Customizing requester installations under CICS

Before customizing QMF for CICS®, you must install and customize both Db2® for z/OS® and GDDM to run in the CICS environment.

Describing QMF to Db2
Before you run QMF under CICS, you must describe QMF to Db2.
Describing QMF to CICS
Before you run QMF under CICS, you must describe QMF to CICS by modifying and running a job that updates the CICS system definitions (CSDs).
Preparing the governor exit for CICS
Before QMF can be started under CICS, you must translate, assemble, and link-edit the governor supplied with QMF.
Customizing for GDDM support under CICS
Additional customization is required to support GDDM under CICS.
Updating the CICS startup job stream
You must update the DD statements in the CICS startup job stream to ensure that the proper data sets are accessed during QMF initialization.
Determining the type of storage to use for EXPORT and IMPORT commands
After QMF Version 13.1 is installed, the default use of CICS temporary storage and transient data queues is active. However, for compatibility reasons, QMF Version 13.1 still allows you to activate support of TSO data sets.
Revising the EDSA limit size to accommodate SQL queries up to 2 MB
QMF Version 13.1 supports a query size of up to 2 MB for SQL queries that are directed to Db2 for z/OS.

Parent topic: Defining programs, resources, and preferences to TSO and CICS

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