Starting a CICS region

You can start a CICS region using CICS DA. When the region is initializing you can use the System Log and z/OS Jobs views to monitor the progress.

Before you begin

Before you can start a CICS® region, you must have an active CICS DA connection. You must also have performed a system discovery and have a copy of the model on your local computer, and you must have edited the model and defined the start policy for the CICS region.

About this task

This task starts a CICS region. If a region is already running the region icon in the model is decorated with a green triangle. The active region decorator If the region is not running, the green triangle is not present.

Procedure

  1. In the DA Projects view expand the project containing the system model.
  2. Right-click the CICS region you want to start and click Start region. Alternatively, open the Region editor by double-clicking the region name, and clicking the Start region link in the editor.

What to do next

The CICS region starts. If the Link to Selection button is selected in the z/OS Jobs view, the job data sets are shown in the view. You can also view the progress in the System Log view.