SMPPUNCH output

To make it easier for you to install resolving SYSMODs for exception SYSMODs, SMP/E writes the necessary commands to the SMPPUNCH data set: SET BOUNDARY, RECEIVE (for unreceived resolving SYSMODs), RESETRC, and either ACCEPT (for distribution zones) or APPLY (for target zones). Nothing is written to SMPPUNCH for a specified zone in the following cases:

There are no exception SYSMODs for the specified zone.
There are no resolving SYSMODs for any of the exception SYSMODs or all resolving SYSMODs identified are held.
The specified zone is the global zone.
NOPUNCH was specified on the REPORT ERRSYSMODS command.

Figure 1 shows the format of the SMPPUNCH output from the REPORT ERRSYSMODS command.

Figure 1. REPORT ERRSYSMODS: Format of SMPPUNCH Output

SET BDY (GLOBAL).  /* REMOVE COMMENT IF DOING RECEIVE
RECEIVE SELECT(
        sysmod0
              )
        SYSMODS.
                   REMOVE COMMENT IF DOING RECEIVE */
RESETRC.
SET BDY (zone   ).
command SELECT(
       sysmod1   /* type RESOLVES reason  for sysmod2 FMID(sysmod3) */
      *** OR ***
    /* sysmod1      type RESOLVES reason  for sysmod2 FMID(sysmod3) */
              )
        GROUP CHECK
        BYPASS(HOLDSYSTEM, HOLDCLASS(ERREL)).

zone

is the name of the target or distribution zone in which the exception SYSMOD is currently installed.

command

is the command to be used to install the resolving SYSMODs: ACCEPT for a distribution zone, APPLY for a target zone.

sysmod0

is the ID of a resolving SYSMOD that has not been received.

sysmod1

is the ID of a resolving SYSMOD for the error reason ID.

A SYSMOD is commented out in the following cases:

The command is ACCEPT and the SYSMOD is an APAR fix. This is to avoid accepting APAR fixes into a distribution zone.
The SYSMOD has not been received.
The SYSMOD is held for an error reason ID other than ERREL.
The SYSMOD was already listed in the SMPPUNCH output.
The SYSMOD is a function. This is to avoid inadvertently installing a function.

type

is the SYSMOD type of the resolving SYSMOD.

reason

is the APAR that caused the exception SYSMOD to be held.

sysmod2

is the ID of the exception SYSMOD.

sysmod3

is the FMID of the function to which the exception SYSMOD applies.

You can edit the SMPPUNCH output before using it. For example, if you need to receive a resolving SYSMOD, you can remove the comments from the RECEIVE command, after verifying the SYSMODs in the SELECT list.