You can deploy your CICS bundle to a CICS® system
by exporting the bundle to a z/OS®UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) file system.
About this task
Note: You can only export a bundle directly to a z/OS UNIX file system if your network
is using Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). The procedure does not
work for IPv6 networks. The port can be secured to accept SSL traffic;
if this is done, the CICS Explorer detects this and switches to Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) mode so that no data flows in the clear. If an
SSL connection cannot be established, basic authentication is used.
Procedure
- Right-click your CICS bundle project in the Project Explorer
view and select Export to z/OS UNIX File System. The Export to z/OS UNIX File System window
opens. The Bundle project field
contains the name of your bundle project. You can type the name of
a different bundle project in the field or click Ctrl+space for
content assist.
- If you have an active FTP system connection, the system
name is displayed in the connection field and the connection icon
is green. If the connection is not active, or you want to connect
to a different system, click the down arrow next to the system connection
icon and click the FTP system connection name. If this is the first
time you are connecting to the system in this session, you are prompted
for your password.
- In the Directory field, specify
the name of a z/OS UNIX file
system directory to use for the transfer. When you type the name of
a directory folder, the directory tree is refreshed and this folder
is shown as the root. You can double-click a folder and this folder
becomes the root of the tree, which is helpful when you are navigating
through many folders. The icon that shows a folder and up arrow lets
you back up in the folder structure unless there are no parent folders. Alternatively, you can select from the tree and navigate to
the directory; the directory that you select is shown in the text
field as the directory the export will target.
- Optional: Click the Delete existing
z/OS Unix Bundle Folder check box to remove the specified
folder and all the child folders and files in the target z/OS UNIX file system directory before the file
transfer. If you do not click the check box and a folder by that name
already exists, the export does not take place.
- Click Finish.
Results
The CICS bundle is exported to your z/OS UNIX file system. The structure that you
have in the bundle project is now mirrored in the folder that you
specified. You can now define and install your bundle resource definition
in your CICS System.
The
CICS Explorer™ export
wizard stores the name of the folder to export bundle projects and
the connection settings so that you do not need to remember them each
time you export a bundle.
Note: The event binding file is saved as
an XML file with the .evbind suffix, and is in
the UTF-8 ASCII (Unicode) format. The file is not readable in a z/OS text editor.