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Update VSAM Data Sets

If an installed SMP fix contains maintenance for the VSAM data sets, maintenance option V of the Install Utility becomes available. To complete maintenance, select the option to update the data sets for the regions you have set up.

Follow these steps:

  1. Access the ISPF/PDF Primary Menu, and select the COMMAND option.

    The ISPF Command Shell panel appears.

  2. At the command prompt, execute the following command: 
    EXEC 'dsnpref.NMC1.CC2DJCL(INSTALL)'

    The Install Utility title panel appears.

  3. Press Enter.

    The Install Utility Primary Menu panel appears.

  4. Enter 8 (Maintain Products).

    The MAINTENANCE Primary Menu panel appears.

  5. Enter V (Update MODS, PANELS, OSCNTL and NETINFO data sets with installed maintenance).

    The MAINTENANCE Shared Region Data Sets panel appears.

  6. Review the information, and press Enter.
  7. At the MAINTENANCE JOBCARD Information panel, specify your JOBCARD details and press Enter.
  8. At the MAINTENANCE JCL Library Creation panel, review your fix JCL library. The default library name is: 
    dsnpref.NMC1.FIX.VSAMUPD.JCL
    dsnpref

    The same data set prefix used for the dsnpref.NMC1.CC2DJCL data set.

    Note: Each time you apply maintenance, use a new output data set. The new data set helps ensure that the only jobs in your maintenance JCL library are the jobs required for the maintenance you are installing. To use a new data set, take one of the following actions:

  9. Press Enter to proceed with the generation of the maintenance JCL.
  10. Submit and run the job F21RFRSH to update the VSAM data sets.

    Note: The utility also generates the following jobs: F22DUMP and F23REST. If a shared DASD is not available, the jobs help you deploy those updates to a target system. The F22DUMP job creates backup data set that include the updated VSAM data sets, which you deploy to the target system. This backup data set is dsnpref.DFDSS.SHARED. The F23REST job, when submitted on the target system, restores the updated VSAM data sets from the backup data sets.

  11. Press F3.

    The Install Utility Primary Menu panel appears.

  12. Press F4 to exit the Install Utility Primary Menu panel and return to the ISPF Command Shell panel, or continue with the other options.