Requesting a z/OS ship list package

A z/OS® package build uses the information in a z/OS package definition to generate an archive of deployable binary files as a compressed file. Create and configure your z/OS package definition, and then request a ship list package that is based on those specifications.

1. Expand your project area, and expand Enterprise Extensions > Packages, and then right-click your z/OS package definition.
2. Select Create Package.
   The Create Package wizard opens.
3. On the Packaging Type Selection window, select Ship list packaging, which is the default option.
   1. Optional: Add a time stamp in this format: YYYYMMDD-HHmmssSSSS, for example, 20130523-1204590526.
      Adding a time stamp packages any artifacts in the ship list that are newer than the time that is indicated.
   2. If you are requesting a package for UrbanCode Deploy, and you selected Prompt on request for the version naming convention when you created the package definition, you must enter the component version name for the UrbanCode Deploy package in the UrbanCode Deploy package version name field. This value is required.
   3. Optional: To change the user authority for running this package, expand the Build Agent Authentication Override section and enter a user name and password.
   4. Optional: To change the build properties that are associated with this package, expand the Build Properties section and add, edit, or remove properties.
   5. Click Next.
4. Optional: On the PDS Mapping Selection page, specify additional changes to your PDS mapping table before you create your package. Click Add or Edit, and the Mapping Entry Manager wizard opens. Indicate which PDS you want to map from, and which PDS you want to map to. Click OK, and then click Next in the PDS Mapping Selection page.
5. Optional: In the Include Ship List Selection page, specify any additional changes to your include ship list table before you create your package. Click Add or Edit, and the Ship List Manager wizard opens.
   1. If you do not specify a build definition in your package definition, Add generic filter is the only available option. Indicate a data set filter and a member filter.
   2. If you select a build definition, Select specific members is selected by default. Indicate a data set filter and a member filter.
   3. Click OK.
      You are returned to the Include Ship List Selection window, and your filters are displayed in the Include table. Click Next.
6. Optional: In the Exclude Ship List Selection window, specify any additional changes to your exclude ship list table before you create your package. Click Add or Edit, and the Ship List Manager wizard opens.
   1. If you do not specify a build definition in your package definition, Add generic filter is the only available option. Indicate a data set filter and a member filter.
   2. If you select a build definition, Select specific members is selected by default. Indicate a data set filter and a member filter.
   3. Click OK.
      You are returned to the Exclude Ship List Selection window, and your filters are displayed in the Exclude table.
7. Click Finish.