CICS DA overview

CICS® Deployment Assistant (CICS DA) is a new member of the CICS tools family of products. CICS DA consists of two components: The CICS DA host component, which is installed in your host system using the SMP/E RECEIVE, APPLY, and ACCEPT commands, and the CICS DA plug-in, which is an Eclipse plug-in that operates on top of the IBM CICS Explorer.

With CICS DA you can discover, model, visualize, and deploy new and existing CICS regions using automation and policy-driven advice, improving productivity and reducing complexity, time to effectiveness, and risk.

Using CICS DA you can perform the following tasks:

Cheat Sheets are also included to assist with CICS version-to-version upgrades, and CICSPlex® SM implementation.

Next steps:
  • If you are new to the Eclipse interface, you can go to the Basic tutorial topic in the CICS Explorer User Guide, to learn how to use perspectives and views. Alternatively, you can use the Search bar to find specific information in this help.
  • If you are familiar with the Eclipse interface, you can go to the CICS DA basic tutorial section in this user guide to learn how to use the CICS DA plug-in.
  • For further help on Eclipse, see the Eclipse Workbench User Guide.