z/OS Provisioning Toolkit supplied templates

z/OS PT includes templates for provisioning CICS® and z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition. You can load templates into z/OSMF to enable the provisioning of runtime environments. Each template consists of a set of workflows that are run to provision an environment, or to act on a provisioned environment, for example, starting, stopping, or deprovisioning an environment. You manage templates in the IBM® Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS component of z/OSMF. You can run templates by using z/OS PT.

z/OS PT supplied templates and workflows

z/OS PT supplies and maintains the templates and workflows to provision and deprovision the following products:

CICS Transaction Server unmanaged region
CICS system-managed single server (SMSS)
CICSPlex® SM managed application system (MAS)
CICSPlex SM Web User Interface (WUI)
CICSPlex SM address space (CMAS)
z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V2 or V3 server

The templates and workflows can be customized for specific customer environments by setting properties in a properties file. Before you use a z/OS PT supplied template, review the list of customization properties:

For CICS, see Configuration properties for CICS images.
For z/OS Connect EE, see Configuration properties for z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition images.

If you cannot find the customization that you need, make a request by using the following link Request a feature.

How to use the supplied templates

Consider the following things when you use the z/OS PT supplied templates:

The supplied templates and workflows are written and maintained to provide reliable provisioning and deprovisioning of a subsystem. It is important to always run the deprovision action on a provisioned subsystem, regardless of whether the provisioning succeeded or failed. Deprovisioning provisioned subsystems ensures that the artifacts that were created during provision of the subsystem are deleted during deprovision, and that the LPAR is ready for further provisions to run.
If you use the supplied templates and workflows without any modification, it is easier to upgrade to later versions when they become available. If you have any workflow modification suggestions or requests, make a request by using the following link Request a feature.

Other workflows supported by z/OS PT

z/OS PT supports workflows to provision the following products:

IBM MQ V9.0. The IBM MQ V9.0 workflow is supplied with IBM MQ V9.0. For more information, see Using IBM z/OSMF to automate IBM MQ.
WebSphere® Liberty. To download the WebSphere Liberty workflow, follow this link: WebSphere Liberty workflow in GitHub.
IMS DB/TM system. To download the IMS workflow, follow this link: IMS workflow in GitHub.
IBM Db2® 12 for z/OS. The Db2 sample template is supplied with Db2 12 for z/OS. For more information, see Creating services for provisioning Db2 for z/OS subsystems (DBaaS) in the Db2 12 for z/OS product documentation.