CICSPlex SM objects

To define the configuration of your CICS systems to CICSPlex SM, and to define your BAS, WLM, RTA, and monitoring requirements, you create CICSPlex SM objects, and associate them with each other.

For each object, and for each association or link between them, a record is created in a CMAS data repository. Figure 1 shows how the CICSPlex SM objects relate to each other.
Figure 1. The CICSPlex SM object model

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The diagram shows the objects within a CMAS data repository. The system objects define a CICSplex which comprises of a CICS region running under MVS . The BAS objects are resource definitions, resource assignments, resource groups and resource descriptions. The operation objects are RTA, WLM and MON specifications, groups and definitions and RTA subcomponent definitions which are evaluation status and action definitions. These categories are described in the following text.
These objects can be split into three categories:
  1. CICSplex and CICS® system objects, used for defining the CICSplexes and CICS systems to be managed by CICSPlex SM. This includes defining the links between CICS systems and creating CICS system groups. These objects are described in Designing your CICSPlex SM environment; information on defining these objects is in Defining the CICSPlex SM configuration and topology.
  2. BAS objects, used for logical scoping and managing the CICS resource definition and installation processes. You can look on the objects in this category as defining what resources you want your CICS systems to use. These CICSPlex SM objects are described in Multiple versions of a resource definition. Information on defining BAS objects is in Using full-function form BAS.
  3. Operation objects are those objects used for operating the CICS resources that exist in running CICS systems. You can look on the objects in this category as identifying the resources you want to monitor at run-time, for automated workload management, automated exception reporting, and collection of statistical data. These CICSPlex SM objects are described in Managing monitoring functions, Workload management resources, and Managing RTA.