The RECEIVE command tells SMP/E to take the HOLDDATA from the input data set on which it was delivered and store it in the SMP/E database.

You can specify one or both operands on the RECEIVE command. If neither operand is specified, SMP/E attempts to receive the SYSMODs from SMPPTFIN, and HOLDDATA from SMPHOLD.

When receiving a SYSMOD, SMP/E creates two entries:

1. An MCS entry is created on the SMPPTS. This entry is a copy (possibly compacted) of the SYSMOD as it appeared in the SMPPTFIN data set.
2. A SYSMOD entry is created in the global zone. This entry contains information that describes the installation requirements and element content of the SYSMOD.

When receiving the HOLDDATA, SMP/E also creates (or modifies) two entries:

1. A HOLDDATA entry is created (or modified) in the global zone. This entry is an exact copy of the ++HOLD statements as they appeared in SMPHOLD. The name of the entry is the ID of the SYSMOD affected by this ++HOLD statement. The HOLDDATA entry for a single SYSMOD can contain multiple ++HOLD statements.
   Note: When a ++RELEASE statement is processed, SMP/E removes the corresponding ++HOLD statement from the HOLDDATA entry. When all ++HOLD statements are removed, the HOLDDATA entry is automatically deleted.
2. A SYSMOD entry is created (or modified) in the global zone. This entry contains information that describes the exception SYSMOD conditions.
   For each ++HOLD statement processed, SMP/E updates the global zone SYSMOD entry to add a HOLD reason ID subentry. There are three types of HOLD reason ID subentries, HOLDERROR, HOLDSYSTEM, and HOLDUSER, corresponding to the three categories of exception SYSMODs.

   Note: When a ++RELEASE statement is processed, SMP/E removes the corresponding reason ID from the global zone SYSMOD entry. Do not use the ++RELEASE statement to install a SYSMOD with an unresolved reason ID. Use the appropriate BYPASS operand instead.