This topic discusses how to prepare to use SMP/E after it has been installed. It describes how to do the following:

1. Authorize use of SMP/E commands and services
2. Allocate and initialize data sets in the SMP/E database.
3. Define entries in the CSI data set to do the following:
   • Create the zones associated with the PTS, distribution libraries, and target libraries.
   • Define the product and SMP/E libraries used during SMP/E processing.
   • Define the utility programs and associated parameters used during SMP/E processing.
   • Define the libraries that are eligible for retry processing after x37 abends.
4. Connect the SMP/E dialogs to ISPF
5. Set up SMP/E for easier operation:
   • Specify SMP/E OPTIONS entry
   • Specify link edit utility output DDDEF entries
   • Specify automatic cross-zone requisite checking
6. Define the information needed to invoke SMP/E.
7. Define exit routines, if desired, to customize SMP/E processing.