Changes to resource definitions

This section summarizes the changes to the resource definitions and CICS®-supplied resource definition groups across supported CICS TS releases. Use this information to plan the impact on resources of upgrading from one release to another.

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.

Note: The REMOVED content in Table 3 through Table 52 are moved to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx; previous versions of modified resources are also in the compatibility groups.

Highlights of changes across supported releases of CICS TS

Table 1 lists new and changed resource definitions in each supported CICS TS release. The links take you to the tables that describe changes across releases by specific resource definitions.

Table 2 lists new and changed CICS-supplied resource definition groups in each supported CICS TS release. The links take you to the tables that describe changes across releases by specific groups.

Table 53 lists changes to compatibility groups across supported CICS TS releases.

Table 1. Highlights of changes to CICS resource definitions across supported CICS TS releases
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
DUMPCODE NEW MQMONITOR TCPIPSERVICE TRANSACTION	IPCONN TCPIPSERVICE URIMAP	TRANCLASS TRANSACTION	IPCONN TCPIPSERVICE TRANSACTION URIMAP

Table 2. Highlights of changes to CICS resource definition groups across supported CICS TS releases
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
DFH$STAT DFHMQ DFHWU	DFH$DB2 DFH$SOT DFHBMS DFHCLNT DFHCOMPJ NEW DFHDBCTL DFHISC DFHJAVA DFHOPER DFHPIPE DFHPSSGN DFHRSEND DFHSECR NEW DFHSPI DFHSTAND DFHVTAMP DFHWSAT	DFH$XSD NEW DFHCLNT DFHCMAC DFHCOMK2 NEW DFHCOMPK NEW DFHEDF DFHINDT DFHISCQ DFHISCT DFHPIPE DFHSECD NEW DFHTCL DFHWU DFHXSD NEW	DFHBMS DFHCOMPL NEW DFHDB2 DFHDBCTL DFHFCRL DFHFEPI DFHISC DFHISCIP DFHJAVA DFHLGQC DFHOPCLS DFHOTS DFHPIPE DFHPSSGN DFHRL DFHRMI DFHSIGN DFHSPI DFHSTAND DFHVTAM DFHWEB

Changes to resource definitions by release of CICS TS

Table 3 through Table 9 describe changes to specific resource definitions, by release of CICS TS. These changes might affect user-defined resource definitions in user-defined groups.

Index

A - M	N - Z
DB2ENTRY DUMPCODE MQMONITOR	TCPIPSERVICE TRANCLASS TRANSACTION

DB2ENTRY

Table 3. Changes to DB2ENTRY by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	NEW ATTRIBUTE with APAR PH47996: SHARELOCKS

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DUMPCODE

Table 4. Changes to DUMPCODE by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
NEW: To define attributes for transaction dump codes and system dump codes

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IPCONN

Table 5. Changes to IPCONN by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			NEW: Definitions can now specify SSL(ATTLSAWARE). 2-digit ciphers are no longer allowed for the CIPHERS attribute. Existing resources that are already defined with 2-digit ciphers are installed as if specified with defaultciphers.xml.

MQMONITOR

Table 6. Changes to MQMONITOR by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: One or more symbolic parameters, `&applid.` or `&APPLID.`, can be used anywhere in the QNAME value to identify the APPLID of a CICS region. Any user-defined character strings `&applid.` or `&APPLID.` will be replaced by the APPLID of the local region when the MQMONITOR is installed. This will facilitate generic use of this resource.

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TCPIPSERVICE

Table 7. Changes to TCPIPSERVICE by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
NEW ATTRIBUTE: OPTIONSPGM	CHANGED: When PROTOCOL(HTTP) and SSL(YES) are specified, the TCPIPSERVICE attribute CIPHERS defaults to `defaultciphers.xml`.		NEW: SSL(ATTLSAWARE) now applies to PROTOCOL(IPIC). 2-digit ciphers are no longer allowed for the CIPHERS attribute. Existing resources that are already defined with 2-digit ciphers are installed as if specified with defaultciphers.xml.

