How to Install the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z › Prepare for the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System Z Installation

Prepare for the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System Z Installation

To prepare for the installation, confirm the following requirements:

You install the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z components on the following systems: z/OS, z/VM, and Linux.

• Your z/OS system must have a currently supported version of z/OS.

  Note: An Install Utility is distributed to help you with the installation and setup. The utility uses ISPF Table Services and requires a data set to be allocated to the ISPTABL DD. If you encounter a 'Library not Allocated' message, allocate a data set to ISPTABL DD (FB 80 PDS). For more information, see the IBM ISPF User Guide.

• Your z/VM system must satisfy the following requirements:
  • The system has a currently supported version of z/VM.
  • The system has at least one of the following libraries for REXX:
    • Library for REXX on zSeries (5695-014)
    • Alternate Library for REXX on zSeries Version 1.4.0 for use with z/VM

  Note: If you do not have the Library for REXX, you can acquire the Alternate Library from:http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=960&uid=swg24006250.

• Your Linux system must have an IBM-certified version of one of the following operating systems:
  • Red Hat at minimum release level 6
  • SuSE at minimum release level 11.1
• Your executable version of the following SMP/E target data set must be accessible:
  • CAI.CC2DLINK must be accessible through system Linklist.
  • CAI.CC2DLOAD must be accessible through JCL STEPLIB.

    Important: Because this load library contains common CA Management Services modules, if any of the following software is installed at your site do not linklist this library: Chorus, CMDB Connector, NetMaster, OPS/MVS WebCenter, or SOLVE. Doing so can impact backward and forward compatibility with these software products.

  • CC2DLPA must be accessible through LPA.
• z/OS UNIX file system space that is required for the downloaded and unpacked files: 115 MB.
• For the installation and setup, the following space is required:
  • Installation = 775 cylinders
  • IBM System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E) libraries = 45 cylinders
  • Setup = 195 cylinders
  • Setup temporary work area = 430 cylinders
  • z/OS UNIX file system space = 20 KB

Each deployed z/VM agent has the following space requirement: Three cylinders.

The Linux agent has the following Linux file system space requirements: