Working with resource group definitions (RESGROUP)

A resource group (RESGROUP object) is used to associate one or more related resource definitions. The resource definitions in a resource group can be for the same or different resource types.

Accessing resource group definitions

To access the resource group definitions:
  1. From the main menu, click Administration views.
  2. From the Administration views menu, click either Basic CICS® resource administration views or Fully functional Business Application Services (BAS) administration views.
  3. Under Definitions, click Resource groups to display the Resource group definitions tabular view.

Creating a resource group

To create a resource group:
  1. Access the Resource group definitions (EYUSTARTRESGROUP.TABULAR) view as described above.
  2. Click the Create... button to display the Resource group definitions (EYUSTARTRESGROUP.CREATE) view.
  3. Type in the attribute values.
  4. Click Yes to create the resource group definition or No to return to the Resource group definitions view without creating the resource group.

Adding a resource group to a resource description

  1. Access the Resource group definitions (EYUSTARTRESGROUP.TABULAR) view as described above.
  2. Select a resource group by clicking the box in the record column.
  3. Click the Add to Resource description to display the Add to Resource description (EYUSTARTRESGRP.ADDTODSC) view.
  4. Type in the name of the resource description. Optionally, supply more explanatory information in the Description field.
  5. Click Yes to add the resource group to the resource description or click No to stop the process.
Note: Adding a resource group to a resource description might result in inconsistent resource set errors. For information about this type of problem and how to resolve it, see Validation of a set of resources.