Changes to CICSPlex SM

This section summarizes the changes to CICSPlex® SM across supported CICS® releases. If you do not use CICSPlex SM, you can ignore this topic.

If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you can find information about the changes that are relevant to those releases in Summary of changes from end-of-service releases.

Area Where changes are covered
CICSPlex SM installation and definition See Table 1.
CICSPlex SM configuration and initialization

See Table 2 for WUI server initialization parameters (EYUWUI).

See Table 3 for the CMCI.

See Table 4 for the CMCI GraphQL API.
CICSPlex SM behavior and operation See Table 5 for CMAS, MAS and WUI functional changes.

See Table 6 for CICSPlex SM workload management.

See Table 7 for CICSPlex SM BAS.
CICSPlex SM resources

See Table 8 for CICSPlex SM resource tables.

CICSPlex SM installation and definition

Table 1. Changes to CICSPlex SM installation and definition, by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
Record size of CICSPlex SM history data sets EYUHIST* CHANGED to

RECORDSIZE(3680 3684)

 CHANGED to

RECORDSIZE(3748 3752)

 CHANGED to

RECORDSIZE(3760 3764)

 CHANGED to

RECORDSIZE(3856 3860)
Support for using PLTPI to run the CICSPlex SM PLT program directly has been removed. REMOVED: You must migrate to using the CPSMCONN system initialization parameter.      
Removed support for CICS TS 4.2 or earlier        

CICSPlex SM configuration and initialization

Table 2. Changes to CICSPlex SM WUI server initialization parameters (EYUWUI), by release of CICS TS
Change (EYUWUI parameter) 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3 CICS TS beta
CMCIPROVIDER     NEW    
TCPIPHOSTNAME

DEPRECATED: The hostname of the WUI server is the name of the host where the WUI is executing.

 DEPRECATED with APAR PH47103 DEPRECATED with APAR PH48544 DEPRECATED:

TCPIPHOSTNAME is no longer required.

    
TCPIPHTTPHOST

DEPRECATED: The WUI uses relative URLs, and not embedded host names.

 DEPRECATED with APAR PH47103 DEPRECATED with APAR PH48544 DEPRECATED    
TCPIPSSL CHANGED with APAR PH60557: New value ATTLSAWARE. Use of ATTLSAWARE is recommended over ATTLSBASIC. CHANGED with APAR PH60558: New value ATTLSAWARE. Use of ATTLSAWARE is recommended over ATTLSBASIC. CHANGED:
  • If the WUI server has CICS security active (SEC=YES in the system initialization parameter), TCPIPSSL is mandatory.
  • New value ATTLSAWARE.
  • ATTLSBASIC has been removed. ATTLSAWARE should be used instead for the purpose of using ATTLS for the WUI SSL configuration.
    
Table 3. Changes to CMCI, by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
The CMCI interface now uses the CMCI JVM server by default. CHANGED: If you have not upgraded to the CMCI JVM server, follow the upgrade instruction in Upgrading CICSPlex SM.      
Enablement of the CMCI JVM server     CHANGED: Enablement of the CMCI JVM server is now set by the WUI server initialization parameter CMCIPROVIDER(JVMSERVER|CICS) instead of through a feature toggle.  
Supported Java™ versions     CHANGED: Java version 8 is no longer supported. The CMCI JVM server must be updated to Java version 11 or later. CHANGED: Java version 11 is no longer supported. The CMCI JVM server must be updated to Java version 17 or later.
Support for Model Context Protocol       NEW: CICS MCP server
Table 4. Changes to the CMCI GraphQL API, by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
Support for resources NEW:
  • ENDPOINT
 NEW:
  • CSDINLST
  • SECREC
  • SYSTAG
 NEW:
  • BRFACIL
  • FEPICONN
  • FEPINODE
  • FEPIPOOL
  • FEPIPROP
  • FEPITRGT
  • MODENAME
  • SECDISC
  
Changes to existing resources      
  • NEW: Field NumberOfOtherMQCalls.
  • DEPRECATED: The field mqrtother on the type MQMONRecordType is deprecated. It is replaced with the field NumberOfOtherMQCalls.

