What's new in this release?
Version 3.1.0.5 adds further
enhancements to the CICS® IA
plug-in:
- You can now install CICS IA
into RDz, and use aspects of the CICS IA
plug-in to interrogate data from Rational® Developer
for System Z views.
- You can customize columns, and add or remove columns and information
in the Command Flow view
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System requirements and prerequisites
The CICS IA plug-in must be installed
in the CICS Explorer™ V1.0.0.5.
Note: If
you want to look at CICS IA
V2.2 data that you have already collected using the CICS IA V3.1 plug-in, you must migrate the CICS IA V2.2 DB2® table to the CICS IA
V3.1 format.
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Updating an existing version of CICS IA plug-in
If you
already have the CICS IA plug-in
installed you can use the CICS
Explorer Software Updates function to update the code to the
latest level, without having to reinstall the product. Before updating
the CICS IA plug-in, you must
update the CICS Explorer to
the latest level. If you do not, CICS IA
plug-in might not work with the old version of CICS Explorer.
Updating instructions
are in the task Checking for and installing software updates in
the CICS Explorer help
documentation. To access the task from the main CICS Explorer menu:
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Downloading and installing the CICS IA plug-in
To download
the CICS IA plug-in from the
download Web site:
- Click the CICS IA plug-in
V3.1.0.5 download link.
- Save the compressed file in a temporary directory. Do NOT extract
the file. The CICS Explorer extracts
the contents automatically.
To install the CICS IA
plug-in in the CICS Explorer:
- Launch the CICS Explorer.
- Click Help on the CICS Explorer menu bar and click Software
Updates in the drop-down menu. The Software Updates and
Add-ons window is displayed.
- Click the Available Software tab.
- Click Add Site and in the Add Site dialog
click Archive. The Repository archive dialog
box is displayed.
- Locate and select the CICS IA
plug-in compressed file you downloaded previously, and click Open.
- Click OK in the Add Site dialog box. The
dialog box closes and the tool is displayed in the Software Updates
and Add-ons dialog box.
- Select the check box alongside the tool name.
- Click Install.
- In the Install dialog box click Next to
confirm the installation.
- Review the license and click the relevant radio button. Click Finish to
complete the installation, or Cancel if you
do not accept the license.
If you accepted the license, the CICS IA
plug-in is installed into the CICS
Explorer. You are prompted to restart the CICS Explorer. This ensures that the
plug-in starts in a clean environment.
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Getting started
When
the CICS Explorer restarts
the CICS Explorer perspective
is displayed. To open the CICS IA
perspective, click the Open Perspective, click Other,
and click CICS IA.
If you are not familiar
with CICS Interdependency Manager
you can read the Getting Started information in the help documentation.
Click to display the basic tutorial for
the CICS IA plug-in.
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