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TRANCLASS

Table 8. Changes to TRANCLASS by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		NEW ATTRIBUTE: PURGEACTION

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TRANSACTION

Table 9. Changes to TRANSACTION by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: The set of allowed characters for a transaction class name is expanded to be the same as that supported for a transaction name.		CHANGED: The default values of CMDSEC and RESSEC are changed to YES.	CHANGED: New option, OTELEMIT, specifies whether an OpenTelemetry span data record is produced by CICS when a task finishes. New option, OTELPROP, specifies whether OpenTelemetry data is propagated.

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URIMAP

Table 10. Changes to URIMAP by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED with APAR PH44683: Added support for enabling multiple client URIMAPs that point to the same endpoint (that is, the same host, port and path) in a CICS region.	CHANGED: Added support for enabling multiple client URIMAPs that point to the same endpoint (that is, the same host, port and path) in a CICS region.		NEW: Added support for ATTLS attribute to allow for ATTLSAWARE outbound connections. 2-digit ciphers are no longer allowed for the CIPHERS attribute. Existing resources that are already defined with 2-digit ciphers are installed as if specified with defaultciphers.xml.

Changes to CICS-supplied resource definition groups by release of CICS TS

Table 11 through Table 51 describes changes to specific supplied resource definition groups, by release of CICS TS. It does not include compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx. To view changes to compatibility groups by CICS TS release, see Table 53.

Index

Group name	Group name	Group name
DFH$DB2 DFH$SOT DFH$STAT DFH$XSD DFHBMS DFHCLNT DFHCMAC DFHCOMK2 DFHCOMPJ DFHCOMPK DFHCOMPL	DFHDB2 DFHDBCTL DFHFCRL DFHFEPI DFHHARDC DFHINDT DFHIPECI DFHISC DFHISCIP DFHISCQ DFHISCT DFHJAVA DFHLGQC DFHMQ DFHOPCLS DFHOPER DFHOTS	DFHPIPE DFHPSSGN DFHRL DFHRMI DFHRSEND DFHSECD DFHSECR DFHSIGN DFHSPI DFHSTAND DFHTCL DFHVTAM DFHVTAMP DFHWEB DFHWU DFHXSD

DFH$DB2

Table 11. Changes to DFH$DB2 by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: DB2ENTRY definition has a new attribute SHARELOCKS and specifies SHARELOCKS(NO) by default.

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DFH$SOT

Table 12. Changes to DFH$SOT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: The CIPHERS value for TCPIPSERVICE HTTPSSL is changed to `defaultciphers.xml`.

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DFH$STAT

Table 13. Changes to DFH$STAT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New program DFH0QRCP New transaction QRCP

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DFH$XSD

Table 14. Changes to DFH$XSD by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		NEW GROUP

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DFHBMS

Table 15. Changes to DFHBMS by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.		CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHCLNT

Table 16. Changes to DFHCLNT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.	CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHCOMCL now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHCMAC

Table 17. Changes to DFHCMAC by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: Transaction CMAC is removed from this group because it's changed to a category 3 transaction.

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DFHDB2

Table 18. Changes to DFHDB2 by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHDBCTL

Table 19. Changes to DFHDBCTL by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Transaction CDBT is changed from SPURGE(NO) to SPURGE(YES).		CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHEDF

Table 20. Changes to DFHEDF by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: TRANCLASS definitions DFHEDFTC and DFHEDFTO now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHFCRL

Table 21. Changes to DFHFCRL by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHFEPI

Table 22. Changes to DFHFEPI by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHHARDC

Table 23. Changes to DFHHARDC by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHINDT

Table 24. Changes to DFHINDT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHTCIND now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHIPECI

Table 25. Changes to DFHIPECI by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHISC

Table 26. Changes to DFHISC by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.		CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHISCIP

