Taking a backup of the CICS Explorer workspace
Before you upgrade to a new release of CICS Explorer®, it is advisable to back up your CICS Explorer workspace so that you can restore the workspace to a previous version, if required.
About this task
For some releases, when you upgrade to a new release of CICS Explorer, data stored in your existing workspaces is automatically migrated to the new data format when you use those workspaces with the new release. The workspaces will no longer work with previous releases of CICS Explorer.
In this situation, if you need to work with a previous release of CICS Explorer, you must back up your existing workspace before you upgrade. An example of this requirement is when you want to test a new release, but continue to work with the previous release.
This situation applies when you upgrade to CICS Explorer Version 5.2 from Version 5.1.0 or earlier. Therefore, if you need to work with CICS Explorer Version 5.1.0 or earlier, you must back up your existing workspace before you upgrade. If you upgrade to CICS Explorer Version 5.2 from Version 5.1.1, your existing workspaces are not migrated, but it is still advisable to back up your workspace.
To back up your CICS Explorer workspace, including the connection definitions, use the following procedure.