z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Tape Libraries
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Tape library installation checklist

z/OS DFSMS OAM Planning, Installation, and Storage Administration Guide for Tape Libraries
SC23-6867-00

This section provides a checklist to assist in your installation of the tape library dataserver support. See Installation procedures for more detailed information regarding each of these checklist items. Check off each item as it is completed within your installation.

  1. Build the library inventory.

    See Building the library inventory

  2. Update PARMLIB.

    See Changing system libraries

    1. Update IGDSMSxx PARMLIB member.
    2. Update IEFSSNxx PARMLIB member.
    3. Update CONSOLxx PARMLIB member.
    4. Update DEVSUPxx PARMLIB member.
    5. Create or update CBROAMxx PARMLIB member (optional; used with the SETTLIB command)
  3. Update PROCLIB by running CBRAPROC SAMPLIB member.
  4. Create the global resource serialization environment. (Optional, depending upon your installation.)

    See Creating the global resource serialization environment

  5. Define the volume catalogs.

    See Creating the tape configuration database

    1. Define general volume catalog.
    2. Define specific volume catalogs (optional, depending upon your installation).
    3. Connect the volume catalogs to the SMS complex.
    4. Define the RACF® facility class profile. RACF is a component of the Security Server for z/OS.
    5. Authorize the storage administrator to the RACF facility class.
  6. Define tape drives using HCD.

    See Creating the hardware configuration

  7. IPL the system.

    See IPLing the system

  8. Define the base SCDS.

    See Creating the SMS definitions

  9. Define tape libraries.
  10. Define tape storage groups.
  11. Define storage classes.
  12. Define data classes.
  13. Define and test ACS routines.
  14. Create a cartridge entry installation exit routine (optional, depending upon your installation).

    See Creating the installation exit routines

  15. Create a change use attribute installation exit routine (optional, depending upon your installation).
  16. Create a cartridge eject installation exit routine (optional, depending upon your installation).
  17. Create a volume not in library installation exit routine (optional, depending upon your installation).
  18. Validate the configuration.

    See Validating the configuration

  19. Activate the SMS configuration.

    See Activating the SMS configuration

  20. Start the OAM address space.

    See Starting the OAM address space

  21. Vary the library online.

    See Varying the library online

  22. Display and set the cartridge loader media type.

    See Displaying and setting the cartridge loader media type

    1. Display the cartridge loader media type.
    2. Set the cartridge loader media type.
  23. Run the job stream.

    See Running the job stream

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