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Latest version of CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer

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Question

What is the latest release that you can download of the IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer, that support CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) 6.1, 5.6, 5.5, or 5.4?

Answer

Click on one of the following CICS Explorer releases to see the version highlights and the corresponding CICS Tools plug-in releases. The releases are in order from latest (newest) to oldest.

Latest release

Product
Latest Version
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5, and 5.4
5.5.34 (33.0.7(1) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (10)
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.4.0.13 (2) (9)
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.3.0.10 (2) (3) (9)
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.5.0.10  (3) (9)
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.4.0.12 (2) (3) (9)
CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in for CICS Explorer
  1. CICS Transaction Server for z/OS APAR PH07632 needs to be applied in order for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.3 to take advantage of the new CICS system rules.  APAR PH19076 needs to be applied in order for quick filtering when aggregated to work.  APAR PH14856 needs to be applied in order to take advantage of the ability to add the @CICSProgram annotation to a method in a Spring Boot application.
  2. To ensure compatibility with CICS Explorer 5.5, CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4.0.6, CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.7 CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4.0.4 or later must be installed.  
  3. To ensure toleration of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.6, CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.8, CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.5.0.4, CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4.0.6 or later must be installed.   
  4. APAR PH21628 enables SSL hostname verification.  A user can opt out of this behavior by selecting the "Disable SSL hostname verification" option that is in the Explorer Certificate Management page in the Eclipse Preferences dialog with more details given here.
  5. CICS Transaction Server for z/OS APAR PH29187  needs to be applied in order for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.15 to take advantage of the changes that have been made on policy editor to provide the Container Storage task rule.
  6. CICS Transaction Server for z/OS APAR PH34348  needs to be applied in order for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.17 to take advantage of a new system rule for a threshold on the transaction take dump.
  7. From CICS Explorer 5.5.19, fix packs are referred to as v.r.f (5.5.19) rather than v.r.m.f (5.5.0.19) to align with the way that the version is displayed within Eclipse.  
  8. In order for CICS Explorer to display the DUMPCODE resources, the CICSPlex SM 5.6 APAR: PH39651 must also be applied.  After applying the PTF for APAR PH39651, all CICSPlex SM CMAS and MAS regions, including WUI server regions, should be restarted to activate the change. The restarts do not need to occur at the same time.
  9. To ensure toleration of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1, CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4.0.11, CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.9, CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.5.0.8, CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4.0.10, or later, must be installed.
  10. From October 2022, the CICS Explorer for Aqua .zip file contains a version number like 32.0.1 or 33.0.1, see here for further details.

Previous releases

Product
Latest Version
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5, and 5.4
5.4.0.22 (1) *
5.3.0.21 (2) ***
5.2.0.9 *****
5.1.1.6
5.1.0.2
IBM Explorer for z/OS
2.1.0.13 ******
CICS Configuration Manager plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.3.0.12 (3)(4)**
CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in for CICS Explorer
  1. CICS Transaction Server for z/OS APAR PH14288 needs to be applied in order for the fix to fully function.
  2. a) If the plug-in for CICS Interdependency Analyzer is installed, then it must be upgraded to Version 5.3.0.8 (APARs IV94230 and IV95004), or later.
    b) If the plug-in for CICS Performance Analyzer is installed, then it must be upgraded to Version 5.3.0.4 (APAR IV95011), or later.
  3. CICS Explorer must be upgraded to Version 5.4 or Version 5.3.0.13 (APARs IV95659 and IV96224), or later, at the same time as applying this fix.
  4. The host side APAR PI74028 (PTF UI44728) must already be applied.

******* NEW 9 March 2017
****** NEW 30 August 2017
***** NEW 19 December 2017
**** NEW 26 October 2018
*** NEW 24 May 2019
** NEW 17 January 2020 (via the 5.4 repository) and 24 April 2020 (via the 5.3 repository)
* NEW 11 March 2022

IBM Explorer for z/OS 3.2 and CICS Explorer 5.5, or later
Information on IBM Explorer for z/OS and CICS Explorer 5.5 or later is available on the Mainframe Development page.

