CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS

Discover, Model, Visualize, Automate, Deploy

IBM CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS V1.1 is a new tool that discovers, models, visualizes, creates, and deploys CICS regions using policy-driven advice and automation

CICS Deployment Assistant can discover, model, visualize, and deploy new and existing CICS regions, using automation and policy-driven advice built on your own and IBM’s knowledge and experience, giving you access to the latest IBM CICS technology faster and easier than ever before.

• IBM CICS® Deployment Assistant for z/OS® (CICS DA) is an attractively priced, one-time charge product, which can help CICS users reduce the cost of ownership of the System z platform
• A tightly-integrated plug-in for the CICS Explorer™ works together with host components to give the systems programmer a powerful toolkit to manage CICS system deployment.
• Discover and create an offline model of CICSplexes and CICS regions together with their startup options, connectivity relationships, and major subsystem dependencies. Offline models can be shared with other users.
• Visualize the discovered regions your CICS environment to provide a powerful and intuitive way to understand and manage system topology and startup options.
• Automate the cloning of existing CICS regions by creating and submitting the necessary JCL, startup options, datasets, and resource definitions.
• Follow our Eclipse cheat sheets which document, drive, and simplify the process of implementing CICSPlex SM and upgrading to CICS TS V4.
• Operating systems supported: Host z/OS, client Windows, Linux

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Feature	Benefit
Discover and create an offline model of CICSplexes and CICS regions together with their startup options, connectivity relationships, and major subsystem dependencies. Share the offline models with other users	By promoting standardization and reducing complexity it helps to accelerate the deployment of new CICS capabilities and lines-of-business applications, while minimizing errors and the associated risk of failure.
Graphical representations of the model provide a powerful and intuitive way to visualize system and connectivity status, navigate to and edit connectivity settings, and startup options	Significantly reduce the time required to validate CICS topology and initialization options during setup or problem determination
Clone existing CICS regions application-owning or terminal-owning regions and standalone test regions, and add a CICS to an existing CICSplex	Remove or automate many of the complex, multistep processes required to perform cloning and other deployment activities
Create and submit JCL, startup options, datasets, and resource definitions, and start and stop CICS regions	Less-skilled staff can get started faster and specialists can be more productive
Based on IBM CICS Explorer, integrated tooling for CICS, with a common, Eclipse-based user interface	Increase the productivity of highly skilled CICS technical users, and provide an intuitive entry-point for broadly skilled staff,
Follow Eclipse cheat sheets tailored for CICS version to version upgrades and CICSPlex® SM implementation.	By simplifying and automating complex tasks, CICS DA improves productivity and reduces costs, risks, and dependency on specialized CICS skills

Operating system	Software	Hardware
z/OS	CICS DA V1.1 host components: • Require IBM z/OS V1.9, or later, and CICS TS V3.1, V3.2, or V4.1 • If access to the joblog for active CICS systems is required by JES3 users of CICS DA, then IBM z/OS V1.10 is required • If access to the MVS system log is required by users of CICS DA, then z/OS V1.11 is required CICS DA V1.1 is designed to be used with CICS TS V4.1 (5655-S97), where it supports fully the new function of the latest version of CICS TS. CICS DA V1.1 can also be used with CICS TS V3 (5655-M15).	A System z machine capable of running the required software.
Windows	Windows 7, Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, Windows 2003 Standard SP1, Enterprise, Windows 2008 Standard SP1, Enterprise The CICS DA plug-in requires CICS Explorer V1.0.1 or later. Details relating to service and support for the CICS Explorer are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1083&uid=swg21380083	The CICS Explorer and CICS DA plug-in require an Intel workstation. Only 32-bit platforms supported, only x86 Machines supported.
Linux	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 The CICS DA plug-in requires CICS Explorer V1.0.1 or later. Details relating to service and support for the CICS Explorer are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1083&uid=swg21380083	The CICS Explorer and CICS DA plug-in require an Intel workstation. Only 32-bit platforms supported, only x86 Machines supported.