Changes to samples
This section summarizes the changes to sample programs, sample resource definitions,
sample service routines, and sample files across supported CICS® releases. Use this information to plan the impact 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.
Name | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | beta |
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DFH$DB2T | CHANGED: The TYPE within JOURNALMODEL is now specified as a CHAR(5) attribute. | ||||
DFH$FORA | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered. | ||||
DFH$FORC | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered and resource attributes that are COBOL reserved words are prefixed with RDO- . | ||||
DFH$FORP | CHANGED: Resources are now alphabetically ordered. Compiled version now supplied. | ||||
DFH$MOLS | CHANGED: New options URIMAP and WEBSERVC added to control statement RESOURCE. | CHANGED: UNLOAD supports DFHRMI fields in its output. | |||
DFH$UMOD | CHANGED: DFHDTCV and DFHDTSVC removed as they are no longer eligible to reside in the LPA/ELPA. | ||||
DFHNJIVP | NEW | ||||
DFH0QRCP | NEW: Associated with transaction QRCP. This sample program demonstrates how to obtain and calculate the QR TCB CPU / Dispatch ratio and display a message when the ratio is less than a specified percentage. | ||||
DFH0STEP |
File name | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | beta |
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/samples/cicstags/cicstags.yaml | NEW: Example of CICS region tagging file. | ||||
/security/ciphers/defaultciphers.xml | NEW: Example default cipher suite specification file. | CHANGED: Cipher suites that use NULL, Triple DES (3DES) and RC4 encryption are removed
from the file, including:
If you have your own unchanged copy of defaultciphers.xml in USSCONFIG/security/ciphers from a previous release, it is recommended that you copy the new version from USSHOME/security/ciphers to USSCONFIG/security/ciphers. |
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/security/ciphers/allvalidciphers.xml | NEW: Example list of all valid ciphers. |