Creating a configuration file

You use the New Configuration wizard to create a CM configuration. In the wizard, you identify the CSD file or the CICSPlex SM context that contains the resource definitions, and then create the configuration. You can then use the Configuration editor to edit the new, or an existing configuration.

About this task

You can choose to create a configuration from scratch and add resource definitions later. Alternatively, you can create a configuration that is based on an existing configuration, in which case the details, consisting of the description, connections, and transformation variables in the existing configuration are copied to the new configuration.

Procedure

  1. Open the New Configuration wizard by using one of the following methods:
    • To create a configuration from scratch, right-click anywhere in the Configurations view and click New > Configuration. Alternatively, click File > New > Other on the menu bar. In the New wizard, expand the CICS Configuration Manager folder and click Configuration, and then click Finish.
    • To create a configuration that is based on an existing configuration, right-click the existing configuration in the Configurations view and click New from.
  2. Provide a name and description for the new configuration.
    Note: If you are creating a configuration that is based on an existing configuration, you provide only a new name. The remaining fields are copied from the existing configuration.
  3. Complete the remaining fields in the wizard. Select the radio button corresponding to the type of repository:
    CICSPlex SM Context
    The name of the CPLEXDEF definition name in the CICSPlex SM environment.
    CICS System Definition
    The name of the CICS System Definition (CSD) file. The name must be entered as a fully qualified data set name.
    RLS Access (CSD only)
    Define how to access the CSD. The options are DYNAMIC, NOTRLS, or RLS.
  4. By default, when you click Finish, the new configuration opens in the Configuration editor. You can clear the Open Editor checkbox if you don't want the editor to open. Click Finish.

Results

The configuration is created. If the Open editor check box was selected, the configuration is opened in the editor. If the check box was not selected you can edit the configuration at a later time.