Removing support for older CICS releases
After adding support to Abend-AID for CICS for a new release of the CICS Transaction Server, your site may sometimes want to remove the support for an older CICS Transaction Server for z/OS release. The sample jobs provided in the Abend-AID Common Components target sample library (hlq,SKAZSAMP) are shown in Abend-AID for CICS Members to Delete CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Support table below.
Abend-AID for CICS Members to Delete CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Support
Member | Description | English FMID | Japanese FMID |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTSD63 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.3.0 | NKFX17E | OKFX17E |
CTSD62 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.2.0 | NKFX17D | OKFX17D |
CTSD61 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 6.1.0 | NKFX17C | OKFX17C |
CTSD56 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.6.0 | NKFX17B | OKFX17B |
CTSD55 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.5.0 | NKFX17A | OKFX17A |
CTSD54 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.4.0 | NKFX179 | OKFX179 |
CTSD53 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.3.0 | NKFX178 | OKFX178 |
CTSD52 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.2.0 | NKFX177 | OKFX177 |
CTSD51 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.1.0 | NKFX176 | OKFX176 |
CTSD42 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 4.2.0. | NKFX175 | OKFX175 |
CTSD41 | Delete support for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 4.1.0 | NKFX174 | OKFX174 |
If you have not already copied these members from the Abend-AID Common Components target sample library (hlq.SKAZAMP) to the installation sample library (hlq.CTL), do so now. Refer to the “Install Abend-AID using SMP/E” section of the Abend-AID Installation and Configuration Guide for more information about executing the copy,
Edit the member that you want to run as follows:
- Examine the JOB card to ensure that it conforms to your site's standards.
- Change the SET for GLOBAL statement to the name of your global CSI data set.
- Check your target zone name and change the SET statement for TARGET if necessary.
- Check your distribution zone name and change the SET statement for DIST if necessary.
These are multi-step jobs designed to handle error conditions and to be restartable. They work the same regardless whether Japanese support has been installed.