Before you start to customize DB2® Sort, determine all of the customization values that you need to specify during the customization process, and familiarize yourself with all of the customization tasks.
The following checklist lists and describes each significant customization step. Use this checklist to guide you through the entire customization process.
| Task | Link to detailed instructions | Status |
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| Tools Customizer basics | ||
| Prior to beginning the customization process, familiarize yourself with Tools Customizer terminology and data sets, and other basic information about Tools Customizer. | Tools Customizer terminology and data sets | |
| SMP/E installation | ||
| Verify that DB2 Sort has been installed correctly. DB2 Sort is installed by using standard SMP/E processing. | See IBM DB2 Sort for z/OS Program Directory, GI10-9004, for installation instructions. | |
| Verify that Tools Customizer for z/OS® has been installed correctly. Tools Customizer for z/OS is installed by using standard SMP/E processing. | See IBM Tools Base for z/OS Program Directory, GI10-8819, for installation instructions. | |
| Gather data set names and parameter values | ||
During the customization process, you must specify
names for the following types of data sets:
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Worksheets: Gathering required data set names and parameter values | |
| During the customization process, you must specify parameter values for DB2 Sort, and in some cases, for DB2. | Default installation options | |
| Activate DB2 Sort | ||
| Apply appropriate APARs and set appropriate DB2 parameters. | Activating DB2 Sort | |
| Customize DB2 Sort | ||
Start Tools Customizer by running a REXX EXEC from the ISPF Command Shell panel. |
Starting Tools Customizer | |
Set up Tools Customizer user settings. If you are running Tools Customizer for the first time, you must modify several user settings to suit your environment. Otherwise, if the user settings that you have already established are still appropriate, skip this step. |
Modifying Tools Customizer user settings | |
Complete the steps in the appropriate customization roadmap based on the type of customization that you are performing. |
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Customizing DB2 Sort for the first time Follow this roadmap if you do not have a customized version of DB2 Sort and you need to customize it for the first time. |
Roadmap: Customizing a product for the first time | |
Customizing a different version of DB2 Sort Follow this roadmap if you have already customized a version of DB2 Sort and you want to use the same parameter values to customize a different version. |
Roadmap: Customizing a new version of a product from a previous customization | |
Recustomizing DB2 Sort Follow this roadmap if you have a customized version of DB2 Sort but you want to change one or more parameter values. |
Roadmap: Recustomizing a product | |
| Accessing DB2 Sort libraries | ||
| Create access to the SCNKLINK and SCNKLPA libraries. | Accessing DB2 Sort libraries | |
| Installation Verification Program | ||
| Test the installation and customization using the Installation Verification Program (IVP). | Verifying installation and customization | |