Changes to resource definitions

This section summarizes the changes to the resource definitions and CICS®-supplied resource definition groups across supported CICS TS releases. Use this information to plan the impact on resources of upgrading from one release to another.

If you are upgrading from an end-of-service release, you can find information about the changes that are relevant to those releases in Summary of changes from end-of-service releases.

Note: The REMOVED content in Table 3 through Table 42 are moved to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx; previous versions of modified resources are also in the compatibility groups.

Highlights of changes across supported releases of CICS TS

Table 1 lists new and changed resource definitions in each supported CICS TS release. The links take you to the tables that describe changes across releases by specific resource definitions.

Table 2 lists new and changed CICS-supplied resource definition groups in each supported CICS TS release. The links take you to the tables that describe changes across releases by specific groups.

Table 43 lists changes to compatibility groups across supported CICS TS releases.

Table 1. Highlights of changes to CICS resource definitions across supported CICS TS releases
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
DB2CONN TDQUEUE TRANCLASS TRANSACTION	DUMPCODE NEW MQMONITOR TCPIPSERVICE TRANSACTION	DB2ENTRY TCPIPSERVICE URIMAP	TRANCLASS TRANSACTION

Table 2. Highlights of changes to CICS resource definition groups across supported CICS TS releases
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
None	DFH$STAT DFHMQ DFHWU	DFH$DB2 DFH$SOT DFHBMS DFHCLNT DFHCOMPJ NEW DFHDBCTL DFHISC DFHJAVA DFHOPER DFHPIPE DFHPSSGN DFHRSEND DFHSECR NEW DFHSPI DFHSTAND DFHVTAMP DFHWSAT	DFH$XSD NEW DFHCLNT DFHCMAC DFHCOMK2 NEW DFHCOMPK NEW DFHEDF DFHINDT DFHISCQ DFHISCT DFHPIPE DFHSECD NEW DFHTCL DFHWU DFHXSD NEW

Changes to resource definitions by release of CICS TS

Table 3 through Table 10 describe changes to specific resource definitions, by release of CICS TS. These changes might affect user-defined resource definitions in user-defined groups.

Index

A - M	N - Z
DB2CONN DB2ENTRY DUMPCODE MQMONITOR	TCPIPSERVICE TDQUEUE TRANCLASS TRANSACTION

DB2CONN

Table 3. Changes to DB2CONN by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
CHANGED: CICS now uses a command thread when CICS attempts to cancel a Db2® thread as part of purge or forcepurge processing of a CICS task.

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DB2ENTRY

Table 4. Changes to DB2ENTRY by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		NEW ATTRIBUTE: SHARELOCKS (APAR PH47996 required)

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DUMPCODE

Table 5. Changes to DUMPCODE by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	NEW: To define attributes for transaction dump codes and system dump codes

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MQMONITOR

Table 6. Changes to MQMONITOR by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	CHANGED: One or more symbolic parameters, `&applid.` or `&APPLID.`, can be used anywhere in the QNAME value to identify the APPLID of a CICS region. Any user-defined character strings `&applid.` or `&APPLID.` will be replaced by the APPLID of the local region when the MQMONITOR is installed. This will facilitate generic use of this resource.

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TCPIPSERVICE

Table 7. Changes to TCPIPSERVICE by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	NEW ATTRIBUTE: OPTIONSPGM	CHANGED: When PROTOCOL(HTTP) and SSL(YES) are specified, the TCPIPSERVICE attribute CIPHERS defaults to `defaultciphers.xml`.

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TDQUEUE

Table 8. Changes to TDQUEUE by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
NEW ATTRIBUTE: JOBUSERID

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TRANCLASS

Table 9. Changes to TRANCLASS by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
CHANGED: The set of allowed characters for a transaction class name is expanded to be the same as that supported for a transaction name.			NEW ATTRIBUTE: PURGEACTION

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TRANSACTION

Table 10. Changes to TRANSACTION by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2>
CHANGED ATTRIBUTES: The default value of SPURGE and TPURGE is changed to YES. The default value of TASKDATALOC is changed to ANY.	CHANGED: The set of allowed characters for a transaction class name is expanded to be the same as that supported for a transaction name.		CHANGED: The default values of CMDSEC and RESSEC are changed to YES.

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URIMAP

Table 11. Changes to URIMAP by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
CHANGED with APAR PH44683: Added support for enabling multiple client URIMAPs that point to the same endpoint (that is, the same host, port and path) in a CICS region.	CHANGED with APAR PH44683: Added support for enabling multiple client URIMAPs that point to the same endpoint (that is, the same host, port and path) in a CICS region.	CHANGED: Added support for enabling multiple client URIMAPs that point to the same endpoint (that is, the same host, port and path) in a CICS region.

Changes to CICS-supplied resource definition groups by release of CICS TS

Table 12 through Table 41 describes changes to specific supplied resource definition groups, by release of CICS TS. It does not include compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx. To view changes to compatibility groups by CICS TS release, see Table 43.

Index

Group name	Group name	Group name
DFH$DB2 DFH$SOT DFH$STAT DFH$XSD DFHBMS DFHCLNT DFHCMAC DFHCOMK2 DFHCOMPJ DFHCOMPK	DFHDBCTL DFHHARDC DFHINDT DFHIPECI DFHISC DFHISCQ DFHISCT DFHJAVA DFHMQ DFHOPER	DFHPSSGN DFHRSEND DFHSECD DFHSECR DFHSPI DFHSTAND DFHTCL DFHVTAMP DFHWU DFHXSD

DFH$DB2

Table 12. Changes to DFH$DB2 by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: DB2ENTRY definition has a new attribute SHARELOCKS and specifies SHARELOCKS(NO) by default.

