Review PSP buckets
Description
You should check the preventive service planning (PSP) "buckets" for important software and hardware installation and maintenance information that occurs too late in the development cycle to be included in the product publications. Included are PTFs for both service and small programming enhancements (SPEs).
Table 1 provides more details about this migration action. Use this information to plan your changes to the system.
| Element or feature: | Multiple |
|---|---|
| When change was introduced: | General migration action not tied to a specific release. |
| Applies to migration from: | z/OS® V2R1 and z/OS V1R13. |
| Timing: | Before installing z/OS V2R2. |
| Is the migration action required? | Yes |
| Target system hardware requirements: | None. |
| Target system software requirements: | None. |
| Other system (coexistence or fallback) requirements: | None. |
| Restrictions: | None. |
| System impacts: | None. |
| Related IBM® Health Checker for z/OS check: | None. |
Steps to take
Follow these steps:
- Identify which PSP buckets to review. For this task you will need
to know:
- PSP bucket upgrade IDs (or "upgrades"). The most relevant upgrades are those related to z/OS V2R2 and its servers. The z/OS V2R2 upgrade is ZOSV2R2; the server upgrades are shown in Table 2.
- FIXCAT values if you use the SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX command in
conjunction with the FIXCAT type of HOLDDATA (as mentioned in the
tip that follows). The FIXCAT values are shown in Table 2. Note:
- The values shown are for the minimum support necessary for the servers. If you exploit additional functions on a server, the FIXCAT value will have additional qualifiers.
- You must run z/OS V2R2 on a z10™ EC or z10 BC or later. See Ensure that you are running on supported servers and storage controllers.
- Obtain the PSP buckets from http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/psp/srchBroker or from IBMLink.
- Review the PSP buckets and take whatever actions are prescribed.
Tip: To simplify finding the appropriate PSP
bucket and identifying which PTFs listed in the PSP bucket need to
be installed on your system, you can use SMP/E FIXCATs and the REPORT
MISSINGFIX command. The FIXCAT values are shown in Table 2.
| Server | Upgrade | FIXCAT value |
|---|---|---|
| z13™ | 2964DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.z13-2964 |
 z13sTM |
2965DEVICE |
IBM.Device.Server.z13S-2965 |
| zBC12 | 2828DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.zBC12-2828 |
| zEC12 | 2827DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.zEC12-2827 |
| z114 | 2818DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.z114-2818 |
| z196 | 2817DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.z196-2817 |
| z10 EC | 2097DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.z10-EC-2097 |
| z10 BC | 2098DEVICE | IBM.Device.Server.z10-BC-2098 |
Reference information
For more information,
see the following references:
- For z/OS subsets, see z/OS Program Directory at the z/OS installation related information website.
- For details about the SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX command, see SMP/E for z/OS Commands.