The GZONEMERGE command is intended to simplify the process of migrating information from one global zone into another. It does not eliminate the need for you to decide how to configure the SMP/E environment to support the products to be used.

If either the CONTENT or FORFMID operand is specified or assumed by default, SMPPTS data sets are required for both the originating global zone and the destination global zone. These two SMPPTS data sets must have different names.

The originating SMPCSI data set is always required.

Before merging one global zone into another, it is recommended that you first clean up the originating global zone and its related SMPPTS to reduce the amount of data to be merged. You should do this by deleting all unneeded SYSMOD and HOLDDATA entries from the global zone, and deleting unneeded from the SMPPTS. You can use the REJECT NOFMID command to delete those entries related to FMIDs that are no longer needed. Also, rather than manually determine which FMIDs to delete, you can use the sample programs GIMCRSAM and GIMPRSAM (provided in SYS1.SAMPLIB) to help you create a REJECT NOFMID command for the FMIDs that are superseded or deleted in the DLIB zones you specify.