Similar to a resource group, a resource description represents a set of logically related resources. You can associate whole resource groups with a resource description to create a larger set of resources that can be managed more efficiently. In addition, you can associate resource assignments with a resource description to create a select set of resources, such as an application that spans more than one CICS® system.
A resource description represents the largest set of resources that can be managed as a unit by CICSPlex® SM. It might consist of all the resources in several resource groups or resource assignments (much like a CSD group list) or the set of resources that make up a given application on various CICS systems.
The set of resources identified in a resource description can be:
To create a resource description and add it to the CICSPlex SM data repository.:
For a complete description of the RESDESC view, see RESDESC (resource descriptions) view. For information on using resource descriptions to manage CICS resources, see Controlling resources by resource description.