When you clone a CICS® region that is started by a started task, CICS DA creates the new CICS region and new started task JCL to start the region.
Ensure that the CICS region you want to clone is running and that the region start policy has been recorded in the model. See Capturing the region start policy topic for more information about recording the start policy.
CICS DA performs a check to ensure that the new data set names and batch job do not already exist. If the check is successful, the data sets are allocated, and where necessary initialized, and the batch job is created. If the allocate fails a red triangle is shown next to the failing data set in the view. You must review the job output to determine the cause of the failure and retry the operation.
If the allocate is successful, CICS DA then adds the new region to your CICSPlex SM definitions and to the system model. Finally, the CICS region editor opens showing details of the CICS region, and a report is shown in the Console view.
At this point you might be able to click the Start Region link in the region editor and start the CICS region, however there are some actions that CICS DA is unable to perform, such as defining the region to your security policy, and some connectivity steps. When CICS DA has completed all that it can do, a report is posted to the Console view. The report identifies the setup that has been done, and the further steps that you must take. The report provides the following information:
JOBID=JOB11302 - submitted Cloning of CICS region IYK2ZGV1 to create CICS region IYK2ZGV8 completed successfully. The following data sets were allocated and are ready to be used by the new CICS region: JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHDUMPA JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHDUMPB JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHGCD JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHLCD JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHTRACB JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHTRACA JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHINTRA JT1.IYK2ZGV8.DFHTEMP The following data sets were allocated, but require initialization to be used by the new CICS region: None. The following data sets used by the original data set were NOT allocated and may require attention: PP.TCPIP.ZOS111.PARMS(TDATA2C) JT1.IYK2ZGV1.DFHWBCD CPSMDEV.JT1.JVMVARS The new CICS region was added to CICSplex: JTPLEX2 The new CICS region was added to the following CICSPlex SM groups: GROUP1 No new JCL was created as the original CICS region was running as a started task. The following SIT overrides still need to be applied for the new CICS region: APPLID=IYK2ZGV8 SYSIDNT=GV8A The following EYUPARM values still need to be applied for the new CICS region: NAME(IYK2ZGV8) The following list includes some other areas of consideration for the new CICS region: Security manager: Definitions for CICS profiles, updating started task tables etc. z/OS WLM definitions CICS CSD Changes BAS definition changes z/OS logstreams VTAM applid TCP/IP port number assignment and usage Updates to automation Impacts on associated products, e.g. WebSphere MQ, IMS and DB2, due to increased workload