Platforms view

The Platforms view displays information about the CICS® platforms that are running in a CICSplex. A platform includes information about the location of the platform bundle, its definition, and the home directory for deploying applications.

To open the Platforms view, click Operations > Platforms from the main menu. You can search for a particular platform name with the Filter tool at the top of the view window.

A screen image of the Platforms view showing the context menu displayed when you right click on a platform name.

Right-click a platform name and from the context menu, select Open to open the Platform Definition view.

A screen image of the Platform Definition view showing the properties of the selected platform.

The Platform Definition view is read only, you cannot change any of the properties. If you need to change the definition, right click the platform name and, from the context menu, click New from to create a new copy of the Platform definition. You can then modify the new platform definition.

The new platform definition must have a unique name and version number. For example, you can use the same name with a different version number. This provides a method of change control where the previous versions of a platform definition are not lost when changes are made.