Exporting a CICS bundle project directly to a z/OS UNIX file system

You can deploy your event binding file to a CICS® system by exporting a bundle directly to a z/OS®UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) file system.

About this task

Note: You can only export a bundle directly to a z/OS UNIX file system if your network is using Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). The procedure does not work for IPv6 networks. The port can be secured to accept SSL traffic; if this is done, the CICS Explorer detects this and switches to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) mode so that no data flows in the clear. If an SSL connection cannot be established, basic authentication is used.

Procedure

  1. Right-click your CICS Bundle project in the Project Explorer view and select Export to z/OS UNIX File System. The Export to z/OS UNIX File System window opens. The Bundle project field contains the name of your bundle project. Alternatively, you can type the name of your bundle project in the field or click Browse.
  2. In the Connection field, either select an existing connection to an FTP port by clicking the twisty or click the connection text hyperlink to define a new connection of type System z - FTP.
  3. In the Directory field, specify the name of a z/OS UNIX file system directory to use for the transfer. When you type the name of a directory folder, the directory tree is refreshed and this folder is shown as the root. You can double-click a folder and this folder becomes the root of the tree, which is helpful when you are navigating through many folders. The icon that shows a folder and up arrow lets you back up in the folder structure unless there are no parent folders. Alternatively, you can select from the tree and navigate to the directory; the directory that you select is shown in the text field as the directory the export will target.
  4. Optional: Click the Delete existing z/OS Unix Bundle Folder check box to remove the specified folder and all the child folders and files in the target z/OS UNIX file system directory before the file transfer. If you do not click the check box and a folder by that name already exists, the export does not take place.
  5. Click Finish.

Results

You have exported a bundle to your z/OS UNIX file system. The structure that you have in the bundle project is now mirrored in the folder that you specified. You can now define and install your bundle resource definition in your CICS System.
The CICS Explorer™ export wizard stores the name of the folder to export bundle projects and the connection settings so that you do not need to remember them each time you export a bundle.
Note: The event binding file is saved as an XML file with the .evbind suffix, and is in the UTF-8 ASCII (Unicode) format. The file is not readable in a z/OS text editor.