Verifying the CICS-DBCTL interface

You can use the installation verification procedure, DFHIVPDB, to verify that the CICS-DBCTL interface can be used successfully.

To run the DFHIVPDB job successfully:
  1. Tailor the DFHIVPDB job to your CICS® and IMS environment.

    You can tailor DFHIVPDB as part of the process of tailoring all CICS sample postinstallation jobs, as described in Defining DL/I support. When you run the DFHISTAR job as part of the CICS installation process, the DFHIVPDB job is installed in the hlq.XDFHINST library.

    Change the prefix of the IMS.SDFSRESL library, previously called IMS.RESLIB, in the DFHIVPDB job to the prefix that you use for your IMS libraries.
  2. Create the data sets required by the CICS region used by the DFHIVPDB job.

    To create the data sets, you can tailor and run copies of the following CICS sample jobs:

    DFHCOMDS
    This job creates the CICS data sets common to all CICS regions.
    DFHDEFDS
    This job creates the data sets required for each CICS region.

    When you run the DFHISTAR job as part of the CICS installation process, these jobs are installed in the hlq.XDFHINST library.

  3. Run the IMS installation verification procedures, as outlined in The IMS installation requirements for the DFHIVPDB job.