Installation tasks

Some mainframe sites have a person in a dedicated installer role to install the mainframe and distributed software. The installer usually performs the SMP/E installation steps described in the Program Directory. Other duties might include preparing the installation environment and customizing the installation.

The system programmer performs installations and configurations and secures permissions to allocate and use resources.

In addition to these duties, the system programmer might also perform installation tasks that you typically associate with installers. In particular, the system programmer resolves system-level problems.