System Requirements

Universal Agent for z/OS requires the following software releases:

• z/OS 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4.
• SMP/E 3.5 or later.
• IBM Communication Server for z/OS 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4.
• IBM Language Environment (LE) for z/OS 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4.
• Workstation capable of establishing a TCP/IP network connection to the z/OS system.
• TSO user ID with an OMVS segment.
• About 1900 cylinders of DASD.
• Two available TCP/IP ports on z/OS.

All Universal Agent programs use z/OS UNIX System Services. As such, z/OS UNIX requires the user profile with which a program executes to have a properly defined OMVS segment. The OMVS segment should define a unique UID value. The HOME value must specify an existing home directory to which the user ID has read and write access.

Additionally, the group(s) that the user ID is associated with must have an OMVS segment that defines a unique GID value for the group. Refer to IBM's UNIX System Services Planning manual for additional details on defining z/OS UNIX users.

Data Set Space Requirements

As part of the Universal Agent for z/OS package installation, a number of SMP/E and non-SMP/E data sets are allocated and cataloged. The space requirements for these data sets are listed in z/OS Installation - Data Set Inventory.

Platform Requirements

Since platform requirements may change with new releases of a product, please consult the Platform Support for Universal Controller 7.7.x and Universal Agent 7.7.x page to make sure that your platform is supported before performing an installation.