Installing the Software

Before installation, read the requirements and identify the files necessary for your installation.

By using the file that tailors CLISTs supplied as part of the installation, you have to make only minimal edits to the JCL and parameters.

The plug-in MVS component installation provides default values for system and data configuration parameters. For the first installation, adopt these defaults to ensure easier startup, connectivity, and testing of message flow.

Procedure

  1. Upload or unload the plug-in MVS component XMIT files to your host.
  2. Receive the installation XMIT file that contains the installation JCL, CLISTs, and parameters.
  3. Customize the installation JCL by using the installation file that tailors CLISTs.
  4. Receive the plug-in MVS component main product XMIT files.
  5. Customize the plug-in MVS component execution JCLs, parameters, and so forth by using the file that tailors CLIST.
  6. Perform the installation update, which populates the plug-in MVS component system files from temporary installation files.
  7. Customize and execute the defined JCL of CICS Resource Definitions.
  8. Customize and execute the defined JCL of IBM TCP Socket Resource Definitions.
  9. Execute the definitions and populate the CICS TCP/IP socket configuration file JCL.
  10. Start the IBM CICS TCP/IP sockets interface. Conclude the installation by running the IVP tests or samples (or both) that relate to your environment.
    Running the IVPs ensures that the connectivity, data transformation, message flow, and system operations are correctly installed and functional.