SystemPac (additional charge with z/OS)

SystemPac is a software package, available for an additional fee and offered worldwide, that helps you install z/OS®, subsystems (DB2®, IMS™, CICS®, NCP, and WebSphere® Application Server). SystemPac is tailored to your specifications; it is manufactured according to parameters and input/output definition file (IODF) definitions that you supply during order entry. The goal is to have the system tailored to your specifications and have products enabled according to your specified configuration. Parameters are collected by telephone. Using a printed questionnaire as a guide, you tell an IBM® representative your responses. Upon completion, a printout showing all the parameters and definitions you specified is sent to you for reference.

SystemPac comes in two formats:

The full volume dump format requires you to install using volume restore. The tapes you receive are in physical volume format (DFSMSdss dumped or Innovation Data Processing FDR dumped, depending on your choice during ordering).
The dump-by-data-set format requires you to install using the CustomPac Installation Dialog. The tapes you receive are in IEBCOPY dump-by-data-set format (not a physical volume dump).

In both formats, selected products, elements, features, and functions (such as z/OS UNIX, Communications Server, IBM HTTP Server, and WLM goal mode) are enabled with IBM defaults to allow you to exploit e-commerce upon IPL once your enterprise connectivity is established.

SystemPac is designed for those who have limited skill or time to install or upgrade z/OS but who want to install or upgrade to exploit z/OS functions in e-commerce or other areas.

You can find information about SystemPac on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/services/custompac.