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DFH$SOT

Table 13. Changes to DFH$SOT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: The CIPHERS value for TCPIPSERVICE HTTPSSL is changed to `defaultciphers.xml`.

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DFH$STAT

Table 14. Changes to DFH$STAT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	CHANGED: New program DFH0QRCP New transaction QRCP

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DFH$XSD

Table 15. Changes to DFH$XSD by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			NEW GROUP

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DFHBMS

Table 16. Changes to DFHBMS by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Several transactions are removed from this group. You no longer need to install these transactions because they are now automatically installed.

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DFHCLNT

Table 17. Changes to DFHCLNT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CCIN is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.	CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHCOMCL now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHCMAC

Table 18. Changes to DFHCMAC by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: Transaction CMAC is removed from this group because it's changed to a category 3 transaction.

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DFHDBCTL

Table 19. Changes to DFHDBCTL by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CDBT is changed from SPURGE(NO) to SPURGE(YES).

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DFHEDF

Table 20. Changes to DFHEDF by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: TRANCLASS definitions DFHEDFTC and DFHEDFTO now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHHARDC

Table 21. Changes to DFHHARDC by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CSPP is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.

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DFHINDT

Table 22. Changes to DFHINDT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHTCIND now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHIPECI

Table 23. Changes to DFHIPECI by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CIEP is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.

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DFHISC

Table 24. Changes to DFHISC by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Several transactions are removed from this group. You no longer need to install these transactions because they are now automatically installed.

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DFHISCQ

Table 25. Changes to DFHISCQ by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: TRANCLASS definition DFHTCQPX now specifies PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHISCT

Table 26. Changes to DFHISCT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: TRANCLASS definitions DFHTCLQ2 and DFHTCLSX now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND).

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DFHJAVA

Table 27. Changes to DFHJAVA by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CJSA is changed from SHUTDOWN(DISABLED) to SHUTDOWN(ENABLED). Transaction CJSU is changed from SHUTDOWN(DISABLED) to SHUTDOWN(ENABLED).

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DFHMQ

Table 28. Changes to DFHMQ by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	CHANGED: New tsmodel DFHCKBR

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DFHOPER

Table 29. Changes to DFHOPER by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: New program DFHLDMHT

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DFHPIPE

Table 30. Changes to DFHPIPE by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: DFHWSATH, DFHWSATR, DFHWSATX and DFHPIRS program definitions are moved to this group. You no longer need to install your own versions of these program definitions because DFHPIPE is part of DFHLIST. New transaction CPIW, a direct clone of CPIH, which is used to handle WS-AT protocol messages.	CHANGED: Programs added: IXMI58DA, IXMI58D1, IXMI58IN, IXMI58UC, IXM4C58 Programs removed: IXMI38DA, IXMI38D1, IXMI38IN, IXMI38UC, IXM4C57

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DFHPSSGN

Table 31. Changes to DFHPSSGN by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CPSS is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.

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DFHRSEND

Table 32. Changes to DFHRSEND by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CSRS is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.

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DFHSECD

Table 33. Changes to DFHSECD by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			NEW: New journal DFHSECD for security discovery

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DFHSECR

Table 34. Changes to DFHSECR by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		NEW: New journal DFHSECR for security request recording

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DFHSPI

Table 35. Changes to DFHSPI by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Transaction CATR is removed from this group. You no longer need to install this transaction because it is now automatically installed.

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DFHSTAND

Table 36. Changes to DFHSTAND by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Several transactions are removed from this group. You no longer need to install these transactions because they are now automatically installed.

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DFHTCL

Table 37. Changes to DFHTCL by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			CHANGED: The following TRANCLASS definitions now specify PURGEACTION(ABEND): DFHTCL01 through DFHTCL010 DFHTSDEL

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DFHVTAM

Table 38. Changes to DFHVTAM by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2

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DFHVTAMP

Table 39. Changes to DFHVTAMP by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: Several transactions are removed from this group. You no longer need to install these transactions because they are now automatically installed.

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DFHWSAT

Table 40. Changes to DFHWSAT by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
		CHANGED: DFHWSATH, DFHWSATR, DFHWSATX and DFHPIRS program definitions are moved to group DFHPIPE. See also DFHPIPE. URIMAP DFHRSURI now specifies TRANSACTION(CPIW) instead of CPIH. This is the URIMAP used to match inbound WS-AT protocol messages.

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DFHWU

Table 41. Changes to DFHWU by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
	CHANGED: New transaction CWDP		CHANGED: Removed Doctemplates: DFHWUIPI, DFHWIUP1, DFHWUIP2, DFHWUIP3, DFHWUIP3, DFHWUIP4, DFHWIUP5, DFHWUIP6

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DFHXSD

Table 42. Changes to DFHXSD by release
5.5	5.6	6.1	6.2
			NEW GROUP

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Changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx by release of CICS TS

This table describes changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx, by release of CICS TS. For more information about each compatibility group, see CSD compatibility between different CICS releases.

Table 43. Changes to compatibility groups DFHCOMPxxx by release
Group	6.1	6.2
DFHCOMPJ	NEW GROUP
DFHCOMPK		NEW GROUP
DFHCOMK2		NEW GROUP

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