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z/OS Installation

z/OS Installation

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Last updated: Feb 02, 2024

Introduction

Note

These pages describe the installation of Universal Agent on a z/OS operating system. Unless otherwise specified, all references to Universal Agent for z/OS refer to version 7.6.x.

Updates to the content and format of the distribution file were delivered in the 6.5.0.0 Universal Agent release. The Installation Checklist below was updated to reflect those changes.

Universal Agent for z/OS is provided as an easily installed SMP/E package. After the SMP/E installation steps are complete, z/OS must be configured to meet the product requirements. Lastly, the individual product components must be customized to meet local production requirements.

The z/OS package includes the components for both Universal Agent for z/OS and optional components for Universal Agent for z/OS UNIX System Services (USS). For information on installation of Universal Agent for z/OS USS, see z/OS USS Installation.

Note

Starting with the 3.2.0 release of Universal Products, a Universal Broker must run on all systems on which a Universal Agent component is running, including manager components. The Broker maintains product configuration data for all components that have a configuration file.

Installation Checklist

The following installation checklist provides an overview of the z/OS installation steps. The steps refer to pages that describe the procedures in detail. All z/OS installation pages should be read to avoid product installation and configuration problems.

The installation itself consists of running a number of batch jobs. The output of these batch jobs should be kept until a correct installation has been verified.

Step 1

Download one of the Universal Agent 7.6.x for z/OS product distribution files.

Step 2a

If one of the distribution files with the .tar.Z extension was downloaded, decompress it using any utility that can process files in Lempel-Ziv (that is, compress) format. Use tar to extract the files from the uncompressed file. To do both in a single statement, decompress the file to stdout and pipe the result to tar (for example, zcat sb-v.r.m.l-zos.tar.Z | tar xvf -).

Step 2b

If one of the distribution files with the .zip extension was downloaded, decompress it using any utility that can process files in ZIP (or, PKZIP) format. The .zip file can also be extracted using Windows native file extraction tools.

Step 3

Modify the UNVFTP.TXT script provided by the distribution file. This script contains statements to upload the installation files and sample JCL, which can be used to process the files after upload. Two versions of these files are included in the distribution file. The files in the main directory are EBCDIC-encoded files. ASCII-encoded versions of these files are in the ./ascii subdirectory. See z/OS Installation - Transferring Installation Files to z/OS for complete details.

Step 4

Modify the JCL uploaded from UNVRECV.JCL and run the job to receive the TSO XMIT file(s). If the distribution file that contains the DFDSS archive is used, UNVRECV.JCL also contains a step to restore the contents of the archive. See Receive the Installation Datasets for complete details.

Step 5

Edit the INSTALL(#SETUP) member to meet local requirements as described in the #SETUP comment prolog. #SETUP creates customized installation JCL members in the INSTALL library. Execute the installation jobs as required for your SMP/E environment. See z/OS Installation - SMPE Installation for complete details.

Step 6

Create started task user and group profiles for Universal Broker and Universal Enterprise Controller. See z/OS Configuration - Started Tasks for complete details.

Step 7

Define the SUNVLOAD library to APF, Program Control, and LNKLST. See z/OS Configuration - Load Library for complete details.

Step 8

Define SMF exits for Universal Command and Universal Automation Center Agent. See z/OS Configuration - SMF Exits for complete details.

Step 9

Configure the UNIX System Services file systems used by the Universal Broker and Universal Enterprise Controller. See Universal Agent Database Configuration for complete details.

Step 10

Perform individual component customization, including JCL procedure edits and adding component licenses. See z/OS Installation - Customization for complete details.

Step 11

Follow the optional steps described in z/OS USS Installation to complete the installation, if desired.

Detailed Information

The following pages provide detailed information for z/OS Installation:

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