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How to Install a Product Using Pax Enhanced ESD Files

This section describes the Pax-Enhanced ESD process. We recommend that you read this overview and follow the entire procedure the first time you complete a Pax-Enhanced installation. Experienced UNIX users may find the Pax-Enhanced ESD Quick Reference Guide or this overview sufficient for subsequent installations.

Important! Downloading pax files for the SMP/E installation as part of the Pax-Enhanced ESD process requires write authority to the UNIX System Services (USS) directories used for the process.

If your site limits the access to z/OS UNIX System Services and you do not have the authority, provide a list of the MVS data sets to an authorized individual to perform steps 1 through 4. USS is not required for the actual SMP/E RECEIVE of a product. However, the remaining installation steps may require USS, based upon the products you are installing. If you are installing a product that requires USS such as Agent Technology, Event Management or the version of Tomcat shipped with CA Common Services, you must have USS authority to perform the installation.

To install files using Pax Enhanced ESD files, use the following process:

1. Allocate and mount the file system. This process requires a USS directory to receive the pax file and to perform the unpack steps. We recommend that you allocate and mount a file system dedicated to Pax-Enhanced ESD Installations and create a directory in this file system. Ensure that all users who will be working with pax files have write authority to the directory.
2. Copy the product pax files into your USS directory and choose one of the following options:
   • Download a zip file from CA Support Online to your PC, unzip the file, and then upload the product pax files to your USS directory.
   • FTP the pax files from CA Support Online directly to your USS directory.
   • Load the DVD into your PC and Upload the pax files to your USS directory

   Note: Perform the following steps for each pax file that you upload to your USS directory.

   CA Common Services software components are packaged using four pax files.

   To determine which pax files to download, see the Introduction chapter.

3. Create a product directory from the pax file. Set the current working directory to the directory containing the pax file, and create a new directory in your USS directory by entering the following command:

   pax -rvf pax-file-name
   

4. Copy Installation Files to z/OS Data Sets. Use the SMP/E GIMUNZIP utility to create z/OS installation data sets. The file UNZIPJCL in the directory created by the pax command in Step 3 contains a sample job to GIMUNZIP the installation package. Edit and submit the UNZIPJCL job.
5. Perform the product installation. Consult product-specific documentation, including AREADME files and installation notes to complete the product installation.
6. (Optional) Clean up the USS directory. Delete the pax file, the directory created by the pax command, all of the files in it, and the SMP/E RELFILEs, SMPMCS, and HOLDDATA data sets.
7. Apply Maintenance.
8. Deploy Products.
9. Configure.