CICS Requirements - ironstream_for_servicenow_discovery_1 - 7.5

General

The command consoles created by the Ironstream agent must be defined to CICS unless auto-install has been configured for EMCS consoles in CICS.

Enter these commands in CICS to define consoles that Ironstream can use to issue commands for information gathering:

CEDA DEF TE(CNxx) GR(EVOGRP) TY(DFHCONS) CONSN(staticname)

where:

Run the install transactions after defining the consoles.

CEDA INSTALL GR(EVOGRP) TE(CNxx)

RACF Permissions

CEMT I SYSTEM

CEMT I DBCONN

CEMT I FILE(DFHCSD)

CICS Transaction and Program Discovery

If CICS Transaction and Program discovery is being performed, the Ironstream discovery agent needs these:

• Access to two modules in the CICS SDFHLOAD dataset (DFHCSDUP and DFHEITCU). There are three options to provide the agent access to these modules:
  • Add the SDFHLOAD dataset to the Ironstream Discovery agent STEPLIB DD statement. If this option is chosen, then the SDFHLOAD dataset must be APF authorized.
  • Add SDFHLOAD to the LNKLST.
  • Copy members DFHCSDUP and DFHEITCU from the SDFHLOAD dataset to the agent’s ISDE4Z.Vxx.LOAD dataset. This option should only be used if options 1 or 2 are not possible.
• Scratch datasets CSDIN and CSDOUT must be defined and the SDFHLOAD loadlib must be added to the steplib.

If you do not wish to use the CICS default user, you can assign a user to the terminal that is defined for the agent console. When a terminal is defined as a console to CICS for ServiceNow, there is a field that can be used to specify a userid for security. The field is called PRESET SECURITY. This is where you can specify the userid attribute on the TERMINAL resource definition.

Example:

PRESET SECURITY
    USERid         : CICSUSER
    NAtlang        : E

CICSPlex Discovery

If CICSPlex discovery is being performed, the Ironstream discovery agent needs the SEYUAUTH load library in the STEPLIB DD of its JCL. The SEYUAUTH dataset must be APF authorized.