Release notes for CICS Deployment Assistant Version 5.1

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System requirements and prerequisites

The CICS Deployment Assistant system requirements are listed on the CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS system requirements web page.

You must install and configure the CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS version 5.1 server before you can use the plug-in. For more information about installing and configuring the server, see CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS, V5.1 in the CICS TS information center.

CICS Deployment Assistant V5.1 must be installed in CICS Explorer V5.1

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Downloading and installing the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in

To download the CICS® Deployment Assistant plug-in from the download website:
  1. Click the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in download link.
  2. Save the compressed file in a temporary directory. Do NOT extract the file. The CICS Explorer® extracts the contents automatically.
To install the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in in the CICS Explorer:
  1. Start the CICS Explorer.
  2. Click Help on the CICS Explorer menu bar and click Install New Software in the menu. The Install window is displayed.
  3. Click Add. The Add Repository window is displayed.
  4. Click Archive. The Repository archive window is displayed.
  5. Locate and select the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in compressed file you downloaded previously, and click Open.
  6. Click OK in the Add Repository window. The window closes and the tool is displayed in the Software Updates and Add-ons window.
  7. Click Select All, and then click Next.
  8. In the Install window, confirm the installation by clicking Next.
  9. Review the license and select the relevant check box. Click Finish to complete the installation, or Cancel if you do not accept the license terms.
  10. If you accepted the license, the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in is installed into the CICS Explorer. You are prompted to restart the CICS Explorer to ensure that the CICS DA plug-in starts in a clean environment.

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Getting started

If you are not familiar with CICS Deployment Assistant, you can read the Getting Started information in the help documentation. Click Help > Help Contents > CICS Deployment Assistant Users Guide > Getting started with CICS DA to display the information to get you started.

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Known issues and limitations

The following limitations exist in CICS Deployment Assistant V5.1:
  • If you run discovery, and later change the APPLID of a managed CICS region but do not change the SYSID, then the next time you run discovery, the CICS region is shown twice. The region with the new APPLID is shown as an unmanaged CICS region. The region with the old APPLID is shown as a managed CICS region. To resolve the problem you must delete both regions from the model, and then run discovery again.
  • When a region is cloned, if the data set names of the new region are longer than the data set names of the original region, it is possible that the generated JCL might be invalid. The clone operation completes successfully, but you might get a JCL error when the region is started. The JCL error occurs when one or more lines that contain the longer data set names, now exceed the 72 character limitation. The problem can be resolved by manually editing any such generated JCL lines.

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