CICSPlex SM behavior and operation

Table 5. Changes to CICSPlex SM CMAS, MAS, and WUI by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
PERFORM SHUTDOWN and PERFORM SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE enhanced to support the shutdown of CMAS and MAS regions     NEW  
CICSPlex SM can now process type 71 ENF events for a CICSplex.

A CMAS that is started with the system initialization parameter RACFSYNC=YES listens for type 71 ENF events and make them available to its connected MAS regions that are started RACFSYNC=CPSM to consume.

     NEW  
Terms used in the CICSPlex WUI

Some terms used in CICSPlex SM WUI are updated, for example, to reflect changed product names, such as IBM® MQ in place of WebSphere® MQ.

     CHANGED  
Table 6. Changes to CICSPlex SM workload management, by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CICSPlex SM workload management factors unallocated storage SOS conditions into its routing algorithm, in the same way as it does for CICS-managed storage SOS conditions.   CHANGED    
Enhanced use of the regions z/OS® WLM health value in CICSPlex SM workload routing decisions        
Changes to CICSPlex SM sysplex optimized workload routing behavior

The default behavior of CICSPlex SM workload management routing algorithms has been updated to increase the likelihood that work is routed to healthy, local target regions. This change applies only to the QUEUE and GOAL algorithms, not to the link neutral variants (LNQUEUE and LNGOAL).

 CHANGED with APAR PH30768 CHANGED    
Table 7. Changes to CICSPlex SM BAS, by release of CICS TS
Change 5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
The CICSPlex SM BAS component is now able to use all available BAS data space storage by spreading large resource deployment lists for BAS across multiple data spaces instead of being constrained to a single data space. This feature is controlled by the feature toggle com.ibm.cics.cpsm.bas.largecicsplex. NEW

Also changed with APAR PH26781: The default is changed from true to false.

  CHANGED: The default is changed from false to true.  
It is now possible to specify that only SYSLINK resources will be installed, and that resources defined through a Resource Description should not be installed during BAS automatic resource installation. This feature is enabled by the feature toggle com.ibm.cics.cpsm.bas.syslinkonly   NEW with APAR PH64941: It is false by default. NEW with APAR PH64941: It is false by default. REMOVED: Replaced by a new attribute AINSMODE on the CICS System Definition (CSYSDEF) resource table.

CICSPlex SM resources

Table 8. Changes to CICSPlex SM resource tables: Highlights of changes across supported releases of CICS TS. The links take you to the relevant tables that describe changes to specific resource tables.
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
NEW: None NEW: SECREC resource table NEW: SECDISC resource table NEW: OTEL resource table
CHANGED: CHANGED:

DEPRECATED ATTRIBUTES:

 CHANGED: CHANGED: DEPRECATED ATTRIBUTES:
OBSOLETE: None OBSOLETE: None OBSOLETE: None  

In the following tables, the field name given is the field displayed in CICSPlex SM views.

CICSRGN resource table
Related view: CICS region (CICSRGN) view
Table 9. Changes to CICSRGN resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED:
  • New SWITCHALL value for dump data set switch type (resource table attribute name DDSSSTAT)
  • New TABLEONLY value for system dump status (resource table attribute name SYSDUMP)
 CHANGED: New field Maximum amount of Shared Data Table above the bar storage with resource table attribute SDTMEMLIMIT CHANGED:
  • New field Current Time of Day with resource table attribute name CURRTIME, indicating the CICS ABSTIME time of day of the region.
  • New field Cold Start Resource Group Lists with resource table attribute name GRPLIST, showing the names of the lists containing resource definition groups that are loaded during system initialization for a CICS cold start.
 
