What's new in this release?
CICS Explorer® Version 5.1.1.2 is an update for APAR IV47936, which
is a service refresh of the z/OS Explorer. The following APARs are
included in the z/OS Explorer:
- APAR IV47935
- APAR IV46847
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System requirements and prerequisites
The CICS Explorer system requirements
are listed on the CICS Explorer system
requirements web page.
Note: There
are some changes to the way that Platform and Application bundles
are processed in CICS Explorer v5.1.1.
As a result, you must ensure that you have APAR PM81540 installed
on your CICS® system, otherwise
the bundle deployment fails.
Similarly, if you are using a Liberty
JVM server, then you must ensure that you have APAR PM80214 installed
on your CICS system.
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Downloading CICS Explorer
You can now
use IBM Installation Manager
to install CICS Explorer.
For more information about installing CICS Explorer by using Installation
Manager, see Installing the CICS Explorer in the CICS TS information center.
To
develop a third-party application to run as a plug-in in CICS Explorer, you must download the CICS Explorer SDK and
install it into an existing Eclipse environment. For details, see Downloading the CICS Explorer SDK.
To download CICS Explorer, select
the CICS Explorer files
for your operating system:
- For the Windows operating
system
- Download the .zip file.
- For the Linux operating
system
- Download the .tar.gz file.
To download the CICS Explorer compressed file for Windows or Linux:
- Click the download link for the relevant operating system.
- In the resulting dialog, select Save and
save the compressed file to a temporary directory.
- When the download is complete, extract the contents of the compressed
file to a suitable writable directory. Ensure that the directory you
choose does not contain any other files.
An example directory on Windows is as follows:
C:\Program Files\Explorer
An
example directory on Linux is
as follows:
~/Explorer
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Downloading the CICS Explorer SDK
The CICS Explorer SDK must
be installed into an existing Eclipse environment.
To download
the CICS Explorer SDK
compressed file:
- Click the CICS Explorer SDK
download link.
- Save the .zip file in a temporary directory
on your workspace, for example, C:\temp on Windows, or your home directory
on Linux. Do NOT unzip the
file.
- Install the CICS Explorer SDK
into your Eclipse environment.
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Launching CICS Explorer
To launch CICS Explorer, double-click
the file cicsexplorer.exe (cicsexplorer on Linux), located in a subdirectory
called CICS_Explorer. The first time CICS Explorer starts, the welcome screen
is displayed.
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Getting started
The CICS Explorer help documentation
is integrated with the product and includes a basic tutorial and instructions
to configure a connection. To display the CICS Explorer basic tutorial, use one
of the following methods:
- From the welcome screen, click the Tutorials icon.
The icon names are displayed when you hover over them.
- From the menu bar, click .
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Known issues and limitations
The
following limitations exist in CICS
Explorer Version 5.1.1.2:
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