Installation instructions are available under Install Eclipse Tools, which you can get to from the Mainframe Development page -> Downloads -> Eclipse Tools.
IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1 and CICS Explorer 5.2, or earlier
IBM provides three methods for you to obtain the maintenance for CICS Explorer:
  1. Update to the new version from within the CICS Explorer by applying the maintenance from an IBM-hosted Eclipse update site
  2. Use Installation Manager
  3. Download the maintenance from IBM Fix Central
 
See the "Installation instructions" in the Readme for each product for more details. The Readme also contains the prerequisites and the list of enhancements and bugs fixed by each new version.

Many of the new releases of CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer contain bug fixes in addition to new functionality. To see a complete list of applicable APARs*, click on the link for each product's Fix list from the Fixes by version for CICS product document.

*There are no PTFs associated with the applicable APARs.

To determine the releases of the CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with each release of CICS Explorer, refer to the z/OS Explorer, CICS Explorer, and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. Details of the underlying Eclipse release for CICS Explorer are also provided in these tables.

To get the download packages for previous releases of CICS Explorer, see  Downloads for older releases of IBM Explorer for z/OS and IBM CICS Explorer .

If you are new to CICS Explorer, see  Getting started with the CICS Explorer .


CICS Explorer 5.5.34 (33.0.7) fix pack

Available: 15 March 2024

CICS Explorer 5.5.34 (33.0.7) provides fixes for:

  • IJ49761
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 11 SR22.
    • The IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ driver has been updated to 4.31.10.
    • Some deprecated Eclipse API use has been updated.
    • Policy support for WLMHEALTH time interval is now provided. CICS Transaction Server for z/OS APAR PH58295 is required.
    • The Liberty target platform is updated to 23.0.0.9.
    • A Bridge Facilities table has been added to enable BRFACIL resources to be shown within CICS Explorer.
    • The Atom configuration wizard did not allow URIs which contain a : character. The Atom configuration wizard URI validation is now fixed.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readme in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.34 (33.0.7)


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.33 (33.0.6) fix pack

Available: 15 December 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.33 (33.0.6) provides fixes for:

  • IJ49072 and IJ49011
    • These were shipped as part of CICS Explorer 5.5.33 (32.0.5) fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 8 December (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository as well.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readme in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.33 (33.0.6)


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.33 (32.0.5), CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.12 and CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.10 fix packs

Available: 8 December 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.33 (32.0.5) provides fixes for:

  • IJ48554
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Explorer 5.5.32 (33.0.5) fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 20 October 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well.
  • IJ49072
    • APIs that have been deprecated or removed in newer versions of Eclipse have now been removed from use.
    • Support for CICS Transaction Server APAR PH58295 is now provided.
    • The CICS Explorer assembly name has been updated to include the CICS Explorer version, in addition to the Aqua version.
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 8 SR8 FP15.
  • IJ49011
    • CICS Explorer requests model objects for regions by activating the model and then deactivates in order to trigger a CPSM result set discard. The model contents are now retained and the subsequent attempt to read the model contents uses the retained contents. This has reduced the amount of CPU being used.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.12 provides a fix for:

  • IJ48633
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.12 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 20 October 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well.

CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.10 provides a fix for:

  • IJ8915
    • This was shipped as part of Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.10 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 20 October 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.33 (32.0.5)
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.3.0.10
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.12


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.32 (33.0.5), CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.12 and CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.10 fix packs

Available: 20 October 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.32 (33.0.5) provides fixes for:

  • IJ48554
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 11 SR20 FP1.
    • The CICS Explorer icon has been updated to a newer standard.
  • IJ47096
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Explorer 5.5.31 (32.0.4) fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 4 August 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository as well.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.12 provides a fix for:

  • IJ48633
    • The CICS PA plug-in has been updated to correct an issue with the license not being correctly displayed to the user when doing a p2 installation.

CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.10 provides a fix for:

  • IJ8915
    • CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in is now available via the Aqua 3.3 repository.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.32 (33.0.5)
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.3.0.10
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.12


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.31 (32.0.4), CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.10, CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.13 and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.11 fix packs

Available: 4 August 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.31 (32.0.4) provides fixes for:

  • IJ47096
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 8 SR8 FP5.
  • IJ44656
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Explorer 5.5.30 (33.0.4) fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 16 June 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.2/.

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.10 provides fixes for:

  • IJ46739
    • The CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in icons have been updated.
    • The icon on the welcome page has been updated so that it is now static.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.13 provides fixes for:

  • IJ46739 and IJ46918
    • These were shipped as part of CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.13 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 16 June 2023 (see the following section for details). These are now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.2/.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.11 provides fixes for:

  • IJ42344
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.11 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository on 16 June 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.2/.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.31 (32.0.4)
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.13
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.10
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.11


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.30 (33.0.4), CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.13 and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.11 fix packs

Available: 16 June 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.30 (33.0.4) provides fixes for:

  • IJ44656
    • CICS Explorer has been updated so that the visual resource table is refreshed periodically to reflect progress rather than after every action.
  • IJ46736
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Explorer 5.5.29 (32.0.3) fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 19 May 2023 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.3 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.3/.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.13 provides fixes for:

  • IJ46739
    • The CICS Configuration Manager plug-in icons have been updated.
    • The icon on the welcome page has been updated so that it is now static.
  • IJ46918
    • The TSModel ExpiryintMin attribute has now been enabled within the CICS Configuration Manager plug-in.
    • When a user triggers a request for DB2ENTRY data, the data is now displayed in the DB2ENTRY definition view.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.11 provides fixes for:

  • IJ42344
    • The CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in icons have been updated.
    • The icon on the welcome page has been updated so that it is now static.
    • CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in is now available via the Aqua 3.3 repository.
    • The TLS Cipher Resources entry now appears once in the CICS SMF Tables tree.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.30 (33.0.4)
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.13
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.11


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.29 (32.0.3) fix pack

Available: 19 May 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.29 (32.0.3) provides a fix for:

  • IJ46736
    • Aggregation of CSD Lists and Groups is now enabled in SMSS regions with a CMCI JVM server.
    • An obsolete CICS Explorer background logo is removed from the welcome view.

For more information about the update, click on the link to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.29 (32.0.3)


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.12 and CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.9 fix packs

Available: 6 April 2023

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.12 was shipped via the z/OS Explorer for Aqua 3.3 repository on 17 March 2023. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.2/.

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.9 provides security updates and is available via the z/OS Explorer for Aqua 3.2 repository.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.12
-
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.9
-


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.28 (33.0.3) and CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.12 fix packs

Available: 17 March 2023

CICS Explorer 5.5.28 (33.0.3) provides a fix for:

  • IJ45097
    • When a CSD group or BAS resource group is opened in an editor, a context menu is now shown when definition is right-clicked on.
    • Error handling around a GraphQL query when connecting to a CMCI JVM server has been improved.
    • CICS Explorer can now be installed using Installation Manager for Aqua 3.3.
  • IJ44602
    • CICS Explorer has been updated so that the filename is now shown when opening a definition in a bundle.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.12 provides security updates and is now available via Aqua 3.3.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.12
-


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.23, CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.9, CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4.0.11, CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.5.0.8, and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.10 fix packs

Available: 17 June 2022

CICS Explorer 5.5.23 provides the ability to exploit CICS Transaction Server 6.1:

  • IJ39474
    • CICS Explorer is updated to include new function in support of the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 release. New functionality is detailed within the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 announcement letter.

CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.9 provides a fix for the following APAR:

  • IJ37858
    • CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3 can now tolerate CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 release.

CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4.0.11 provides fixes for the following APARs:

  • IJ39061
    • The CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in has been updated to use org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.
  • IJ40518
    • CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4 can now tolerate CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 release.

CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.5.0.8 provides a fix for the following APAR:

  • IJ37857
    • CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.5 can now tolerate CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 release.

CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4.0.10 provides a fix for the following APAR:

  • IJ38860
    • CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4 can now tolerate CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1 release.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 6.1, 5.6, 5.5 and 5.4 5.5.23
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.3.0.9
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.11
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.5.0.8
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.10
 

In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.5.21, CICS Explorer 5.4.0.22 and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.9 fix packs

Available: 11 March 2022

CICS Explorer 5.5.21 provides fixes for the following APARS, along with the ability to connect to CICS Transaction Server 5.6:

  • IJ36081
    • A new dialog has been created so that, when deleting a CSD group, the user is presented with a checkbox that allows the user to choose whether to "Remove CSD Group from all CSD Lists". By default, this is set to true and this causes LISTREMOVE to be passed to the CMCI.
  • IJ36226
    • The version of WDT that is available to install with CICS Explorer has been updated to 20.0.0.9.
    • Terminology has been updated from DB2 to Db2.
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 8 SR7.
    • The error "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:com.ibm.cics.managedplatform.platform.PlatformPackage" no longer occurs when resolving the package descriptor for package "org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.RegistryReader¢EPackageDescriptor@ @b8141d95".
    • The wording of the hint message that prompts a user when creating a bundle project if they have no projects in their workspace has been improved.
    • For definitions views, in new workspaces, the CSD Group column is now shown alongside the BAS version column.
    • The Gson open source library has been updated from version 2.8.6 to version 2.8.9
    • A null pointer exception no longer occurs when opening a Workload Specification Editor on a Workload Specification that has been deleted.

CICS Explorer 5.4.0.22 provides a fix for the following APAR:

  • IJ37166
    • The Java service level shipped with CICS Explorer has been updated to Java 8 SR7.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.9 provides a fix for:

  • IJ36548
    • A Null Pointer Exception no longer occurs in the Transaction Timeline when the Performance History has been selected for a given transaction.
  • IJ37737
    • The Performance History option is no longer missing from the context menu once Performance History -> Transaction Summary has been selected.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3 and 5.2 5.5.21
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.4, 5.3 and 5.2 5.4.0.22
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.4.0.9


In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.12 fix pack

Available: 24 April 2020

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.12 provides a fix for:

  • IJ20314
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.3 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 13 December 2019 and as part of CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.12 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 17 January 2020 (see the following section for details). This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.0/.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.3.0.12 fix pack

Available: 17 January 2020

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.12 provides a fix for:

  • IJ20314
    • This was shipped as part of CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.5.0.3 fix pack via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 13 December 2019. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua3.1/. It will be made available via the z/OS Explorer 3.0 repository at a later date.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.21 fix pack

Available: 24 May 2019


CICS Explorer 5.3.0.21 provides a fix for:

  • IJ13503
    • When CICS Explorer queried bundles within a region during the export of an application to an installed platform with no active regions and a NOTAVAILABLE/SCOPE error was received an error was thrown and processing stopped. This has now been corrected, processing will continue.

This was fixed in CICS Explorer 5.4.0.14 (IJ12659) via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 14 January 2019 and in CICS Explorer 5.5.0.1 (IJ12659) via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 25 January 2019.  

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APAR in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, and 5.1 
 

In order to obtain the update, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4.0.7 fix pack and CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in 5.4.0.5 fix pack

Available: 17 May 2019


CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.0.7 provides fixes for:

  • IJ14773
    • CICS Configuration Manager has been added as a Net Promoter Score (NPS) feedback option.


CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.5 provides fixes for:

  • IJ14775
    • CICS Performance Analyzer has been added as a Net Promoter Score (NPS) feedback option.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer

In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.20 fix pack and CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.7 fix pack

Available: 25 January 2019


CICS Explorer 5.3.0.20 provides fixes for:

  • IJ09035
    • The Java Runtime Environment has been updated.


