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Prepare for System Generation (SYSGEN)

Preparing for a system generation has three parts:

• New installation
• Upgrade installation
• Verify environments on all affected LPARs

New Installation:

Refer to the Master Preparation Checklist to complete values to use for the SYSGEN process. This checklist helps complete the macros that are used in generating the CA 7 JCLLIB.

The Stage I SYSGEN Macros appendix contains details about the macros in the SYSGEN. You can use the CAL2JCL member AL2GEN as a model.

• Three keywords on the U7PARMS macro let you control the data set name prefixes for CA WA CA 7 Edition:

  NODE

  Specifies the data set name prefix for all non-VSAM/non-SMP/E CA WA CA 7 Edition data sets (logs, and so forth).

  TARGET

  Specifies the data set name prefix for all CA WA CA 7 Edition SMP/E controlled target libraries (CAL2MAC, CAL2LOAD, and so forth). Specify the prefix that you used when you created the SMP/E data sets.

  VSAM

  Specifies the data set name prefix to use for the CA WA CA 7 Edition Agent VSAM file.

  CAI.CA7 is the default value for NODE. If the TARGET prefix, VSAM prefix, or both are not specified, they default to the NODE prefix value.

• You can specify the CA Datacom/AD dsname prefixes in the keywords CUSLIB and CAXXLOAD.
• Do you want the first four characters of the job names to be other than CA07? The default for the Stage II installation job names is CA07xxxx, where xxxx is a suffix (for example, N010, N020). (U7JOBCRD macro, JOBNAME= keyword)
• Do you require specific procedure names for the CA WA CA 7 Edition cataloged procedures, or do the defaults suffice (default = CA7xxxx)? (U7PNAMES)
• Are any of the CA WA CA 7 Edition data sets to reside on a volume other than the one coded on the U7PARMS macro? (U7VOL)
• Is the data set space allocation to be different from the defaults? (U7SPACE)
• Are you using a specific data set name for the tape file that contains the log data? (U7TEST)
• Does CA WA CA 7 Edition submit jobs to a system that shares DASD but does not share JES with the CA WA CA 7 Edition host? If so, a CA WA CA 7 Edition submit data set is required for each system. Indicate the number of these data sets using the NSUBMT= keyword on the U7PARMS macro.
• Names for the VTAM and ISPF definitions from the preparing for installation task are specified on the U7IFACE macro.
• Do you have CA WA Restart Option (ARTS) installed? (U7IFACE macro, U11LD keyword) Do you have CA 1 (TMS) installed? (U7IFACE macro, U01LD keyword)
• Do you plan to run the CA WA CA 7 Edition Network Communications Facility (NCF)?

  If this site is an NCF1 site (running both CA WA CA 7 Edition and NCF), specify NCF1=YES in the U7PARMS macro.

  If this site is an NCF2 site (running NCF but not CA WA CA 7 Edition), specify NCF2=YES in the U7PARMS macro.

• If you want this copy to be something other than the primary copy of CA WA CA 7 Edition, specify INSTANCE=CA7n on the U7GEN macro. n is a number from 2 through 8.

  Note: For more information about running multiple CA 7 instances, see Installing Multiple Instances.

Upgrade Installation:

Consider generating a new CA WA CA 7 Edition JCLLIB library for Version 12.0. Many additions, deletions, and changes to the Version 12.0 JCLLIB complicate efforts to upgrade your current JCLLIB. You can compare the Version 12.0 members with the r11.3 members to highlight the changes. See Database Conversion for more details.

The best way to perform a Version 12.0 SYSGEN is to modify your existing SYSGEN macros. Follow the upgrade instructions in Assemble Stage I SYSGEN Macros.

Follow the configuration steps for the process you are using. Pay attention to anything that specifically represents an "upgrade environment" in the step.

Verify Environment on All Affected LPARs

Verify that the following tasks are complete:

• If CAIRIM has not been executed to load your currently installed (pre-Version 12.0) release of the CA WA CA 7 Edition SVC and SMF exits, do so now.
• Ensure that this execution is been done on all LPARs involved in this upgrade.
• Create a job using the member AL2ENVR in the CA WA CA 7 Edition JCL library CAL2JCL. Execute this job on every LPAR involved in the upgrade and retain the output from each run. This job reports system options in effect for your currently installed copy of CA WA CA 7 Edition.
• Create a job using member AL2SC801 in the CA WA CA 7 Edition JCL library CAL2JCL. Execute this job on every LPAR involved in the upgrade and retain the output from each run. This process generates recommendations for system options that you can use later in the upgrade process.

Using Stage I SYSGEN Macros and the preceding coding notes, code the SYSGEN macros for your site. You can use the AL2GEN member in the CA WA CA 7 Edition JCL library CAL2JCL as a model.