| Product | CICS Explorer |
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| Version | 1.0.0.7 |
| Build ID | 201007091330 |
| APARs Included | IZ79765 |
| Date Published | 15 Jul 2010 |
Readme documentation for IBM CICS Explorer version 1.0.0.7 including installation instructions; prerequisites and co-requisites; and a list of fixes included.
Additional information can be found included with the CICS Explorer. From within the CICS Explorer, click Help -> Help Contents to display the help for CICS Explorer.
Additional information on the CICS Explorer can also be found online at: CICS Explorer homepage. There are several links on there to extra information about the CICS Explorer including a link to video tutorials and podcasts on the CICS Explorer and CICS TS: System z Videos/Podcasts
See also the forums for the CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for the CICS Explorer where information is posted, and questions can be posted.
This update contains the following APAR fixes: IZ79765
More information on these APARs is displayed below:
| APAR IZ79765 | |
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| Problem Description | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.7 |
| Problem Summary | This APAR tracks the release of CICS Explorer version 1.0.0.7. This update provides the following new functionality: * A new Preferences Credentials page has been added for recording user IDs and passwords. For more information on the new updates search for "What's new in version 1.0.0.7" section in the CICS Explorer Help. APAR IZ76428 has also been fixed by this update. A summary of the problem is below, but see that APAR for more detailed information. IZ76428 concerned not being able to access resources in an SMSS region where it's APPLID contained a '#' character in it due to its special meaning in a URL. This update fixes it by URL-encoding the APPLID in the CMCI request to avoid the problem. Note: The fix for IZ76428 requires a corresponding fix to CICS TS 4.1 in order for it to work. This is APAR PM15358. More information on this can be found in both IZ76428 and PM15358. The following further defects have also been fixed as part of this update: 1187: All RegionGroupDefinitions are incorrectly nested beneath all RegionGroupDefinitions in the CICSplex Repositories View when using a Data connection |
| More Information | More information on APAR IZ79765 can be found here |
The following prerequisites are required to be installed before installing this update.
| CICS TS 4.1 | PM08661 | APAR PM08661 is required to use the new JVM server Disable actions: PHASEOUT, PURGE, FORCEPURGE, and KILL. |
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| CICS TS 4.1 | PK94205 | APAR PK94205 is required to be installed on CICS TS 4.1 in order to install a bundle using the new HTTP Event Processing adapter. Bundles can be created in the CICS Explorer using the new HTTP Event Processing adapter without PK94205 being first applied on the target system, however that bundle won't be able to be installed into the CICS TS 4.1 region until PK94205 has been applied. |
The following co-requisites are required to be installed alongside this update.
| CICS TS 4.1 | PM15358 | APAR PM15358 is required to be installed on CICS TS 4.1 in order to fix the CICS Explorer problem reported by APAR IZ76428 which this update addresses. This issue affects connecting to SMSS regions with an APPLID containing special characters such as '#'. Before this update and the CICS TS APAR regions with special characters were unable to be accessed successfully from the CICS Explorer. |
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To install updates for the CICS Explorer, there are two options:
An advantage of using the IBM-hosted update-site is that it is kept up-to-date with the latest version. Users can search for any available updates to the CICS Explorer periodically from within the CICS Explorer. They can choose if and when to install them at their convenience. Alternatively the user can choose to get the CICS Explorer to automatically search for updates and inform the user when they become available.
Otherwise updates can be downloaded on demand from Fix Central, but users will need to check the Fix Central website for any further updates available, and download them as appropriate. Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
To update the CICS Explorer using the IBM-hosted update-site follow the instructions below:
To update the CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in from Fix Central follow the instructions below:
Please read the known issues with this update below to make sure this update is appropriate in your environment.
| Installing Remote Resources | You can not install remote resources using the CICS Explorer. |
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| CICS Explorer Help | You can set your help search scope to search the CICS TS 4.1 information center. Setting the search scope to include previous version of the CICS TS information centers is not supported and might cause errors. |
| Column Sorting | The column sorting function is not enabled in the CICS Explorer. |
| Secured Eclipse Update-Sites | The Eclipse software update function does not fully support Eclipse Update-Sites secured with HTTP Basic Authentication. If you are connecting to an Eclipse update site that prompts for a username and password, you should not select the option to save your password when prompted, because CICS Explorer does not provide a method for changing your password once set. If the password is not saved, then it must be entered each time the CICS Explorer connects to the update site. If a password is saved and subsequently needs changing, manual editing of configuration files would be required. |
| Problems on Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12 | A problem has been identified when running the CICS Explorer on the Linux platforms Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12. These platforms are NOT supported by the IBM CICS Explorer, however there is a workaround that you can use if you want to use these unsupported platforms. The problem relates to issues between the GTK and Mozilla releases and the SWT implementation in Eclipse 3.4.2 on which the CICS Explorer is currently based. The issue you might experience is that buttons in the CICS Explorer might not respond to mouse clicks, but will work from the keyboard. The workaround is to launch the cicsexplorer executable from the shell script below: #!/bin/bash As previously stated, the Linux platforms Ubuntu 9.10 and Fedora 12 are unsupported. |
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Below describes the changes made to the CICS Explorer since the beginning of the release.
| 1.0.0.7 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ79765 | |
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| IZ79765 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.7 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ79765 | ||
| 1.0.0.6 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ74916 | |
| IZ74916 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.6 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ74916 | ||
| 1.0.0.5 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ70464 | |
| IZ70464 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.5 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ70464 | ||
| 1.0.0.4 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ66786 | |
| IZ66786 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.4 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ66786 | ||
| 1.0.0.3 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ65446 | |
| IZ65446 | Deleting a CICS TS Queue in the CICS Explorer deletes all TS Queues | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ65446 | ||
| 1.0.0.2 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ62254 | |
| IZ62254 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.2 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ62254 | ||
| 1.0.0.1 | Fixed APAR(s): IZ62213 | |
| IZ62213 | Release of CICS Explorer v1.0.0.1 | |
| More Information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ62213 | ||
| 1.0.0.0 | General Release | |
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