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Earl Service Requirements

Earl Service has the following installation requirements:

• An IBM supported z/OS version.
• Earl Service requires CA Sort for z/OS, IBM DF/Sort, or a compatible product with the module name SORT.

The following lists the minimum storage requirements for each Earl Service distribution library. This list does not necessarily represent the actual distribution library allocation that is provided during the installation. Data set allocation JCL and (MSM) XML contains a block size of 0 for FB data sets with an LRECL of 80. This change was made to follow both the IBM SMP/E packaging standards, and the CA Technologies packaging standards. Specifying BLKSIZE=0 allows your system to use the most efficient block size for these data sets.