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Event Management Maintenance Considerations

Event Management and the Event Management utilities are installed into several different SMP/E target libraries:

• The traditional PDS and PDSE data sets like CNSMLOAD and CNSMPLD load libraries and possibly the CNSMJCL and CNSMPROC libraries for JCL template changes.
• Two USS zFS data sets:
  • Read-Only zFS aggregate that contains the executables, scripts, HTML, and Java class files.
  • Read-Write zFS aggregate that contains the system-specific information such as Event Management log files, temporary files, and configuration files for that system.

When a new service pack becomes available, to perform maintenance without disrupting the running system

Important! Never use the SMP/E target libraries as your executable code. Always deploy the SMP/E target libraries at least once and run off the deployed data sets.

1. Confirm that no CCS components are executing from the SMP/E environment.
2. Confirm the SMP/E DDDEFs are correct and have not been altered from the original installation.
3. Confirm that the SMP/E Target USS zFS data sets are mounted RW at the same point that is used during the SMP/E installation.
4. RECEIVE and APPLY the maintenance as usual to the SMP/E targets.
5. Redeploy the SMP/E Read-Only zFS to the production system using a different HLQ and mount point from the production HLQ and mount point. Do not redeploy the RW zFS.
6. Run the premaintenance job CNSMJCL (EMPREMT) against your running libraries to save your production configuration. Edit the script to point to the production mount point.
7. Mount the newly deployed Read-Only zFS at its unique mount point if not already done.
8. Run the post-maintenance job CNSMJCL (EMPOSTMT) from your running libraries to restore the configuration. Edit this script to refer to both the production mount point and to the newly deployed USS zFS data set mount point.
9. Once the EMPOSTMT script has completed, you can:
   1. Unmount the newly deployed RO zFS data set.
   2. Shut down the running product.
   3. Unmount both the running product zFS data sets.
   4. Swap in all the newly deployed RO data set as production using the same mount points as were previously used for production. Mount the existing RW production data set at its production mount point.
10. The SYS1.PARMLIB(BPXPRMxx) member does not require any changes because the zFS data sets are mounted at the same mount points as were previously used.