Steps for optimizing IBM Health Checker for z/OS

To optimize your IBM® Health Checker for z/OS® set-up, you'll want to do the following set-up steps before IPLing z/OS:

• If you want to get IBM Health Checker for z/OS started quickly, see In a rush? Use these basic steps.
• Otherwise, use the following steps to set up and start IBM Health Checker for z/OS:
  1. Customizing the IBM Health Checker for z/OS procedure
  2. Software requirements
  3. Allocate the HZSPDATA data set to save check data between restarts
  4. Optionally set up the HZSPRINT utility
  5. Optionally define log streams to keep a record of the check output
  6. Create security definitions
  7. Optionally set up SDSF for IBM Health Checker for z/OS support using the IBM Health Checker for z/OS Small Programming Enhancement sections in z/OS SDSF Operation and Customization.
  8. Create multilevel security definitions
  9. Create HZSPRMxx parmlib members and Tell the system which HZSPRMxx members you want to use
  10. Assign IBM Health Checker for z/OS to a WLM service class
  11. Obtain checks for IBM Health Checker for z/OS