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Installation Preparation

Before you begin the installation steps, review the following items:

• To understand what is new, including the enhancements and changes that have been made after the previous release, read the Release Notes.
• As a precaution, perform the installation and initial evaluations of the product and its components in a test environment. This testing lets you detect any possible conflicts with other vendor products.
• Decide which options and components you want to install and enable.
• Be sure that all prerequisites and system requirements are met.
• The IBM Resource Management Facility (RMF) must be installed for the CA SYSVIEW RMF component to work properly. The RMF component displays data obtained from RMF.
• IBM REXX Library:

  The SYSLOG, OUTPUT, IPCONFIG, IPSTATS, and IPDEVICE commands, and the DASHBOARD objects, use compiled REXX programs, which require one of the following libraries:

  • Library for REXX on zSeries
  • Alternate Library for REXX

  The Alternate Library for REXX is free and lets you run REXX compiled code without having to purchase the Library for REXX on zSeries. The Alternate Library for REXX is included with z/OS V1R9, or you can access it from the following link:

  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/Alternate REXX Library

• To use CA Common Services for z/OS components and features, be sure that the requirements that apply to the following components are met:
  • CAIRIM
  • CA LMP of CAIRIM
  • CAICCI
  • CA GSS
  • CA Health Checker
  • CA zIIP Enablement Services of CAIRIM
• If CA SYSVIEW is being dynamically installed after each IPL, be sure that the SYSVIEW main address started task procedure is started before CA GSS. The SYSVIEW started task procedure contains an initial step that dynamically installs the product.
• SMP/E is the tool used for installing, maintaining, and servicing CA SYSVIEW. SMP/E selects the proper levels of elements that are installed, calls system utility programs to install changes, and keeps records of these changes.
• Before CA SYSVIEW can start, code CA LMP statements for product license authorization.
• Before CA SYSVIEW can start, authorize the CA SYSVIEW features using the CA LMP facility of CAIRIM.