CSYSDEF resource table
Related view: CICSPlex SM topology definition (CSYSDEF) view
Table 10. Changes to CSYSDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      CHANGED:
  • New field BAS auto install mode with resource attribute AINSMODE.
DB2EDEF resource table
Related view: DB2® entry definition (DB2EDEF) view
Table 11. Changes to DB2EDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED: New field Sharelocks option with resource attribute name SHARELOCKS    
DB2ENTRY resource table
Related view: DB2 entries (DB2ENTRY) view
Table 12. Changes to DB2ENTRY resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED: New field Sharelocks option with resource attribute name SHARELOCKS    
DSNAME resource table
Related view: Physical data sets for files (DSNAME) view
Table 13. Changes to DSNAME resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  DEPRECATED actions:
  • QUIESE
  • UNQUIESE
  • IMMQUIESE
    
DSPGBL resource table
Related view: Global Dispatcher (DSPGBL) view
Table 14. Changes to DSPGBL resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      CHANGED: Field Elapsed job step timing with resource table attribute name DSGEJST is changed to Accumulated TCB time. There is no change in the data, or in the behavior of the field.
EMASSICK resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 15. Changes to EMASSICK resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED:
  • New values SOSMVS24, SOSMVS31 and SOSMVS64 added to SICKTYPE output valid values

    New resource table attributes SOSMVS24_TIM, SOSMVS31_TIM and SOSMVS64_TIM

    
EMASWELL resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 16. Changes to EMASWELL resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED:
  • New values SOSMVS24, SOSMVS31 and SOSMVS64 added to SICKTYPE output valid values

    New resource table attributes SOSMVS24_TIM, SOSMVS31_TIM and SOSMVS64_TIM

    
EMSTATUS resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 17. Changes to EMSTATUS resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED:
  • New values SOSMVS24, SOSMVS31 and SOSMVS64 added to SICKTYPE output valid values

    New resource table attributes SOSMVS24_TIM, SOSMVS31_TIM and SOSMVS64_TIM

    
FEATURE resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 18. Changes to FEATURE resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED: New resource table attribute FILEPATH    
HTASK resource table
Related view: Completed tasks (history) (HTASK) view
Table 19. Changes to HTASK resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New field MVS SOS wait time with resource table attribute name SMMVSSWT CHANGED: New field TRANCLASS tasks with resource table attribute name TCLSTSKS CHANGED:
  • New field OTEL flags with resource table attribute name OTELMISC
  • New field OTEL parent span id with resource table attribute name OTELPID
  • New field OTEL span id with resource table attribute name OTELSID
  • New field OTEL trace id with resource table attribute name OTELTID
  • New resource table attribute XSAUTHOR
IPCONDEF resource table
Related view: IPIC connection definitions (IPCONDEF) view
Table 20. Changes to IPCONDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
    CHANGED:
  • New enumeration value of ATTLS added to existing resource attribute SSL.
IPCONN resource table
Related view: IPIC connections (IPCONN) view
Table 21. Changes to IPCONN resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
    CHANGED:
  • New enumeration value of ATTLS added to existing resource attribute SSLTYPE.
LOCTRAN resource table
Related view: Local or dynamic transactions (LOCTRAN) view
Table 22. Changes to LOCTRAN resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED: New field The number of transaction purges at class threshold with resource table attribute name PURGECNT   CHANGED:
  • New field OpenTelemetry span data emission with resource table attribute name OTELEMIT
  • New field OpenTelemetry trace context propagation with resource table attribute name OTELPROP
OTEL resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 23. Changes to OTEL resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      NEW:

An OpenTelemetry( OTel) table
RULE resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 24. Changes to RULE resource table, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED with APAR PH45119:
  • Attributes COUNT and TIME are changed to indicate the values since the region started instead of within the current statistics interval.
  • New resource table attributes COUNTSTAT and TIMESTAT
 CHANGED:
  • Attributes COUNT and TIME are changed to indicate the values since the region started instead of within the current statistics interval.
  • New resource table attributes COUNTSTAT and TIMESTAT
    
