CICS Bundle and JSON webservice

Question

I am doing a POC for a client account ,where I am trying to setup and Request -response model of JSON web-service where CICS acts as client. I have created 2 bundles separately for placing request jsbinds and response jsbind files. now the problem is that only one of my bundle is active (either request or response) and every time i have to discard one bundle and need to install the other one . is there a way i can install multiple bundles simultaneously in a CICS region ? or can the bundle be discarded and another bundle be installed by the application program dynamically it self

Answer 1

You can absolutely install multiple CICS bundles simultaneously in a CICS region.

The first thing to check is the CICS regions job log for messages explaining why the second bundle failed to install (or failed to enable). The messages will likely start with DFHRL.

If you have installed each of the bundles successfully (albeit independently), then it could be something as simple as a naming clash. Make sure each bundle has a unique name.

This Redbooks publication (especially chapter 11) should be useful: Implementing IBM CICS JSON Web Services for Mobile Applications

Answer 2

Also, make sure the bundle-id is unique. The bundle-id is generated from the bundle directory name, and can be found inside the META-INF/cics.xml file.

The CICS region job log will mention "The CICS resource lifecycle manager has failed to create the BUNDLE resource ", but does not give a reason as to why creation has failed.

There is, however, a line stating "BUNDLE resource is being created with BUNDLEID and version .". You could check to see if the bundle-ids are the same for both bundles.