For the latest information on upgrading to and from any versions of CICS TS, see CICS TS V5.6.

Changes to resource definitions

Changes to the resource definitions available in CICS® relate to new, changed, or obsolete CICS functions. The changes might involve complete resource definitions or individual attributes. The resource definitions supplied by CICS have corresponding changes, which you can implement by running the UPGRADE function of the CSD utility program (DFHCSDUP).

Resources that can be defined and installed in CICS bundles

The updated BUNDLE resource has additional features to support the use of CICS bundles as part of applications that are deployed on platforms.

You can now create resource definitions in CICS bundles for the following additional CICS RDO resources:
  • FILE
  • JVMSERVER
  • PIPELINE
  • TCPIPSERVICE
  • WEBSERVICE
For the list of all artifacts that you can define and deploy in CICS(r) bundles, including further RDO resources, JSON transforms, web applications, OSGi bundles and events, see resource.bundle.artifacts.

Using existing CICS bundles with platforms and applications

CICS bundle projects created in the CICS Explorer® must have an ID and a version number to be included in an application project for deployment on a platform. CICS bundle projects that were created for releases before CICS Transaction Server Version 5 Release 1 did not have an ID and a version number. If you want to include these CICS bundle projects in your applications, use the CICS Bundle Manifest Editor in the CICS Explorer to add an ID and version number to the projects.

Subtopics

Parent topic: Changes to CICS externals

dfhe5_rdo_intro.html | Timestamp icon Last updated: Saturday, 15 June 2019