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).

Figure 1. The content differences of ServerPac and CBPDO
The figure shows the components of a ServerPac package 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 package, 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.”

ServerPac

The ServerPac can be installed through the z/OSMF Software Management task.

During the ServerPac installation, you configure your installation to map to your environment, such as data set naming, data set placement, catalog specification, and so on.

If you order ServerPac, you receive the following items:
  • DVDs (ServerPac install only) or a downloadable package containing a complete, generated CICS TS system.
  • Sample jobs to assist with the installation of the CICS TS product and service.

If you ordered the portable software instance of the ServerPac, you use the z/OSMF Software Management task to acquire the files, then customize and deploy them. See Downloading a ServerPac in PSI format for details.

CBPDO (Custom-Build Product Delivery Option)

CBPDO (Custom-Built Product Delivery Option) is an entitled software delivery package that consists of uninstalled products and unintegrated service. There is no dialog program to help you install it, as there is with ServerPac. You must use SMP/E to install.

If you order CBPDO, you can download one logically stacked SMP/E RELFILE package 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 program materials that describe your CBPDO order.

Installing

You can install CICS TS by using the standard IBM installation methods, or by using the CICS-supplied DFHISTAR jobs. For information about installing by using the DFHISTAR jobs, see Installing CICS TS using DFHISTAR.