CICS Deployment Assistant plug-in 5.3.0.7 containing APAR IJ11424 was shipped via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 7 December 2018 and the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.2 repository on 14 December 2018. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository as well: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua/.

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, and 5.1
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Configuration Manager 5.3.0.6 fix pack, CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.6 and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3.0.6 fix pack

Available: 26 October 2018

CICS Configuration Manager 5.3.0.6 provides a fix for:

  • IJ09658
    • The translation for the in-product help was not being displayed; it is now available in Japanese.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3.0.6 provides a fix for:

  • IJ09661
    • The translation for the in-product help was not being displayed; it is now available in Chinese (Simplified Han) and Japanese.

CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.6 containing APAR IJ10156 was shipped via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 19 October 2018. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository as well: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua/.

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Configuration Manager 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer

In order to obtain the updates, see  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see  CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.


To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer.



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.19 fix pack, CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.5 fix pack and CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3.0.5 fix pack

Available: 27 July 2018

CICS Explorer 5.3.0.19 provides a fix for:

  • IJ03780
    • When installing CICS Explorer via Installation Manager, only the languages that have been selected in the installation wizard are now included.

CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3.0.5 containing APAR  IJ05323  was shipped via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 15 June 2018. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository as well:  http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua/.

CICS Performance Analyzer 5.4.0.1 containing APAR  IJ06794  was shipped via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 20 July 2018. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository in CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3.0.5 as well:  http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua/.

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, and 4.2
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.


To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.17 fix pack, CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.3.0.5 fix pack and CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.10 fix pack

Available: 26 January 2018

CICS Explorer 5.3.0.17 provides fixes for:

  • IJ00794
    • The DB2 JDBC driver has been updated to version 4.21.29 to allow support for DB2 V11.
  • IJ01483
    • When there is a scrollable data set and an exception is thrown from DB2, it was possible for an infinite loop to be encountered. This has been amended so that every error on a scrollable data set will only be tried once.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.3.0.5 provides a fix for:

  • IJ01776
    • A custom-written CICS Explorer plug-in establishes its own https connection to a back-end server with a certificate which is not known to the CICS Explorer or any of the CICS Tools plug-ins. When connecting with a CM connection that has the SSL flag set, the CM plug-in invokes a CICS Explorer method who has now been updated so that the SSL socket factory and hostname verifier are set for the specific connection rather than using the default.

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3.0.10 containing APAR IJ00790 was shipped via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.1 repository on 17 November 2017. This is now available via the z/OS Explorer Aqua 3.0 repository as well: http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/htp/zos/tools/aqua/. 

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, and 4.2
CICS Configuration Manager 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.3 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .


CICS Explorer 5.4.0.5 and 5.2.0.9 fix packs and CICS Configuration Manager plug-in 5.4

Available: 20 December 2017

CICS Explorer 5.4.0.5 provides a fix for:

  • IJ02247
    • Updates have been made around the retry/disconnect mechanism when CICS Explorer handles 401 errors from the server.
    • The SMCPSMConnection has been updated so that if it detects a 403 and a valid XML document with the tag structure /error/full then the full error message is taken and sent back.
    • When reconnecting after an exception, resources views now respond correctly.
    • Updates to the resources view have been made to support CICS Configuration Manager 5.4.
    • Redraw on the Resource Views table is suspended before making any changes and is then resumed once all changes have been made. The changes can then be applied in one go.
    • An incorrect message no longer appears in the Browse dialogue if the browse button in Export dialogue of Policy editor is used to pick a "To directory".
    • The user will get an error message in the policy editor when a named counter task rule and a file open system rule are defined in the same policy and CICS tries to install the policy on CICS TS 5.1 or 5.2. When exporting policy event specification, some error messages which should have been flagged as warnings are being logged as errors. This has been corrected and errors are flagged in the policy editor.


