Configuring an existing collection environment

To select an existing collection configuration, select option 4 from the configuration menu.

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Please select an option from the list below:                                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
   4  0. Settings                                                             
      1. Configure new DB2                                                    
      2. Configure existing DB2                                               
      3. Configure new CICS                                                   
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      5. Configure new UDB                                                    
      6. Configure existing UDB

Take a copy of the configuration you want to upgrade. Enter the letter c against the region you want to upgrade. This creates a new configuration and the first two letters of the configuration name are replaced with c_.

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                     CICS IA CICS Customization Function                       
                                                                               
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For selecting a CICS configuration from the list below, please type           
S for Short Configuration, F for Full Configuration, D for Delete,            
C for Copy or R for Rename.


Cmd  Configuration  CICSVersion  Description                                  
s    C_3INC09       V550         V55INC09
     CICSCONF       V550         collection
     CICSFFF        V610         config
     MYTEST         V520

Select the copied region and follow the on-screen instructions.

You can select option S (Short) to configure the minimum number of variables or option F (Full) to configure the full set of variables.

CICS® configuration

For a complete description of all the configuration values, see list in the CICS® Configuration in Configuring a new collection environment .

To upgrade, review and update the following fields:

CONFIGURATION NAME: The name of the new or upgraded CICS® configuration. Set this field to a meaningful name, like the name of the CICS® job, the CICS® APPLID, or a CPSM CICS® group definition.
REQUIRED.

DESCRIPTION: A short description of the CICS® configuration.
OPTIONAL.

Output data sets

Change these values to reflect the new version of CICS® IA you are upgrading to, and to preserve your previous version copies.

CICS® IA variables

Change the file qualifiers to reflect the new version of CICS® IA you are upgrading to and to preserve your previous version copies.

CICS® IA command flow variables

Change the file qualifiers to reflect the new version of CICS® IA you are upgrading to and to preserve your previous version copies.

For a full description of these values, see the list in Configuring a new collection environment.

CICS® variables

Create or update the CSD group names to reflect the new version of CICS® IA to which you are upgrading.

Explorer plug-in variables.

For a description of the Explorer plug-in values, see CICS Explorer plug-in variables.

Migration variables for the control file

IA PRODUCT QUALIFIER: The CICS® IA data set high-level qualifier. This variable is passed in as input when you run the exec.

PREVIOUS RELEASE: Your previous CICS® IA release number. CICS® IA then configures the sample jobs that are required to upgrade your CICS® IA Control File. You can upgrade only from CICS® IA 5.5 or 5.3.
OPTIONAL.

PREVIOUS IA VSAM QUALIFIER: The CICS® IA data set qualifier that is used for the allocation of the VSAM files that are used in the previous version.
This field is REQUIRED if you are defining a previous release.