Checking the status of a platform

The status information for a platform shows whether the CICS® bundles for the platform are present and enabled in the CICS regions associated with the region type of the platform, the status of the management parts, and the status of the regions or region types. If a platform is not enabled, you can take appropriate action.

About this task

The ENABLESTATUS setting of a platform is derived from the status of the management parts. A management part is a MGMTPART record that is created automatically during the platform installation process. Management parts record the relationship between the platform and each installed CICS bundle, and the region type where each CICS bundle is installed in the platform. The STATUS setting is derived from the status of the regions or region types.

Procedure

  1. In the CICS Explorer® CICS Cloud perspective, use the Cloud Explorer view to display the status of a platform. The view shows a hierarchy of platforms, applications, region types, and regions associated with the region types and their overall status. The platform is enabled if the CICS bundles referenced by the management parts for the platform are installed in the CICS regions, and there is at least one active region in every region type.
  2. Right-click the platform to view the management parts and check on the status of each individual CICS bundle. The status for the management part shows whether the CICS bundle is in an enabled or disabled state in the CICS regions, or if they are not installed.

Results

Table 1 shows the possible values for the status of a platform, and their meanings:
Table 1. Platform status values
Status value Meaning
ACTIVE There is at least one active CICS region within every region type associated with the platform.
PARTIAL At least one but not all region types have no active CICS regions or regions that are able to manage platform resources.
INACTIVE All region types have no active CICS regions that support the PLATFORM object.
Table 2 shows the possible values for the enable status of the platform, and their meanings:
Table 2. Platform enable status values
Status value Meaning
ENABLING All the management parts for the platform are in the process of being enabled.
ENABLED All the management parts for the platform are enabled.
DISABLING All the management parts for the platform are in the process of being disabled.
DISABLED All the management parts for the platform are disabled.
SOMEDISABLED Some of the management parts for the platform are disabled.
INSTALLING The platform is being installed, and it cannot be enabled or disabled at this time.
DISCARDING The platform is being discarded, and it cannot be enabled or disabled at this time.
FAILED A problem occurred during install or discard of the platform.
INCOMPLETE Some of the management parts for the platform are empty or have an invalid scope.
EMPTY None of the management parts for the platform are installed.
Table 3 shows the possible values for the status of a management part, and their meanings:
Table 3. Management part status values
Status value Meaning
ENABLING The CICS bundle is in the process of being enabled.
ENABLED The CICS bundle is installed and enabled in all of the active CICS regions.
DISABLING The CICS bundle is in the process of being disabled.
DISABLED The CICS bundle is disabled in all of the CICS regions.
SOMEDISABLED The CICS bundle is disabled in some of the CICS regions.
IMPORTONLY The CICS bundle is installed and enabled in all of the CICS regions, but it only contains import statements, so does not affect the status of the application.
INCOMPLETE The CICS bundle is installed in some, but not all, of the CICS regions.
INVALIDSCOPE The CICS system group specified for installing the CICS bundles does not exist, so no CICS bundles are installed.
EMPTY The CICS bundle is not installed in any of the CICS regions.

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