In addition, a fix pack for 5.2 of CICS Explorer was made available on 19 December 2017. This fix pack for the older release has been included in the Downloads for older releases of IBM Explorer for z/OS and IBM CICS Explorer page.

CICS Explorer 5.2.0.9 provides a fix for:

  • IV99265
    • When a user creates an application (bundle) using a misconfigured environment, because of the way that Eclipse builds, the application builds correctly in the workspace even though there are compile errors. When the user tries to export the bundle to HFS, Explorer checks the success of the export and if there are compile errors or missing dependencies, it will fail.

Version 5.4.0.0 of the CICS Configuration Manager plug-in provides support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.4.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 includes the following new functionality as documented in the release notes: 

  • Support for zFS Configurations
    • The option to create zFS directory CICS configurations is added in the New Configuration wizard where you can define a file or subdirectory using the new ZFSFILE resource definition type.
  • DFHCSDUP audit flag
    • The option Collect audit records for DFHCSDUP updates is added to the configuration editor. Select this option to set up CICS Configuration Manager to collect resource definition changes made by DFHCSDUP. Note: This option is only available if the repository is a CSD file.

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, and 4.2
CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.4.0.0
none


* This APAR was raised against CICS Explorer 5.4 and has been backported to CICS Explorer 5.3 (5.3.0.16 was released on 29 September 2017) and CICS Explorer 5.2.

CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in for CICS Explorer is shipped as a new release so no APARs are associated with it. The new code is available on the Mainframe development page . If your current version of CICS Explorer is Version 5.3, or earlier, you must install a new copy of CICS Explorer. You cannot just upgrade CICS Explorer. It is advisable to back up any existing workspace before you install this new release of CICS Explorer.

The CICS Configuration Manager 5.4 plug-in is required for CICS Explorer 5.4. The plug-in supports CICS Explorer 5.4 and many of the new functions in CICS TS 5.4.

In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.15 and 5.2.0.8 fix packs and z/OS Explorer 2.1.0.13 fix pack


Available: 30 August 2017

CICS Explorer 5.3.0.15 provides a fix for:

  • IV97801
    • z/OS Explorer has been updated to fix pack 3.0.1.11. CICS Explorer has been rebuilt to include this.

In addition, fix packs for a Java security vulnerability are provided by the following APARs for 5.2 of CICS Explorer and 2.1 of IBM Explorer for z/OS, available on 30 August 2017. These fix packs for the older releases have been included in the Downloads for older releases of IBM Explorer for z/OS and IBM CICS Explorer page.

CICS Explorer 5.2.0.8 provides a fix for:

  • IV95476
    • An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component in IBM Java SDK could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors. CICS Explorer has been updated to package a new Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1.0.13 provides a fix for:

  • IV95475
    • An unspecified vulnerability related to the Libraries component in IBM Java SDK could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information resulting in a high confidentiality impact using unknown attack vectors. CICS Explorer has been updated to package a new Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 4.2, and 4.1
IV95476*
IBM Explorer for z/OS
IV95475*


*APARs IV95476 and IV95475 are not on the web because they are security integrity APARs. See related Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1 and 3.0.1 (CVE-2016-5548 and CVE-2016-5549) for more information. There are no related Java security vulnerability APARs for the CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer.

See Finding security and integrity APARs for IBM Z products like CICS TS for the best way to stay current and be notified when there is a security and integrity APAR for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS and the CICS Tools that run on z/OS.

In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with a particular release of CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS Tool that you are using, refer to the CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. These reference tables also give details of the releases of Eclipse SDK that are required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .



CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in 5.2.0.6 fix pack


Available: 9 March 2017

CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.2.0.6 provides fixes for:

  • IV92181
    • The CICS IA plug-in display of output for the collected command function was not indenting the program name from the left margin window at each new logical level change when a program transferred control using an EXEC CICS LINK or dynamic CALL and a CICS TS user exit was being invoked. This has been corrected.

For more information about the update, click on the links to the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer


In order to obtain the update, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .



