External HOLDDATA

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External HOLDDATA

External HOLDDATA is not part of the PTF. The HOLDDATA resides in a separate file and contains both error and FIXCAT HOLDDATA. The error HOLDDATA is commonly used for SYSMODs that have been distributed and later are discovered to cause problems. The FIXCAT HOLDDATA helps identify maintenance that is required to support a particular hardware device, software, or function.

Download the external HOLDDATA from http://ca.com/support 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. SMP/E receives the HOLDDATA from CA-supplied jobs.

You can find JCL to download the external HOLDDATA in your SAMPJCL member. Open BRM1HOLD in an edit session and execute the BRMSEDIT macro on the command line. Then, submit the JCL.

Error 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 CA Technologies publishes a 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 that is 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.

The only manual task is running a REPORT ERRSYSMODS. This report identifies the following:

Any held SYSMODs already applied to your system
Any resolving SYSMODs that are in RECEIVE status

SMP/E identifies the SYSMOD to apply to correct the situation.

FIXCAT HOLDDATA

CA Technologies provides FIXCAT HOLDDATA to help identify maintenance that is required to support a particular hardware device, software, or function. Fix categories are supplied as SMP/E FIXCAT HOLDDATA statements. Each FIXCAT HOLDDATA statement associates an APAR and its related fixing PTF to one or more fix categories.