Setting up CMCI with CICSPlex SM

To install the CICS® management client interface (CMCI) in a CICSPlex® SM environment, you must configure the CMCI in a WUI region.

Planning for CMCI setup

  1. For high availability, you can have multiple CICSPlex SM WUI regions.
  2. Although users can access the CMCI and the WUI from the same region. It is recommended to set up separate regions for them.
  3. To use enhanced client authentication in the CMCI such as multifactor authentication (MFA) and the CMCI GraphQL API feature, you must use the CMCI JVM server with the CMCI.
  4. Based on your environment, estimate storage requirements for the CMCI.
Note: This CMCI configuration procedure assumes that you use the CMCI JVM server with the CMCI. If you do not want to use this, use the instructions in Setting up CMCI with CICSPlex SM in the CICS TS 5.4 product information.

Before you begin

You must have configured one or more CICSPlex SM WUI regions. To set up a CICSPlex SM WUI region, follow Setting up a CICSPlex SM Web User Interface server.

Setup guide

Scenario 1: You want to set up the CMCI in a WUI region that does not have CMCI configured

Follow the instructions in Configuring CMCI in a WUI region.

Scenario 2: You have a WUI region that is already set up with the CMCI but it does not use the CMCI JVM server. You want to upgrade the WUI region to use the CMCI JVM server.

For instructions, see Configuring a WUI region to use the CMCI JVM server.

Scenario 3: You want to have several CMCI JVM servers running in a CICSplex

If you have several CMCI JVM servers running in a CICSplex, you can configure the single sign-on (SSO) support in Liberty to enable HTTP client users to authenticate once with one CMCI JVM server, thus having access to other CMCI JVM servers in the same CICSplex without re-authentication. For instructions, see Setting up for multiple CMCI JVM servers in a CICSplex.