Upgrading CICS TS from version 3.x to version 4.1

You can upgrade a CICS TS version 3.x region to a CICS TS version 4.1 region using CICS DA.

About this task

The process is documented in the CICS Deployment Assistant cheat sheets. A cheat sheet guides you through a series of tasks to achieve an overall goal. The cheat sheet lists the sequence of steps necessary to help you achieve that goal. As you progress from one step to the next, the cheat sheet automatically launches the required tools for you, where possible. If there is a manual step in the process, the step tells you to perform the task and click a button in the cheat sheet to move on to the next step. Also, relevant help information to guide you through a task is retrieved in a single click so that lengthy documentation searches are no longer be required. This task describes how to open the cheat sheets and get started.

Procedure

  1. Click Help > Cheat Sheets from the menu bar. The Cheat Sheet Selection dialog opens.
  2. Expand the CICS Deployment Assistant item and click Upgrade to CICS TS 4.1 from CICS TS 3.x. Click OK.

Results

The Cheat Sheet view opens. Perform the instructions in the cheat sheet to set up CICSPlex SM.