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External HOLDDATA is not part of the PTF. It resides in a separate file. It is commonly used for SYSMODs that have been distributed and later are discovered to cause problems.
Download the external HOLDDATA from CA Support Online to a DASD file, and allocate the file to the SMPHOLD DD statement. To take care of the external HOLDDATA, receive it into your SMP/E environment. If you use the jobs supplied by CA, SMP/E receives the HOLDDATA.
If a SYSMOD has an unresolved hold error, SMP/E does not install it unless you add a bypass to your APPLY command. You can bypass an error hold in situations that are not applicable to you. Error holds that are not applicable to you can include a problem that happens only with a hardware device that you do not have or in a product feature that you do not use.
When you issue the SYSMOD that resolves the hold, the resolving SYSMOD supersedes the hold error. This action lets you apply the original SYSMOD in conjunction with the fixing SYSMOD.
A special HOLDDATA class called ERREL exists. We have determined that the problem fixed by the SYSMOD is more important than the one that it causes. We recommend that you apply these SYSMODs.
To reliably manage external HOLDDATA, allow SMP/E to manage it automatically. The only manual task is running a REPORT ERRSYSMODS. This report identifies any held SYSMODs already applied to your system. If the resolving SYSMOD is in RECEIVE status, SMP/E identifies the SYSMOD to apply to correct the situation.
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