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Preventive Service Planning


Abstract

Traditional PSP buckets for most IBM Z products are no longer available on the World Wide Web. This document contains the latest information concerning the installation of IBM products, including the latest service recommendations and cross-product dependencies.

Content

Refer to PSP buckets for z/VSE or PSP buckets for z/VM if you are using one of these platforms. If you have a SoftwareXcel contract, you can still view PSP Buckets on IBMLink ServiceLink by selecting Preventive Service Planning (PSP). However, IBM recommends that you refer to the the following information, corresponding to the sections in PSP buckets, to determine the latest information concerning the installation of z/OS and IBM products that run on z/OS. This information is likely to be more up to date, and PSP buckets are likely to be phased out in the near future.
 
 
 



Installation Information, Documentation Changes, and General Information

Changes are likely to be included in product publications because the process to update documentation is much faster than it was in the past. So, refer to the IBM Documentation for the product you are installing.
Not all information related to installation belongs in the formal product publications. If you have a specific question or experience a problem while installing a product, you can do a search from the IBM Support Console. For example, you might enter search terms that include symptoms like "message DFHccnnn code cccc during startup of CICS". As a result, any existing IBM content related to the specific symptoms should be returned.

IBM recommends that you subscribe to MyNotifications for the products that you use to get daily or weekly updates from support. These updates include content such as new or updated APARs, technical notes, and Red Alerts. IBM also strongly suggests that all IBM Z clients subscribe to the IBM Z Security Portal to receive the latest critical security and integrity service. For more information, including instructions for how to gain access to the Security Portal, refer to the IBM Z Security Portal Frequently Asked Questions.
 
 

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Service Recommendation Summary and Service Recommendations

To help you install fixes that are required at the time a product is installed, including HIPER fixes, use the fix category IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService.  SMP/E uses HOLDDATA to associate PTFs with fix categories, and the IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService fix category identifies PTFs that fix HIPER problems, and other PTFs that should be installed when a product is installed.

To make sure you have the required fixes installed:
 
  1. Get and receive the latest FIXCAT HOLDDATA. For z/OS and all IBM product and service offerings that run on z/OS, SMP/E FIXCAT HOLDDATA statements are supplied in the same file as ERROR HOLDDATA statements.  The HOLDDATA file is available using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, in ShopzSeries deliverables, and in this downloadable HOLDDATA file.

  2. Use the SMP/E MISSINGFIX command with the fix category value "IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService" to identify all required fixes for your installed products. For example, if you have a CICS TS 6.1 target zone named CICT610, use these SMP/E statements to determine if any required fixes are not yet applied in the CICT610 target zone:

    SET BDY(GLOBAL).
      REPORT MISSINGFIX ZONES(    CICT610)
      FIXCAT(IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService).

  3. Then, attempt to install all required fixes for CICS TS 6.1 that have already been received:

    SET BDY(CICT610).
      APPLY SOURCEID(IBM.ProductInstall-RequiredService)
      CHECK.

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Cross Product Dependencies

  1. When installing z/OS, refer to the z/OS Planning for Installation book for all z/OS operating system requirements. This book can be found in topic z/OS System-Level of the z/OS documentation. The z/OS operating system does not use Detailed System Requirements.

  2. For products that are not part of the z/OS operating system, use the following steps to create a Detailed System Requirements (DSR) report. The requirements report contains the supported operating system requirements, hardware requirements, software requirements, and other related information for a product.

    1. Click on “Create a report“ under "Detailed System Requirements" in the "In-depth reports" section of the Software Product Compatibility Reports web page.
    2. Enter a "Full or partial product name" like "CICS Transaction Server" and click on the search icon.
    3. Select the product from the search results.
    4. Select the version from the drop down.
    5. Click Submit.
    6. Review the “Operating System” and "Supported Software" tabs to determine versions of other products that are supported.
    7. Click on the "Notes" or "Details" column for the products you have on your system to see the required APARs that are known at General Availability (GA). These same APARs should also be flagged with the fix categories for the product your are installing, along with APARs that are identified after GA.
       
  3. To ensure that the product you are installing will run properly, you need to apply the required maintenance for all the software that will run and interact with the product.

    1. Refer to IBM Fix Category Values and Descriptions to determine if there are any fix categories for the product you are installing. For example, if you are installing CICS Transaction Sever for z/OS 6.1, you will find the following fix categories:

      • IBM.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R1 - Fixes required on other IBM products to allow them to run with CICS TS V6.1

      • IBM.Coexistence.CICS.V6R1 - Fixes that allow prior releases of CICS TS to coexist with, and fallback from CICS TS V6.1

    2. Use the fix categories as FIXCAT and SOURCEID values in your SMP/E commands to determine what PTFs are required. Examples of SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX and APPLY commands can be found in the Service Recommendations section of this document.

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Additional Information

The information in this section is not in PSP buckets, but you might find it to be helpful.

  • A Recommended Service Upgrade (RSU) is a predefined collection of APAR fixes (PTFs) identified with a SOURCEID of RSUyymm, where yy indicates the last 2 digits of the year and mm indicates the month. Installing APAR fixes using RSUs as early as possible can help avoid problems, and as long as you test appropriately, help reduce risks to your business. You can order an RSU from Shopz.
     
  • For more comprehensive maintenance best practices, refer to the whitepaper z/OS Preventive Maintenance Strategy to Maintain System Availability.

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Modified date:
09 April 2024

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