Installing for the first time
The following topics describe the detailed step-by-step instructions for installing CICSĀ® Configuration Manager for the first time:
- Information you will need for installation
- Configure a CICS region for the CICS Configuration Manager server
- Define an OMVS segment for TSO users
- Optional: Enable PassTicket processing (this is only required if you want the supplied CICS Configuration Manager ISPF dialog or batch client interface to connect to the CICS Configuration Manager server via an authenticated IP port)
- Start the ISPF dialog interface
- Configure the ISPF interface to create batch jobs
- Define CICS Configuration Manager administrative records
- Optional: Configure the agent for CSD-based CICS regions
Print these topics and follow the instructions carefully. After performing each step, write a checkmark next to the step to mark it as complete.
Before following the instructions, read Components to familiarize yourself with how CICS Configuration Manager fits into your existing system environment.
The following requirements for the CICS region that runs the CICS Configuration Manager server are also described in the instructions. They are repeated here because, while they may differ from your normal site practices for configuring CICS regions, these requirements are crucial to a successful installation:
- You must specify the CSD file via the SIT parameter
CSDDSN, not via the ddname DFHCSD in the CICS region startup JCL.
The CICS Configuration Manager server dynamically modifies the DFHCSD data set name each time it needs to access a CSD file. Specifying the ddname in JCL prevents the server from dynamically allocating the ddname, and causes the CICS Configuration Manager server to report an error.
- You must add the resource group CCV530 to a startup list specified in the SIT parameter GRPLIST; you must not rely on autoinstall for resource definitions in this group. This group contains the resource definitions required by the CICS Configuration Manager server. The step-by-step instructions describe how to create this group from the resource definitions in member CCVXCSDD of the sample library SCCVSAMP.