1.3 Obtaining Platform Services for z/OS Files

IMPORTANT:Before you install Platform Services, check the Novell Support Web Site for the latest support pack and product update information, and review the Release Notes and Readme files.

Installation packages are provided on the distribution media in the mvsplatformservices directory.

z/OS Platform Services is packaged as TRANSMIT unloaded z/OS PDSs.

These files can be uploaded to your z/OS system from a PC or file server.

  1. If you are using line-mode FTP, open a command prompt window, change to the mvsplatformservices directory, and use the following commands to transfer the files to z/OS. If you are using a graphical FTP client, use the equivalent commands.

    IMPORTANT:The BINARY and the QUOTE SITE commands are required. If the .XMT files are not sent to z/OS correctly, the subsequent steps will fail.

    1. FTP z/OS-hostname

    2. Authenticate to z/OS using your user ID and password.

    3. QUOTE SITE LRECL=80 RECFM=FB

    4. If you need the files to be stored on a specific disk volume, enter QUOTE SITE VOL= volser

    5. BINARY

    6. PUT ASCSAMP.XMT

    7. PUT ASCLOAD.XMT

    8. PUT RACFEXEC.XMT

      or

      PUT ACF2EXEC.XMT

      or

      PUT TSSEXEC.XMT

    9. QUIT

  2. Log on to z/OS using the same user ID that you used for the FTP session. The names of the files that you sent begin with your user ID unless you have changed your TSO profile prefix.

  3. Enter RECEIVE INDATASET(ASCSAMP.XMT)

  4. When RECEIVE prompts you for parameters, enter DSNAME(’ hlq.platserv.samplib’) VOLUME( volser) where hlq.platserv.samplib is the SAMPLIB data set for Platform Services, and volser is the disk volume where the samples library is to be created.

  5. Enter RECEIVE INDATASET(ASCLOAD.XMT)

  6. When RECEIVE prompts you for parameters, enter DSNAME(’ hlq.platserv.load’) VOLUME( volser) where: hlq.platserv.load is the load library for Platform Services, and volser is the disk volume where the load library is to be created.

  7. Enter the appropriate command to receive your security system scripts library.

    RECEIVE INDATASET(RACFEXEC.XMT)

    or

    RECEIVE INDATASET(ACF2EXEC.XMT)

    or

    RECEIVE INDATASET(TSSEXEC.XMT)

  8. When RECEIVE prompts you for parameters, enter DSNAME(’ hlq.platserv.execlib’) VOLUME( volser) where: hlq.platserv.execlib is the Receiver script exec library for Platform Services, and volser is the disk volume where the Receiver script exec library is to be created.