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How You Deploy CA Mainframe Connector Maintenance

After you install the maintenance, you deploy updated software to the z/OS regions on the target systems. The process includes the following stages:

1. (Optional) If maintenance exists for VSAM data sets (as indicated by HOLDDATA), apply the maintenance using the Install Utility. Select Option 6, V.

   Note: Option V is selectable only if VSAM maintenance exists.

2. (Optional) If maintenance exists for VSAM data sets, submit the Mz90DUMP job.

   z

   Is a character that is used to identify the members generated from a fixes data set that contains maintenance for VSAM data sets.

3. Shut down the regions you want to maintain.
4. Deploy the maintenance to each target system using CA CSM. If there is VSAM maintenance, include the dsnpref.DFDSS.SHAREDz and dsnpref.CNTL data sets as custom data sets.

   Note: We recommend that you back up the existing SHAREDz data set on a target system before you perform the deployment.

5. (Optional) If maintenance exists for VSAM data sets, review the Mz91REST job on a target system and customize as required. Submit the job.

   The job restores the files in the dsnpref.DFDSS.SHAREDz data set only.

6. Restart the regions.