IZ86863: CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in for CICS Explorer v1.1.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR has been raised to track an update to the CICS
  Deployment Assistant plug-in for the CICS Explorer, version
  1.1.0.1. This version adds translation support for the Japanese
  and Simplified Chinese languages in the CICS Deployment
  Assistant plug-in. It also includes other defect fixes.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in users  *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Release of CICS Deployment Assistant    *
  *                      Plug-in v1.1.0.1                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  This APAR tracks the release of update 1.1.0.1 of the IBM CICS
  Deployment Assistant plug-in for the CICS Explorer.
  
  This update adds Japanese and Simplified Chinese language
  translation to the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in.
  
  The following defects have also been fixed by this update:
  
  18653: Cheatsheet Typos / Grammar / Editorial changes
  18997: com.ibm.cics.core.comm.ConnectionException: Did not get
  JCL output for JOB16198, status: ACTIVE, completion: N/A, RC=,
  job timed out
  19031: Contributor
  com.ibm.cics.cda.ui.deploymentassistantprojects cannot be
  created.
  19197: Clone: Back button causing data set name change
  19508: Plexify does not update the CMAS and subsystems
  connections in the model or UI
  19524: DA Discovery on removal of a MVS image JES member field
  bugs
  19529: CVS Shared Projects do not allow clone or plexify
  (invalid JobID)
  19560: DA Project Refresh does not detect that a restarted
  region has changed images
  19571: DA connection prefs JES Member Name validation message
  text incorrect
  19639: Clone start policy member name not validated
  19640: Text truncated on the Clone wizard second page
  19689: Lack of consistency for "CICSplex" text in DA plugin
  19730: DA Client does not accept commands >80 chars in length
  19947: ApplID - should be lower case - should be Applid
  19949: We use the word wish in a few places, this should be
  changed to something else
  19951: Clone wizard no point having greyed out radio buttons
  batch / started task because they are never enabled
  20014: DA connection screen Job Card userid
  20116: NPE in decorator - shows in log
  20205: Stop doesn't work if big JES job number range active
  20357: Closed project disappear from DA Projects view
  20404: DA passing APPLID instead of MASNAME when requesting SIT
  values from a CICS 4.1 system.
  20457: MVS system name being used in favour of Jes member name
  on various actions (stop region etc)
  20730: Plexify function broken - no CICSplexes are listed in the
  wizard
  

Problem conclusion

•  Version 1.1.0.1 has been released for IBM CICS Deployment
  Assitant plug-in for CICS Explorer. This is available via two
  options:
  
  1. Update from within the CICS Explorer using the IBM-hosted
  Update-Site.
  2. Download the update from Fix Central to be installed locally
  into the CICS Explorer.
  
  Note: CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in requires the CICS
  Explorer to be at least at 1.1.
  
  Updating using the Update-Site
  To update the CICS Explorer using the Update-Site follow the
  instructions below:
  
  1. Launch the CICS Explorer.
  2. Click Help on the CICS Explorer menu bar and click Software
  Updates in the drop-down menu. The Software Updates and Add-ons
  window is displayed.
  3. Click the Available Software tab.
  4. The first time an update or install of the CICS Deployment
  Assistant plug-in is done the update-site needs to be added to
  the CICS Explorer. On subsequent updates the following step can
  be skipped.
     * Click the Add Site button and in the Add Site dialog type
  in the following update-site into the Location text box:
      http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/
      software/htp/cics/updates/da/1.1/latest/ (concatenate URL).
  Click OK.
  5. On an initial install of the CICS Deployment Assistant
  plug-in only: Select the check-box alongside the tool name, and
  click Install...
  6. Alternatively to update an existing CICS Deployment Assistant
  plug-in installation select the Installed Software tab, and then
  click Update...
     * The update-site will be checked and a dialog will appear
  indicating if an update is available. If no update is currently
  available then your version of the CICS Deployment Assistant
  plug-in is up-to-date, and no update is necessary.
  7. If an update is available for the CICS Deployment Assistant
  plug-in, an Update dialog box will appear (for a new install an
  Install dialog will appear). Confirm the installation by
  clicking Finish.
  8. The CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in is then
  installed/updated, and you'll be asked to restart to apply the
  changes. Click Yes to restart the CICS Explorer with the CICS
  Deployment Assistant plug-in now installed and up-to-date.
  
  Optionally, verify that the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in
  version has been updated:
    * Select Help -> Software Updates from the main menu, click on
  the Installed Software tab, and note the version of the CICS
  Deployment Assistant plug-in; it should be 1.1.0.1 or higher.
  
  Note: The version of the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in may
  now be higher than 1.1.0.1 as the update updates to the latest
  version. All updates are cumulative so the latest version
  contains this update as well as any later updates.
  
  The CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in is now up-to-date with
  this update installed, and no further action is necessary.
  
  Updating using the IBM Fix Central
  To update the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in using the Fix
  Central follow the instructions below:
  
  * Open a browser and go to the Fix Central website:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
  * Select WebSphere from the Product Group drop-down menu.
  * Select CICS Deployment Assistant for z/OS from the Product
  drop-down menu.
  * Select All from the Installed Version drop-down menu.
  * Select All (or your platform) from the Platform drop-down menu
  * Click Continue.
  
  * Select the "APAR or SPR" option and enter IZ86863 into the
  text box next to it.
  * Click Continue.
  * Select the corresponding Fix Pack's checkbox and click
  Continue.
  * Select the desired download mechanism and click Continue.
  * Optionally, click on the readme to view it.
  * Download the Update Site zip.
  
  Once the download has completed:
  
  * Start CICS Explorer.
  * Select Help -> Software Updates... from the main menu.
  * Click the Available Software tab.
  * Click Add Site...
  * Click the Archive... button.
  * Find the update-site zip just downloaded, and click Open.
  * Click OK to add that update-zip as an available update.
  * Click the Installed Software tab and click Update...
  * The update should be found for the Deployment Assistant
  plug-in, verify that the update version is 1.1.0.1_201010211013.
  * Click Finish to install the update.
  * Once the update has completed you'll be prompted to restart
  the CICS Explorer for the update to take effect. Click Yes.
  * Optionally, verify that the CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in
  version has been updated:
    * Select Help -> Software Updates from the main menu, click on
  the Installed Software tab, and note the version of the CICS
  Deployment Assistant plug-in; it should now be 1.1.0.1.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS DA EXPL PL

• Fixed component ID

  5655W4801

Applicable component levels

• R110 PSY

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