CICS Configuration helps staff when they are creating, deploying, verifying, and comparing resource definitions and other artifacts. This conceptual overview of CICS Configuration Manager focuses on the features it has available in each of these four areas. More information is available in IBM Marketplace (https://ibm.co/2tiXz3u) and IBM Knowledge Center (https://ibm.co/2MrAfZN). Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6EBrYQMJOM&t=3s

1. IBM CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS
Flexibility and control

2. CICS Configuration
Manager
What is CICS Configuration Manager?
CSDsand
CPSM
CICS Configuration
Manager

3. Migration
schemes
CICS Configuration
Manager
What is CICS Configuration Manager?

4. CICS Configuration Manager Decentralized management
CICS Configuration
Manager

5. System
administrator
Application
programmers
Application
programmers
CICS Configuration Manager Decentralized management

6. Files
Programs
Applications
CICS Configuration Manager Decentralized management
System
administrator

7. Type: file
Name: myWay
Group: badgrp
CICS
Configuration
Manager
Standards enforcement
Application
programmer
CICS Configuration Manager

8. CICS
Configuration
Manager
Rejected
Standards enforcement
Type: file
Name: myWay
Group: badgrp
Application
programmer
CICS Configuration Manager

9. Application
programmer
Type: file
Name: myWay
Group: badgrp
CICS
Configuration
Manager
External Security Manager
Security
• IBM RACF
• CA Top Secret
• CA ACF2
CICS Configuration Manager

10. CICS
Configuration
Manager
Application
programmer
Type: file
Name: myWay
Group: badgrp
External Security Manager
Rejected
System Authorization Facility (SAF) Rules
Allow
Create FILE in config DEVT in group JGRP
Disallow
Create FILE in any other group
SecurityCICS Configuration Manager

11. CICS
Configuration
Manager
Application
programmer
Type: file
Name: myWay
Group: JGRP
External Security Manager
System Authorization Facility (SAF) Rules
Allow
Create FILE in config DEVT in group JGRP
Disallow
Create FILE in any other groupAllowed
SecurityCICS Configuration Manager

12. Migration
schemes
CICS Configuration
Manager
DeploymentCICS Configuration Manager

13. CICS Configuration Manager Concepts
CSD
CSD
CPSM context

14. Concepts
CICS
configuration
CICS
configuration
CICS
configuration
DEVT
TEST
PROD
CICS Configuration Manager

15. CICS
configuration
CICS
configuration
CICS
configuration
Concepts
Resource
definitions
Change package
CICS Configuration Manager

16. Concepts
Migration scheme
CICS configurations (target)
CICS configuration (source)
CICS Configuration Manager

17. CICS Configuration Manager Recovery and backout

18. CICS Configuration Manager Recovery and backout

19. CICS Configuration Manager Recovery and backout

20. CSD or CPSM CSD or CPSM
Export file
CICS Configuration Manager Export and import
LPAR A LPAR B

21. zFS files
CICS resource
definitions
DEVTz
DEVT
CICS Configuration Manager zFS
WSDL

22. zFS files
DEVTz
zFS
DEVT
TESTz
TEST
CICS resource
definitions
CICS Configuration Manager

23. CPSM data
repository
CSD
DEVT TEST
CICS Configuration Manager Transformation
Group: PAYDEVT
File: PAYMASTER
DSname: PAY.DEVT.MASTER
Group: PAYTEST
File: PAYMASTER
DSname: PAY.TEST.MASTER

24. CPSM data
repository
CSD
DEVT TEST
Transformation
Group: PAYDEVT
File: PAYMASTER
DSname: PAY.DEVT.MASTER
Group: PAYTEST
File: PAYMASTER
DSname: PAY.TEST.MASTER
Transformation
rule
CICS Configuration Manager

25. Migration
schemes
CICS Configuration
Manager
CICS Configuration Manager Audit and verification

26. DEVT
Electronic approval
TEST
CICS Configuration Manager

27. DEVT
Electronic approval
TEST
CICS Configuration Manager

28. Electronic approval
TEST PROD
CICS Configuration Manager

29. Who made
changes?
What did they
change?
When did they
make the
changes?
Where did the
change occur?
How did they
make the
change?
CICS Configuration Manager Audit trail

30. Who
What
WhenWhere
How
Audit trailCICS Configuration Manager

31. CSD CSD
CSD
CPSM
RC=0
RC=0
RC=08
RSN=0015
Insufficient
security
CICS Configuration Manager Return and reason codes

32. Migration
schemes
CICS Configuration Manager
CICS Configuration
Manager
Comparison

33. CONF1
Description: File1
…
Description: File2
…
DSname: SAMPLE.DSNAME
DSname: SIMPLE.DSNAME
CICS Configuration Manager Comparison

34. CONF1 CONF2
Description: A file
…
Description: A file
…
DSname: SYMBOL.DSNAME DSname: THIMBLE.DSNAME
ComparisonCICS Configuration Manager

35. CONF1
GRP1
CONF2
GRP1
Comparison
Different
Missing
CICS Configuration Manager

36. CONF1
List
GRP1
CONF2
List
GRP1
GRP2
GRP3 GRP3
Comparison
GRP1
GRP2
GRP3
GRP1
GRP3
CICS Configuration Manager
Different
Missing

37. CICS region
In-memory
resource definitions
Stored resource definitions
in CSD files or CPSM
Comparison
versus
CICS Configuration Manager

38. CICS region
In-memory
resource definitions
Stored resource definitions
in CSD files or CPSM
Comparison
CICS
Configuration
Manager
 New definitions
 Missing definitions
 Mismatched definitions
 Duplicate candidates, winners and losers
 Referential integrity errors
 Uninstallable definitions
Cold Start Compare report
CICS Configuration Manager

39. CICS Configuration
Manager
Migration
schemes

40. CICS Configuration
Manager
CICS Configuration
Manager