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