As you install, upgrade, and uninstall software into the CICS® Explorer, configuration snapshots
are kept in a history. Reverting to a previous configuration allows
you to back out of the results of an unsuccessful install, upgrade,
or uninstall. You can also revert CICS Explorer to a previous version,
but you must have access to an update site because when you upgrade
the CICS Explorer product, previous versions are not saved.
Before you begin
Important: It is a limitation of Eclipse 3.4.2,
that before you can revert to a previous version of CICS Explorer
you must have access an update site containing the source code for
the required level. You can download the update site source code from
the IBM Fix central Web site located at
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
To
download the update site perform the following steps:
- Select the Product Group Websphere and
the Product CICS Explorer. For the Level and
Operating Platform fields, select All, and
click Continue.
- Select the Browse for fixes radio button
and click Continue.
- Select the update site at the level you want to revert to and
click Continue.
- Download the update site to your workstation. Do not unpack the
file. CICS Explorer requires it as a packed file.
- Add the update site to the CICS Explorer using the Help
> Software Updates menu. For more information about adding
an update site, see the topic Adding a new software update site.
You can now revert CICS Explorer to the required level.
About this task
This example task shows you how to revert the CICS Explorer to a previous configuration.
Procedure
- Click Help > Software Updates on
the menu bar.
- Click the Installed Software tab
and click Revert Configuration. The revert
Software Configuration dialog is displayed showing a list of previous
configurations.
- Select the configuration to which you want to revert. When
you select a configuration the right-hand pane shows what was installed
in that configuration. Caution. The oldest entry in the list
of previous configurations represents the initial CICS Explorer installation. This configuration
has no contents. Do not revert to this configuration. If you
do, CICS Explorer will
fail and must be completely re-installed. Click Finish.
- Click Yes when asked to exit and
restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.
Results
The CICS Explorer reverts
to the selected configuration, and restarts.