contains a list of keys that identify resource definitions, a list of commands, or both. (Each command specifies the resource definition key on which that command will operate.) A change package may also contain:

Figure 2. Contents of a change package
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When you issue a command to process a change package (for example, to migrate it), you select the migration scheme that you want to use. A migration scheme contains:

A migration scheme also specifies whether or not to perform approval processing for a change package.

Figure 3. Contents of a migration scheme
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An approval profile defines up to five approver roles for each migration scheme.

Figure 4. Contents of an approval profile
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The following figure shows how these concepts fit together.

Figure 5. Relationships between key CICS Configuration Manager concepts
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