What's new in this release?
The CICS® DA
Version 5.1.1 plug-in contains no new function. The CICS DA plug-in is now built on Eclipse version
4.2.2 to ensure compatibility with CICS Explorer® version 5.1.1.
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Downloading and installing the CICS DA plug-in
Note: If
you installed CICS Explorer by using the IBM Installation Manager,
do not use the following procedure. Instead, you can use Installation
Manager to install the CICS DA plug-in. The CICS Explorer download
page contains the URL for the composite update site. You must add
the URL to the Installation Manager Preferences - Repositories page.
Click the Install option in the Installation Manager wizard, and follow
the prompts to install the CICS DA plug-in.
To download
the CICS DA plug-in from the
download website:
- Click the CICS DA plug-in
download link.
- Save the compressed file in a temporary directory. Do NOT extract
the file. The CICS Explorer extracts
the contents automatically.
To install the CICS DA
plug-in in the CICS Explorer:
- Start the CICS Explorer.
- From the main menu, click .
- In the Install window, click Add. The Add
Repository archive dialog box is displayed.
- In the Add Repository dialog, click Archive.
- In the Repository archive window, locate and select the CICS DA plug-in compressed file
that you downloaded previously, and click Open.
- In the Add Repository dialog, click OK.
The IBM CICS Deployment Assistant Plugin is listed in the Install
window.
If the message
Duplicate location is displayed,
one of the following reasons apply:
- If this is your first attempt to install the CICS DA plug-in in CICS Explorer 5.1.1, you have installed CICS Explorer in a directory
that contains residual information from a previous installation. Install CICS Explorer again in
an empty directory, then install the CICS DA
plug-in again.
- You have previously installed, or prepared to install, the plug-in
at this location, and CICS
Explorer has saved the location details. Cancel the Add Repository
dialog. In the Install window, use the Work with field
to select the location that contains the plug-in to install, then
continue with the next step.
- Select IBM CICS Deployment Assistant Plugin in the list and click Next.
- Click Next to confirm the installation.
- Review the license and click the relevant radio button. Click Finish to
complete the installation, or Cancel if you
do not accept the license.
If you accepted the license, the CICS DA plug-in is installed into CICS Explorer. You are
prompted to restart CICS
Explorer, which ensures that the plug-in starts in a clean environment.
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Getting started
When CICS Explorer restarts,
the CICS Explorer perspective
is displayed. To open the CICS DA
perspective, either click the Open Perspective toolbar
icon, or click in
the main menu. In the Open Perspective window, select CICS
DA then click OK.
If you
are not familiar with the CICS DA
plug-in, you can read the Getting Started information in the help
documentation. To display the Getting Started information for the CICS DA plug-in, click .
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Known issues and limitations
The
following limitations exist in the CICS DA
Version 5.1.1 plug-in:
- If you run discovery, and later change the APPLID of a CICS region
but do not change the CSYSID, 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.
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