CICS Explorer 5.3.0.10 and CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in 3.0.0.3 fix packs


Available: 27 January 2017

CICS Explorer 5.3.0.10 provides fixes for:

  • IV92195
    • Icons within resources tables (for example, to indicate whether a resource had been installed from a bundle) have been reinstated.
    • An update has been made so that when searching for Tasks from a TCP/IP service, an error is no longer given.
    • In some instances an IllegalArgumentException could be thrown from the CICS Explorer model. This has been corrected
    • When installing a definition on Windows, in some situations (for example, where there were no system groups), only one region was shown as a possible install target. This has been corrected.
    • An update has been made so that when editing a filter for a view configuration, the user no longer gets a benign SWTException in some situations.

CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in 3.0.0.3 provides fixes for:

  • PI74695
    • An error no longer occurs when a user tries to connect the CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in to a Gateway daemon using the statistics port.

For more information about the updates, click on the links to the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 4.2, 4.1, 3.2 and 3.1
CICS Transaction Gateway 3.0 plug-in for CICS Explorer
3.0.0.3


In order to obtain the updates, see Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins for details.

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .


5.2.0.4 CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer enhancements and support for APAR PI38229 and PI22815


Available: 7 October 2015

CICS Interdependency Analyzer plug-in for CICS Explorer 5.2.0.4 provides:

  • Support for CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS APAR PI38229:
    • In the Queries, Command Flow, and Visualization views, TSQNAME and TSQUEUE AUX fields incorrectly appear on the list of CICS Types.
    • In the Queries and Command Flow views, READQ AUX and WRITEQ AUX fields are missing from the list of available CICS Commands.
  • Support is provided for CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS APAR PI22815 compatibility:
    • In the Queries view, Command Flow Queries using a remote name do not produce results.
    • In the Command Flow view the Remote Name and Remote Sysid information is incorrect.
  • Enhancements
    • The resource connections view has been redesigned.
    • Uses Resources view has been redesigned.

For more information about the updates, click on the Readme and APARs in the following table:

Product (and link to Readme)
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer

The above-mentioned enhancements are also included in 5.1.1.7 CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.1 plug-in:

Product (and link to Readme)
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer

This fix pack for the older release has been included in the download packages for previous releases of CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer, see Releases of the CICS Explorer that are no longer available on the primary download page .

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .




5.2.0.5 CICS Explorer enhancements and 2.1.0.11 IBM Explorer for z/OS maintenance updates


Available: 29 September 2015

CICS Explorer 5.2.0.5 fixes various problems and minor documentation changes identified in CICS Explorer 5.2:

  • Adding the Regions column to the default task view columns.
  • Improving the way connection exceptions are displayed in installed tools.
  • Correcting the delete button in the drop-down in the editor breadcrumb.
  • Corrected an issue where the WLM workload owner is not show in CICS Explorer when installing a routing rule into an existing workload.
  • Fixed a problem whereby the message CNX0593E was issued when removing a CMTCMDEF through CICS Explorer.

IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1.0.11 provides a fix and minor documentation updates. The fix is to improve the way connection exceptions are displayed in installed tools.

For more information about the updates, click on the Readmes and APARs in the following table:

Product (and link to Readme)
Version
(Readme)
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.2, 5.1, 4.2, 4.1, 3.2 and 3.1
IBM Explorer for z/OS
CICS Configuration Manager 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer **
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.2.0.0
none
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer ***
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer ***
CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in for CICS Explorer
3.0.0.0
none
CICS VSAM Transparency (SupportPac) & z/OS components
2.1.0.0
none

** There are no updates to the CICS Tools plug-ins that are related to CICS Explorer 5.2.0.5, however, CICS Configuration Manager's fix pack recently became available so the APARs are included in the table.


*** These have been included to display the most recent fix packs which are available.
If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .




