Vendor product target volume

The libraries on this volume consist of the vendor product set that you might not have in a system-replacement order and you want to keep separate. There can be any number of this type of volume on a system.

The recommended types of data sets for this volume are:
  • Vendor target libraries (that can be separated)
  • SMP/E target CSI
  • SMP/E target data sets: SMPLTS, SMPMTS, SMPSTS, SMPSCDS
  • User catalog for the SMP/E target CSI. Unless a data set must be in the master catalog, all the vendor product target libraries should be cataloged in the user catalog.

The reason to put these data sets on this volume is to keep the data sets off volumes that are overlaid by a system replacement.

You will need to contact your vendors to determine whether their products need to be updated for each z/OS® release and whether the updates can be made ahead of time. To access the vendor's information through the Web, see http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/solutions/isv/.

Parent topic: Target libraries (TLIBs)