CICS® DA
can start a CICS region as
a started task or by submitting JCL in a data set member. The method
that is used is called the CICS region start
policy.
The CICS region
must be in the system model and you must update the model to provide
the information about the start policy for the CICS region. CICS DA
submits the processing to run the start policy on the z/OS® system that is associated with the CICS DA connection.
Procedure
- In the DA Projects view, double-click the CICS region, or right-click and click Open. The CICS region
editor opens showing the details of the selected region.
- In the Start Policy section select either the Batch
Job or Started Task radio button,
depending on how the CICS region is started.
- In the Start Policy section, select one of the following
choices:
- If the CICS region
is started by submitting a batch job, select the Batch
Job radio button and enter the data set name in the text
field. The data set name must be in the following form:
NB1.TEST.JCL(TESTMAS)
Where NB1.TEST.JCL are
the data set qualifiers and TESTMAS is the member
name. Alternatively you can enter one or more of the qualifiers and
click Browse to find the data set.CICS DA submits the job to execute
the start policy on the z/OS system
associated with the CICS DA
connection, so you might need to edit the JCL and add JES control
statements to ensure the job runs on the correct MVS™ image. For example:
- For JES2: /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=MVS1
- For JES3: //*MAIN SYSTEM=MVS1
See the MVS JCL Reference
for more information about the JCL JES control statements.
- If the CICS region
is to be started by a started task, select the Started
Task radio button. In the text field type the start command
prefixed with the MVS ROUTE command.
The MVS ROUTE command ensures
that CICS starts on the correct
image. For example, if your started task is CICSA and
it runs on MVS1, you would type:
RO MVS1,S CICSA
See
the MVS System Commands Reference
documentation for more information about the MVS ROUTE command.
- Click Ctrl+S to save your changes.
Results
The CICS region
start policy is added to the model.
What to do next
If the CICS region
is not running you can start the CICS region
by right-clicking the region in the model and clicking Start
region.