Abstract for DFSORT Installation and Customization

Purpose of this information

Planning is the task of making fundamental decisions about the options that a program offers. These decisions guide, set limits for, and identify requirements for the tasks of installation, customization, administration, application programming, and diagnosis. Installation is the task of making a program ready to do useful work. This task includes adding the materials on the IBM distribution tape to your system, initializing the program, and applying PTFs to the program. When you install a product, you are carrying out decisions you made in the planning step. Customization, an optional step, gives you the opportunity to tailor the program to the needs of the users at your site.

Who should read this information

Read this if you are planning to install and are installing DFSORT.

Prerequisite and related information

Use this document with the z/OS Install/Migration page for planning before installation. Use this document when you are customizing after installation. The z/OS Install/Migration page covers tasks to be done for installation. If you are installing from z/OSMF portable software instance (ServerPac), installation tasks are covered in z/OS Planning for Installation.

z/OS Install/Migration page describes all of the installation materials and gives installation instructions specific to the product release level. It also identifies and gives the contents of the functional modification identifiers (FMIDs).