You can run deployment analysis against CICSPlex SM or
CICS resources with the CICS® CM plug-in.
You can run different forms of deployment analysis reports.
- Cold start compare. Compares a set of runtime resource
definitions installed in an active CICS region with a set of candidate
resource definitions stored in a CSD file, a CICSPlex SM data repository,
or a combination of the two.
- Candidates compare. Compares two sets of candidate resource
definitions stored in a CSD file, a CICSPlex SM data repository, or
a combination of the two.
- Runtime resource compare. Compares two sets of runtime
resource definitions installed in two active CICS regions.
- Runtime resources. Lists a set of runtime resource definitions
installed in an active CICS region.
- Candidates. Lists a set of candidate resource definitions
stored in a CSD file, a CICSPlex SM data repository, or a combination
of the two.
- Check. Lists referential integrity issues in a set of candidate
resource definitions stored in a CSD file, a CICSPlex SM data repository,
or a combination of the two.
Installed resource definitions are known as runtime resource
definitions. Resource definitions that can potentially be installed
when CICS does a cold start are known as candidate resource
definitions. Candidates are not automatically installed during
a cold start; they can be rejected, for example, due to integrity
issues or non-winning duplicates.
See Deployment analysis of resource definitions in CICS
Configuration Manager product information.
For the steps in creating a deployment analysis report, see Creating a deployment analysis report