Deploying the policies to an active platform

Use the CICS® Explorer® to deploy the policies to an active platform. Export the CICS Bundle project to the platform home directory in zFS, then use the ADDBUNDLE operation dialog to install it into a region type.

Before you begin

The platform home directory is /var/cicsts/DEMOPLEX/my.demo.platform, where DEMOPLEX is the name of your target CICSplex and my.demo.platform is the name of your CICS Platform project. The CICS bundle that contains the policies is named Policy_Bundle. The region type to which the policy is to be applied is demo.platform.AOR.regiontype. It is assumed that, from the CICS Explorer®, you already have the following active connections:
  • A CICS Management Interface connection into DEMOPLEX.
  • A z/OS® FTP connection to the appropriate z/OS system, with sufficient access authority.

About this task

You can add and remove policies for your platform while the platform is available. When you deploy a policy to an active platform, the policy rules apply only to those user tasks that have application entry points, and which are running as parts of applications that are deployed to the platform. A CICS bundle can be installed in CICS regions by only one application or platform. You cannot install a CICS bundle into a platform if it is already installed in the target region type in the platform.

Procedure

  1. Export the policy CICS Bundle Project to the home directory for the platform on zFS.
    1. Open the CICS Cloud perspective.
    2. In the Project Explorer view, right-click your policy bundle project Policy_Bundle and click Export Bundle Project to z/OS UNIX File System .
    3. In the Export Bundle window, click Export to the home directory of a Platform, then click Next.
    4. From the Platform list, select my.demo.platform, then click Finish.
    The CICS bundle that contains the policy is available in the home directory for platform my.demo.platform on zFS.
  2. Use the ADDBUNDLE operation dialog to install the policy bundle into the appropriate region type:
    1. In the Cloud Explorer view, right-click region type demo.platform.AOR.regiontype and click Add Bundle.
    2. Select region type demo.platform.AOR.regiontype.
    3. From the Platform Bundles list, select Policy_Bundle_1.0.0.
    4. Click OK.
    5. If platform my.demo.platform is shown as DISABLED, In the Cloud Explorer view, right-click it and click enable to enable the installed policy bundle
    The CICS bundle that contains the policy is installed in platform my.demo.platform.

Results

Your policies are installed in platform my.demo.platform. The rules that the policies contain apply to user tasks that have application entry points, which are running as parts of applications that are deployed to the platform, and running in regions that belong to region type demo.platform.AOR.regiontype.