Specifying the SMS option for DASD allocations

Specify the extent to which you want to leave the allocation of CICS® TS installation data sets to SMS. You can either let SMS handle all DASD allocation, or you can use volume parameters to control the allocations that do not have to be managed by SMS.

Some CICS TS data sets are installed in PDSE data sets. These are the following data sets:
  • The SMP/E SMPLTS data set.
  • The distribution library, ADFJMOD.
  • The target library, SDFJAUTH.

See Program Directory for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS for information about these data sets.

SMS YES | NO
If you specify SMS YES, the VOLUME parameter is omitted from the generated installation jobs and all data set allocations are handled by SMS.

If you specify SMS NO, the VOLUME parameter is included on the generated installation jobs, and is recognized according to your SMS configuration. The VOLUME parameters used are those specified on the ADDTVOL, DEFVOL, DISTVOL, CMACVOL, OPTVOL, SMPVOL, and TARGVOL parameters.