Use this task to practice installing WebSphere Application server for z/OS. If you are installing the product for the first time without migration from an earlier version, it is helpful to install a practice runtime in order to learn the install and customization process.
Before you begin
Note the following tips when you install your practice runtime:Why and when to perform this task
You should install a practice runtime when you are installing WebSphere Application Server on z/OS for the first time and you want to learn the steps to install and customize.Steps for this task
Note: You can use "canned" jobstreams to update WLM, SYS1.PARMLIB, and the TCP/IP configuration, however most installations do not allow this.
Submit the BBOCBRAK job, or take it and the BBOCBRAJ job to your security administrator for approval. Your security administrator should issue those commands or submit the supplied jobstreams. If your installation has different profiles structures, you may have to modify the RACF commands generated by these execs to suit your particular needs.
Note: Your installation must have "list of groups" on for these to work, because the servers must be connected to the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS administrator group.
After you get the runtime up and successfully run the Installation Verification Test (IVT), you may want to replace the built-in administrators defined for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, or at least change their passwords. If you want to prevent the user IDs assigned to started tasks from being used to sign on or submit jobs, you can make the user ID protected by adding the keywords NOPASSWORD and NOOIDCARD to the user's RACF profile.
If you have some other security product such as Top Secret or ACF2 instead of RACF, then you must put the RACF commands into the appropriate syntax.
Note: Ask your customer's security administrator to contact the vendor (CA) for the latest maintenance and guidance on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS customization.
Results
After you finish running through the instructions with these simplified instructions, you have set up a practice run time. You can uninstall it and reinstall WebSphere Application Server for z/OS for your actual environment.What to do next
Some common mistakes to watch out for: