Create and configure the Enterprise Server

A new Enterprise Server will host the CICS environment.
  1. Click Start > All Programs > Micro Focus Enterprise Developer > Tools > Enterprise Developer Command Prompt (32-bit). The Enterprise Developer command prompt appears.
  2. Create a new CICS resource definition file by entering: caspcrd /c /dp=C:\CTG\CTGDEMO\system into the command prompt you just opened. A sequence of messages appears in the window, culminating in the message: Resource file created successfully.
  3. Within Enterprise Developer, select View > Server Explorer, right-click Micro Focus Servers and select Administration. The Enterprise Server Administration home page appears.
  4. To create a new Enterprise Server click the Add button.
  5. Enter CTGDEMO in the Server Name field, click the 32-bit radio button and click Next >>.
  6. Click the Micro Focus Enterprise Server with Mainframe Subsystem Support radio button, then click Next >>.
  7. We won't be accessing CICS via a TN3270 terminal, so uncheck the Create TN3270 listener radio button.
  8. Enter the following into the Configuration Information textbox:
    [ES-Environment]
    ESPROJ=C:\CTG\CTGDEMO
  9. Click Add to create the Enterprise Server. The interface reverts to the Enterprise Server Administration home page, in which a new row representing the CTGDEMO Enterprise Server will have been created.
  10. Click the Edit button that corresponds to your new CTGDEMO Enterprise Server. The General page for editing CTGDEMO appears.
  11. Within the Startup Options group, check the Allow Dynamic Debugging checkbox and click Apply.
  12. Click the MSS tab, then the CICS tab and complete the following fields and boxes:
    • CICS enabled: ensure the checkbox is checked.
    • System Initialization Table: enter: DEMOSIT.
    • Transaction Path: enter: $ESPROJ\loadlib.
    • File Path: enter: $ESPROJ\data.
    • Map Path: enter: $ESPROJ\loadlib.
    • Resource Definition File Path: enter: $ESPROJ\system.
  13. Click Apply and then Home at the top left-hand side of the page to return to the Enterprise Server Administration home page..