This server is responsible for the administration of CICS resource. It provides the following functionalities:

• Takes charge of loading the resource definitions used by other servers.
• Offers the services used by artadmin (ART administration console) for dynamic administration of CICS resources and propagates the dynamic configuration requests from artadmin to all the concerned servers in the system.
• Propagates the dynamic configuration requests submitted by artadmin to all the concerned servers in the system.
• Propagates the resource definition files to the slave machines from the central configuration repository when configured on each node in a distributed environment.

  The configuration files only need to be configured on the master node, and the administration servers propagate the configuration files to each slave node.

It is now compulsory to configure a ARTADM server on each machine (master or slave) of the system. The ARTADM server must be started up before other ART servers. The ARTADM server on the master machine must be started up before others on the slave machines. To ensure this sequence, it is necessary to make the following configurations using SEQUENCE:

• For a single machine, configure the ARTADM with SEQUENCE=1.
• For multiple machines, configure the ARTADM on each node:
  • On the master machine, set SEQUENCE=1.
  • On the slave machines, set SEQUENCE=2.