Disable a platform to make it temporarily unavailable.
If you no longer require a platform, disable and discard it.
Before you begin
You can disable a platform while applications are still
installed in the platform. To discard a platform, you must first disable
and discard all the installed applications in the platform, but you
do not need to delete the application definitions (APPLDEF resources).
For instructions to disable and discard applications, see Disabling and discarding an application.
About this task
When you disable or discard a platform, all the CICS® bundles that were deployed
with the platform are also disabled or discarded. You can remove an
individual CICS bundle that
was deployed with the platform, without disabling or discarding the
platform. For instructions to do this, see Removing a bundle from a CICS platform.
Procedure
- Open the CICS Cloud
perspective. The Cloud Explorer view shows the current
status of the platform. If you also want to check the status of the CICS bundles for the platform in
the CICS regions, in the CICS Explorer® menu
bar, click to open the Bundles view.
- In the Cloud Explorer view, locate the installed platform
in the Platform hierarchy.
- To disable the platform, right-click the platform name
and select Disable, then click OK to
confirm. CICSPlex® SM disables
the CICS bundles for the platform
in the CICS regions, and disables
the platform. Refresh the Cloud Explorer view, and check the platform
status. If a status other than Disabled is shown for the platform,
see Checking the status of a platform for more information
and suggested actions.
- To discard the platform, you must disable it first, as
described in Step 3. You must also disable and discard all the installed
applications, as described in Disabling and discarding an application.
When the platform is disabled and all the installed applications are
discarded, right-click the platform name and select Discard,
then click OK to confirm. CICSPlex SM discards
the CICS bundles for the platform
in the CICS regions, and discards
the platform. When you refresh the Cloud Explorer view, instead of
the platform name, you see the name of the platform definition (PLATDEF
resource). The Platform hierarchy no longer displays the applications
that were installed in the platform, but the application definitions
(APPLDEF resources) can be found in the Application hierarchy.
Results
The platform is disabled or discarded, and all CICS bundles that were installed with the platform
bundle are also disabled or discarded.