Apply maintenance updates to product
components.
Use this three stage process to install
service on
z/OS®:
- Store the updates on your target system.
- Install and test the fix pack. If testing is not satisfactory,
you can remove this fix pack at this stage.
- After testing, confirm the fix pack as your current base level
of installation.
Follow these instructions to complete the process:
- Receive the updates. Use SMP/E RECEIVE to transfer
the contents of the fix pack from the tape or the downloaded package
to your system at the specified location.
- Apply the updates. Use SMP/E APPLY to install
the fix pack which completes the link edit steps and generates a runtime
environment in your chosen location.
The installation process completes
updates to USS and to four product data sets (SBIPSAMP, SBIPINST,
SBIPPROC, and SBIPAUTH).
If your SMP/E target system is not
on the same file system as your production system, copy the data sets
(including the data set that represents your USS mount point) to the
system where they are to be used, overwriting the current content.
When you complete this action, all runtime components use the updated
data sets when they next restart.
If you do not
want all of your components to use the updated installation, copy
the data sets to a different location and start selected components
against that copy. Further details are provided in Multiple concurrent installations at different levels.
You can specify the
same destination for receiving the fix pack contents (the SMP/E target
system) and for installing (the production system). If you specify
a different location, you must copy the product data sets to the appropriate
location.
When you have installed the fix
pack, you can test it to ensure that it is working correctly in your
environment. If you find any problems at this stage, you can remove
the fix pack using SMP/E RESTORE. The command restores your installation
to the level that you last accepted (SMP/E ACCEPT).
- Confirm the update. Use SMP/E ACCEPT to commit
the changes and to establish this fix pack as the current level. When you have completed this step, you cannot restore
your system to a previous service level. If you want to use an earlier
service level, you must reinstall that level.