Table 27. Changes to DFHISCIP by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHISCQ

Table 28. Changes to DFHISCQ by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHTCQPX now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHISCT

Table 29. Changes to DFHISCT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: TRANCLASS definitions DFHTCLQ2 and DFHTCLSX now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHJAVA

Table 30. Changes to DFHJAVA by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Transaction CJSA is changed from SHUTDOWN(DISABLED) to SHUTDOWN(ENABLED). Transaction CJSU is changed from SHUTDOWN(DISABLED) to SHUTDOWN(ENABLED).		CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHLGQC

Table 31. Changes to DFHLGQC by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHMQ

Table 32. Changes to DFHMQ by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New tsmodel DFHCKBR

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DFHOPCLS

Table 33. Changes to DFHOPCLS by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHOPER

Table 34. Changes to DFHOPER by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: New program DFHLDMHT

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DFHOTS

Table 35. Changes to DFHOTS by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHPIPE

Table 36. Changes to DFHPIPE by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: DFHWSATH, DFHWSATR, DFHWSATX and DFHPIRS program definitions are moved to this group. You no longer need to install your own versions of these program definitions because DFHPIPE is part of DFHLIST. New transaction CPIW, a direct clone of CPIH, which is used to handle WS-AT protocol messages.	CHANGED: Programs added: IXMI58DA, IXMI58D1, IXMI58IN, IXMI58UC, IXM4C58 Programs removed: IXMI38DA, IXMI38D1, IXMI38IN, IXMI38UC, IXM4C57	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHPSSGN

Table 37. Changes to DFHPSSGN by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.		CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHRL

Table 38. Changes to DFHRL by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHRMI

Table 39. Changes to DFHRMI by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHRSEND

Table 40. Changes to DFHRSEND by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHSECD

Table 41. Changes to DFHSECD by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		NEW: New journal DFHSECD for security discovery

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DFHSECR

Table 42. Changes to DFHSECR by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	NEW: New journal DFHSECR for security request recording

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DFHSIGN

Table 43. Changes to DFHSIGN by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHSPI

Table 44. Changes to DFHSPI by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.		CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHSTAND

Table 45. Changes to DFHSTAND by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.		CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHTCL

Table 46. Changes to DFHTCL by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		CHANGED: The following TRANCLASS definitions now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND): DFHTCL01 through DFHTCL010 DFHTSDEL

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DFHVTAM

Table 47. Changes to DFHVTAM by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHVTAMP

Table 48. Changes to DFHVTAMP by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: Several resources are removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHWEB

Table 49. Changes to DFHWEB by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
			CHANGED: A resource is removed from this group. For more information, see Resource definition groups in DFHLIST.

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DFHWSAT

Table 50. Changes to DFHWSAT by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
	CHANGED: DFHWSATH, DFHWSATR, DFHWSATX and DFHPIRS program definitions are moved to group DFHPIPE. See also DFHPIPE. URIMAP DFHRSURI now specifies TRANSACTION(CPIW) instead of CPIH. This is the URIMAP used to match inbound WS-AT protocol messages.

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DFHWU

Table 51. Changes to DFHWU by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
CHANGED: New transaction CWDP		CHANGED: Removed Doctemplates: DFHWUIPI, DFHWIUP1, DFHWUIP2, DFHWUIP3, DFHWUIP3, DFHWUIP4, DFHWIUP5, DFHWUIP6

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DFHXSD

Table 52. Changes to DFHXSD by release
5.6	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
		NEW GROUP

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Changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx by release of CICS TS

This table describes changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx, by release of CICS TS. For more information about each compatibility group, see CSD compatibility between different CICS releases.

Table 53. Changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx by release
Group	6.1	6.2	CICS TS 6.3
DFHCOMPJ	NEW GROUP
DFHCOMPK		NEW GROUP
DFHCOMK2		NEW GROUP
DFHCOMPL			NEW GROUP

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