Deploying the policies to a single CICS region

Use the CICS Explorer® to deploy the policies to a single CICS® region.

Before you begin

The CICS region that is used for initial policy testing is CICSRT1, and the CICSplex is DEMOPLEX. It is assumed that you already have the following active connections from the CICS Explorer:
  • 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

The following tasks describe how to export the CICS Bundle project that contains the policies, create a BUNDLE definition, and install the BUNDLE resource so that the policies are enabled within the CICS region.

Procedure

  1. Export to z/OS the CICS Bundle project that contains the policies you created earlier:
    1. Navigate to the Project Explorer view.
    2. Right-click the CICS Bundle project Policy_Bundle and click Export Bundle project to z/OS UNIX File System. The Export to z/OS UNIX File System dialog opens.
    3. In the Export Bundle window, click Export to a specific location in the file system, then click Next.
    4. From the Connection list select a suitable connection to the z/OS UNIX file system.
    5. In the Parent Directory field, specify a directory in a location that is accessible by the CICS region.
      The Bundle Directory field is automatically filled. The directory path is composed of the parent directory, the CICS Bundle project name, and the CICS Bundle project version. For example, /u/cicsadm1/Policy_Bundle_1.0.0.
    6. Click Finish.
    Your CICS Bundle project Policy_Bundle is exported to the z/OS UNIX file system, to the bundle directory specified.
  2. Define a BUNDLE resource that references the CICS Bundle project exported in step 1:
    1. Open the CICS SM perspective, and in the CICSplex Explorer tab, highlight the CICSplex DEMOPLEX by clicking it.
    2. Open the Bundle Definitions tab by clicking Definitions, then clicking Bundle Definitions.
    3. Click the Bundle Definitions tab, right-click in the Bundle Definitions pane, then click New to open the Create Bundle Definition wizard.
    4. In the Name field, enter stPolicy as a name for the BUNDLE resource definition.
    5. In the FTP connection field, choose the active FTP connection to CICSRT1.
      You must select the FTP connection in order to activate the Browse button that is used in step 2.f.
    6. In the Bundle Directory field, highlight the bundle directory that was exported to in step 1. If this directory is not shown in the Bundle Directory field, click the Browse push button to locate it, then highlight it.
    7. Clear the Open editor check box, because you are not going to be editing the definition.
    8. Click Finish.
    A BUNDLE resource definition named stPolicy is created.
  3. Install the BUNDLE resource:
    1. In the Bundle Definitions pane, right-click the entry stPolicy and click Install to open the Perform INSTALL Operation wizard.
    2. If the CICSplex DEMOPLEX is not displayed in the CICSplex field, select it from the drop-down list.
    3. In the Target list box, scroll down to the entry CICSRT1, and select check the box alongside it, then click OK.
    The CICS BUNDLE resource stPolicy is installed in CICS region CICSRT1.

Results

Your policies are deployed to CICS region CICSRT1. The policies have a global scope of all user tasks running in the region.