Customizing your environment for z/OS Spark

Before you can use z/OS® Spark, you must customize your environment for it and its dependent products. Complete this task after you install Open Data Analytics for z/OS but before your first use of it.

Before you begin

Follow the instructions in Installing IBM Open Data Analytics for z/OS to install Open Data Analytics for z/OS on your system.

About this task

The default program location for z/OS Spark is /usr/lpp/IBM/izoda/spark/.

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to customize your environment for z/OS Spark. You can use the z/OS Spark configuration workflow as described in Using the Spark configuration workflow or you can follow these individual steps. You will need access to a TSO session, an OMVS session (preferably through a Putty terminal):
  1. Verifying the Java and bash environments
  2. Verifying configuration requirements for z/OS UNIX System Services
  3. Setting up a user ID for use with z/OS Spark
  4. Verifying the env command path
  5. Customizing the Apache Spark directory structure
    1. Creating the Apache Spark configuration directory
    2. Updating the Apache Spark configuration files
    3. Creating the Apache Spark working directories
  6. Configuring networking for Apache Spark
  7. Configuring z/OS Spark client authentication
  8. Configuring IBM Java
  9. Creating jobs to start and stop Spark processes
  10. Setting up started tasks to start and stop Spark processes
  11. Configuring memory and CPU options
  12. Configuring z/OS workload management for Apache Spark

Results

You have customized your environment for z/OS Spark.

What to do next

Continue with Customizing the Data Service server.