Installing Product Materials

This section contains the following topics:

The following is a brief description of the main steps in installing this product using VMSES/E.

Plan your Installation
Use the VMFINS command to load several VMSES/E files from the product envelope and to obtain product resource requirements.
Allocate Product Resources
The information obtained from the previous step is used to allocate the appropriate minidisks (or SFS directories) and a user ID to own them. This set of disks contains the loaded product materials and is where the code is serviced. The allocation of resources used to deploy the product is described separately in the chapter Deploying the Product.
Install the Product Materials
Use the VMFINS command to load the product files from the envelope to the test BUILD and BASE minidisks/directories. VMFINS is then used to update the VM SYSBLDS file used by VMSES/E for software inventory management.
Update the Software Inventory
Use the VMFINS command to update the software inventory to prepare the product materials for later service application by updating the Software Inventory status tables.