Planning for installation

The IBM® packages that are available for installing CICS® TS are a system replace method called ServerPac and the Custom-Built Product Delivery Option (CBPDO).

You can install CICS TS by using the standard IBM installation methods, or by using the CICS-supplied DFHISTAR jobs.

  • If you order ServerPac, you receive the following items:
    • A series of tapes, each in IEBCOPY dump-by-data set format (not a physical volume dump) containing a complete generated CICS TS system. This system consists of distribution and target libraries, consolidated software inventory (CSI), and other SMP/E libraries already generated. CICS TS elements and their service are integrated into distribution and target libraries.

      IBM® has performed an IPL of the system and run all installation verification programs (IVPs) before shipment.

    • A CustomPac dialog, accessed through ISPF, that produces jobs that unload the tape to DASD. Through the dialog, you can name the data sets and place them in the catalogs you specify. The following documentation is included and tells you how to use the dialog:
    • All unintegrated service, available on a service tape.
    • Sample jobs to assist with the installation of CICS TS product and service.
    Through the dialog, you can do the following tasks:
    • Name the data sets and place them on the volumes and in the catalogs you choose.
    • Save configuration data for the next install, easing your move to the next release of CICS TS.
    • Run tailored postinstallation verification jobs.
  • If you order CBPDO, you receive one logically stacked SMP/E RELFILE tape that contains all the base elements. Depending on your customer profile, you receive uninstalled service. You also receive the following items:
    • Sample jobs to help you install CICS TS and service.
    • The CBPDO Memo to Users Extension and and program materials that describe your CBPDO order.

    For information about installing by using the DFHISTAR jobs, see Installing CICS TS using DFHISTAR.

Figure 1 illustrates the content differences between the ServerPac method and the CBPDO method of installing CICS TS.
Figure 1. Contents of the ServerPac and the CBPDO Delivery
The figure shows the components of a ServerPac tape as (in order) Integration-tested code and PTFs, Hipers, PE fixes, PTFs required for new products, Other IBM products you might have ordered, and PTFs not integrated and available for preventive maintenance. (All but the last of these are marked “Integrated into libraries”.) Also illustrated are the contents of a CBPDO tape, they are (in order) Integration-tested code in RELFILE format, Integration-tested PTFs, Hipers, PE fixes, and Uninstalled PTFs based on your customer profile. (All but the last of these is marked “IBM recommends you install this code”.) The figure ends with the observation “All service in both deliverables is current to inside a week of order.”