Table 9 shows new resource definition types and new attributes.
If you have existing resource definitions that were created before
the new attributes for the resources were available, check those resource
definitions after you upgrade to this CICS release, to ensure that
the default values are suitable for your situation. In some situations,
CICS enforces certain values for options if these are required for
compatibility with existing options in your resource definition.
Resource type | New keywords | Explanation |
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CONNECTION |
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CORBASERVER |
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CORBASERVER is a new type of resource definition to enable you to define the execution environment (a CorbaServer) for enterprise beans and stateless CORBA objects. |
DB2CONN |
DB2GROUPID RESYNCMEMBER |
The group ID and resync options are added to support the DB2® group attach facility. |
DJAR |
CORBASERVER HFSFILE |
DJAR is a new type of resource definition to enable you to define a deployed JAR file. |
PIPELINE |
For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide. |
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PROGRAM |
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REQUESTMODEL |
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The REQUESTMODEL resource definition now supports both CORBA and EJB requests, and the new attributes are added to enable definitions to be dual purpose. However, with INTERFACE, MODULE, and OPERATION replacing the old OMGxxxxxx equivalent keywords, and other changes, the new definition is incompatible with the REQUESTMODEL resource definition in CICS TS 1.3. See Incompatibility of REQUESTMODEL resource definitions for details. |
TCPIPSERVICE |
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These new attributes are added to enhance CICS support for TCP/IP. PROTOCOL allows you to specify HTTP, IIOP, or ECI as the protocol supported by the TCPIPSERVICE; DNSGROUP and GRPCRITICAL are added to enable connection balancing. ATTACHSEC is introduced in support of the ECI protocol. AUTHENTICATE and CERTIFICATE are both introduced by the SSL-enabling APAR (PQ23421) in CICS TS 1.3 to specify the level of authentication required on the TCPIPSERVICE. The definition of CERTIFICATE is changed and now specifies the name of an X.509 certificate defined in a RACF® key ring, and can be up to 32 bytes. |
TERMINAL | NETNAME | The description of the NETNAME option is extended to provide extra information if you are running CICS regions with VTAM dynamic LU alias in operation. Review this new information (see the the CICS Resource Definition Guide ) when you implement LU alias support. |
TRANSACTION | OTSTIMEOUT | The OTSTIMEOUT attribute specifies the default time that an Object Transaction Services (OTS) transaction is allowed to execute without the initiator taking a syncpoint. |
URIMAP |
For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide. |
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WEBSERVICE |
For details, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide. |