Front cover IBM CICS Explorer CICS Explorer is the new modern face of CICS CICS Deployment Assistant is the new way to manage CICS Explorer real-life usage scenarios included Chris Rayns George Bogner Nicholas Bingell Gordon Keehn Lisa Fellows Tommy Joergensen Erhard Woerner ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM CICS Explorer December 2010 SG24-7778-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xi. Second Edition (December 2010) This edition applies to Version 4, Release 1, CICS Transaction Server. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2010. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . xi Trademarks . xii Preface . xiii The team who wrote this book . xiii Now you can become a published author, too! . xv Comments welcome. xv Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . xvi Summary of changes . xvii August 2010, Second Edition . xvii Part 1. CICS Explorer Introductions . 1 Chapter 1. CICS Explorer introduction . 3 1.1 Overview . 4 1.2 Base Explorer capabilities . 5 1.3 Plug-ins and RCP . 9 1.3.1 Eclipse concepts . 9 Chapter 2. Getting started with CICS Explorer. 19 2.1 Using CICS Explorer with CICS TS 4.1. 20 2.2 CICS Explorer connection to CICS . 20 2.2.1 Connecting CICS Explorer to a CICS region . 20 2.2.2 Connecting CICS Explorer to CICSPlex SM . 21 2.3 Setting up single-server access . 22 2.4 Setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer . 25 2.4.1 Basics of setting up CICSPlex SM for CICS Explorer. 25 2.4.2 Changing a System into a CMAS . 27 2.4.3 Changing a system into a WUI server. 33 2.4.4 Creating a CICSplex to manage your systems . 38 2.4.5 Modifying your existing CICS system JCL . 40 2.4.6 Conclusion . 41 2.5 Updating an existing CICSPlex SM setup for CICS Explorer . 42 Chapter 3. Implementing IBM CICS Explorer . 45 3.1 Installing CICS Explorer . 46 3.1.1 Installing CICS Explorer locally . 46 3.1.2 Installing CICS Explorer remotely . 57 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved. iii 3.2 CICS Explorer security . 58 3.2.1 Link Security . 58 3.2.2 Credential authorization . 59 3.2.3 Security for a stand-alone CICS Region (SMSS) connection . 59 3.2.4 Security for a CICSPlex SM connection . 59 3.2.5 Using SSL . 59 3.2.6 Using HTTP Basic Authentication . 60 3.2.7 CICSPlex Security Scenario . 61 3.3 Updating the CICS Explorer . 63 3.3.1 Updating from the Internet . 64 3.3.2 Updating from an archive file . 65 3.3.3 Updating automatically . 66 3.4 Enterprise deployment . 67 3.4.1 Providing local mirrors. 67 3.4.2 Pre-installation customization . 71 3.5 Using plug-ins . 73 Chapter 4. CICS Explorer base familiarization . 77 4.1 Perspectives . 78 4.2 Connections and credentials . 78 4.2.1 Connection Manager. 78 4.2.2 Connections and Credentials Preference pages. 80 4.2.3 CICS Explorer connectivity . 83 4.3 Views. 84 4.3.1 The CICSplex Explorer view . 84 4.3.2 The CICSplex Repositories view. 85 4.3.3 CICS Object Table views . 86 4.4 The Resources view . 89 4.4.1 Properties view . 96 4.4.2 Status bar and Error Log. 96 4.5 Editors . 97 4.6 Creating new definitions . 104 Chapter 5. CICS Explorer navigation walkthrough . 109 5.1 Navigation topics covered . 110 5.2 Manipulating views . 110 5.2.1 Adding a view . 110 5.2.2 Zooming in and out of a view . 112 5.2.3 Refreshing a view . 112 5.2.4 Resizing a view . 113 5.2.5 Repositioning a view . 114 5.3 Manipulating columns . 115 5.3.1 Customizing columns . 115 iv IBM CICS Explorer 5.3.2 Repositioning columns . 117 5.3.3 Resizing columns . 117 5.3.4 Equalizing column widths . 118 5.3.5 Resetting columns. 118 5.4 Manipulating filters . 118 5.4.1 Using filters . 118 5.4.2 Customizing filters. 119 5.5 Manipulating perspectives. 120 5.5.1 Creating a perspective . 121 5.5.2 Opening a perspective . 121 5.5.3 Resetting a perspective. 122 5.5.4 Deleting a perspective. 123 5.6 Performing operations functions . 124 5.6.1 Performing a program Newcopy . 124 5.6.2 Altering CICS region MAXTASKS. ..