5.2.0.2, 5.1.1.6, 5.1.0.2, 1.1.1.5, 1.1.0.4, 1.0.1.4, & 1.0.0.9 POODLE Security update and more


Available: 12 December 2014

Fix packs for the POODLE security vulnerability are provided by the following APARs for the various supported releases of the CICS Explorer and IBM Explorer for z/OS:

Product APAR
Version / Fix Pack
Description of Fix
CICS Explorer
1.0.0.9
Update for POODLE security vulnerability
1.0.1.4
1.1.0.4
1.1.1.5
5.1.0.2
5.1.1.6
5.2.0.2
IBM Explorer for z/OS
2.1.0.8

In addition to the APARs for the POODLE security vulnerability, the following APARs are included in the CICS Explorer 5.2.0.2 and IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1.0.8 fix packs:

Product APAR
Version / Fix Pack
Description of Fix
CICS Explorer
5.2.0.2
Update for POODLE security vulnerability
Maintenance roll up
In CICS Explorer 5.2.0.1 programs appear with a 'BUNDLE' icon
Support for Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10 or higher
IBM Explorer for z/OS
2.1.0.8
Update for POODLE security vulnerability
Maintenance roll up
Support for Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10 or higher


The 5.2.0.2 and 2.1.0.8 fix packs have been incorporated into the latest release of CICS Explorer and IBM Explorer for z/OS which are hosted on the primary IBM CICS Explorer Downloads page. The fix packs for the older releases have been included in the download packages for previous releases of CICS Explorer, see Releases of the CICS Explorer that are no longer available on the primary download page .

For more information, refer to the APARs for the fix packs.

There are no related POODLE security vulnerability APARs for the CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer. If you need to determine the releases of the CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with a particular release of CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS Tool that you are using, refer to the CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. These reference tables also give details of the releases of Eclipse SDK that are required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

See Finding security and integrity APARs for IBM Z products like CICS TS for the best way to stay current and be notified when there is a security and integrity APAR for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS and the CICS Tools that run on z/OS.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since these versions became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .




5.1.0.1 provides the fix for APARs IV36046 and IV35382

Available: 9 May 2013

Version 5.1.0.1 of the CICS Explorer includes APAR IV36046 and IV35382:

  • IV36046 fixes a problem stopped CICS Explorer 5.1 from connecting to CICS on z/VSE
  • IV35382 provides additional support for CICS event binding

More details about these APARs can be found by clicking on the links to the APARs in the following table.

To see whether there have been any APARs opened against the CICS Explorer since this version became available, see the Fix lists for CICS Explorer .

Product
Version
APAR
CICS Explorer for CICS TS 5.1,4.2, and 4.1
5.1.0.1
CICS Configuration Manager 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.1.0.0
none
CICS Deployment Assistant 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.1.0.0
none
CICS Interdependency Analyzer 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.1.0.1
CICS Performance Analyzer 5.1 plug-in for CICS Explorer
5.1.0.0
none
CICS Transaction Gateway plug-in for CICS Explorer
2.0.0.0
none
CICS VSAM Transparency (SupportPac) & z/OS components
2.1.0.0
none
IBM Session Manager 3.2 plug-in for CICS Explorer
3.2.0.0
none


There are no updates to the CICS tools plug-ins that correspond with the CICS Explorer updates, however, an updated CICS IA 5.1 plug-in is also available (5.1.0.1).

If you need to determine the releases of the CICS tools plug-ins for CICS Explorer that are compatible with the release of the CICS Explorer or the release of a CICS tool that you are using, see CICS Explorer and CICS tools plug-ins release compatibility reference tables. The tables in this document also contain the releases of Eclipse SDK required for the different releases of CICS Explorer.

    • IJ42344
      • The CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in icons have been updated.
      • The icon on the welcome page has been updated so that it is now static.
      • CICS Performance Analyzer plug-in is now available via the Aqua 3.3 repository.
      • The TLS Cipher Resources entry now appears once in the CICS SMF Tables tree.

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Product Synonym

CICS/TS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server

Document Information

Modified date:
18 March 2024

UID

swg21404312