Resources

The reference information for resources provides detailed information about the resources that you can define in CICS.

Resource definition attributes
Most resources can be defined using CICS RDO or CICSPlex SM Business Application Services (BAS).
Resource management transaction CEDA commands
The CEDA transaction has a number of commands for working with resource definitions on the CSD.
Resource management utility DFHCSDUP commands
This section describes the commands available with the DFHCSDUP utility program. Commands can be abbreviated, but the minimum abbreviation allowed differs from some of the CEDA command abbreviations.
DFHCSDUP: syntax and command rules
Use the following rules for the syntax and preparation of commands for the DFHCSDUP program
Resource definition macros
Although you can define most CICS resources in a number of ways, for some resources you must use CICS macros.
Obsolete attributes retained for compatibility
Some resource definition attributes do not apply to resources used in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 5 Release 5 , but are supported to provide CSD compatibility for earlier releases of CICS where they are still valid.
CICS-supplied resource definitions, groups, and lists
IBM® supplies definitions of resources that must be installed on your CICS region, and definitions of resources used by the sample application programs.

Parent topic: System management