NEWSIT

The NEWSIT system initialization parameter specifies whether CICS is to load the specified SIT, and enforce the use of all system initialization parameters, modified by any system initialization parameters provided by PARM, SYSIN, or the system console, even in a warm start.

NEWSIT={YES|NO}
Enforcing the use of system initialization parameters in this way overrides any parameters that may have been stored in a warm keypoint at shutdown.
However, there are some exceptions. The following system initialization parameters are always ignored in a warm start, even if they are supplied by PARM, SYSIN, or the console:
  • CSDACC
  • CSDBUFND
  • CSDBUFNI
  • CSDDISP
  • CSDDSN
  • CSDFRLOG
  • CSDINTEG
  • CSDJID
  • CSDLSRNO
  • CSDRECOV
  • CSDRLS
  • CSDSTRNO
  • FCT
  • GRPLIST

In a warm restart, CICS uses the installed resource definitions saved in the CICS global catalog at warm shutdown, and therefore the CSD, FCT, and GRPLIST parameters are ignored. (At CICS startup, you can only modify installed resource definitions, including file control table entries, or change to a new FCT, by performing a cold start of CICS with START=COLD.)

For more information about the use of the NEWSIT parameter, see Controlling start and restart.

Restrictions You can specify the NEWSIT parameter in PARM, SYSIN, or CONSOLE only.

Parent topic: The system initialization parameter descriptions and summary

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