CHANGED with APAR PH34348: New value transactionDump added to RULETYPE CHANGED: New value transactionDump added to RULETYPE    
CHANGED with APAR PH29187: New value containerstorage added to RULETYPE field CHANGED: New value containerstorage added to RULETYPE field    
CHANGED:
  • New resource table attribute OPENSTATUS
  • New value WLMHEALTH added to ACTION
  • New values dbctlConnection, mqConnection and pipelineEnable added to RULETYPE
     
SECDISC resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 25. Changes to SECDISC resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
    NEW: Resource table for CICS security discovery status  
SECREC resource table
Related view: Not applicable
Table 26. Changes to SECREC resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  NEW: Resource table for CICS security request recording data    
SYSDUMP resource table
Related view: CICS system dump code (SYSDUMP) view
Table 27. Changes to SYSDUMP resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New resource signature values for system dump codes      
TASK resource table
Related view: Active tasks (TASK) view
Table 28. Changes to TASK resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New field MVS SOS wait time with resource table attribute name SMMVSSWT CHANGED: New field TRANCLASS tasks with resource table attribute name TCLSTSKS CHANGED:
  • New field OTEL flags with resource table attribute name OTELMISC
  • New field OTEL parent span id with resource table attribute name OTELPID
  • New field OTEL span id with resource table attribute name OTELSID
  • New field OTEL trace id with resource table attribute name OTELTID
  • New resource table attribute XSAUTHOR
TCPDEF resource table
Related view: TCP/IP service definitions (TCPDEF) view
Table 29. Changes to TCPIPGBL resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New field HTTP OPTIONS handler program with resource attribute name OPTIONSPGM      
TCPIPGBL resource table
Related view: TCP/IP global statistics (TCPIPGBL) view
Table 30. Changes to TCPIPGBL resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  DEPRECATED attributes but retained for compatibility:
  • CPERSOCKETS with CICS field name SOG_CURR_PERS_OUTB_SOCKETS
  • POUTSCKSBOTH with CICS field name SOG_PEAK_BOTH_OUTB_SOCKETS
  • PPERSOCKETS with CICS field name SOG_PEAK_PERS_OUTB_SOCKETS
  • OUTSOCKSPERS with CICS field name SOG_PERS_OUTBOUND_CREATED
  
DEPRECATED attributes:
  • CTLS11INB with CICS field name SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS11_INB_USED
  • CTLS11OUTB with CICS field name SOG_TIMES_CICSTLS11_OUTB_USED
TERMNL resource table
Related view: Terminals (TERMNL) view
Table 31. Changes to TERMNL resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
    CHANGED: New field Host name with resource table attribute name TNHOST  
TRANCLAS resource table
Related view: Transaction class (TRANCLAS) view
Table 32. Changes to TRANCLAS resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
  CHANGED: New field Last time maximum active transactions reached with resource table attribute name LASTATMAX CHANGED: New field Purge action with resource table attribute name PURGEACTION  
TRANDEF resource table
Related view: Transaction definitions (TRANSDEF) view
Table 33. Changes to TRANDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      CHANGED:
  • New field OpenTelemetry span data emission with resource table attribute name OTELEMIT
  • New field OpenTelemetry trace context propagation with resource table attribute name OTELPROP
TRANDUMP resource table
Related view: CICS transaction dump codes (TRANDUMP) view
Table 34. Changes to TRANDUMP resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New resource signature values for transaction dump codes      
TRNCLDEF resource table
Related view: Transaction class definition (TRNCLDEF) view
Table 35. Changes to TRNCLDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
    CHANGED: New field Purge action with resource table attribute name PURGEACTION  
URIMAP resource table
Related view: URI maps (URIMAP) view
Table 36. Changes to URIMAP resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      CHANGED: New resource attribute ATTLS
URIMPDEF resource table
Related view: URI mapping definitions (URIMPDEF) view
Table 37. Changes to URIMPDEF resource table and its related view, by release of CICS TS
5.6 6.1 6.2 CICS TS 6.3
      CHANGED: New resource attribute ATTLS