Another source of exception SYSMOD data is the PSP file, available through IBMLINK or from the IBM® Support Center. For each service level that is applicable to a specific environment, there is a PSP file containing additional HOLDDATA. This file contains all the ++HOLD and ++RELEASE statements applicable to PTFs on either that service level or previous ones. You should process this PSP file before you install an ESO or before you install a CBPDO tape that includes PTFs from that service level.

When you are ready to install a CBPDO or ESO, you must take the following steps:

1. Make sure you have received the HOLDDATA from, at minimum, all the CBPDOs and ESOs up to the service level of the tape you are installing. You should receive the HOLDDATA from all the available tapes to reduce the amount of data that you have to get from PSP.
2. Use IBMLINK or contact the IBM Support Center to get the latest CORPE PSP file, as well as the PSP file associated with the latest service level for which you have received HOLDDATA (not the PSP file for the service level that you are installing).
3. Create a data set containing the ++HOLD statements obtained from IBMLINK or the IBM Support Center.
4. Receive that data set using the SMP/E dialogs or the following sample job.

   //RECHOLD  JOB 'accounting info',MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
   //RECEIVE  EXEC SMPPROC
   //SMPHOLD  DD …data describing your data set
   //SMPCNTL  DD *
   SET      BDY(GLOBAL)        /* Set to global zone.   */.
   RECEIVE  HOLDDATA           /* Receive only exception
                                  SYSMOD data.          */.
   /*

You should also use IBMLINK or contact the IBM Support Center to get PSP information whenever you are installing corrective service. Before installing a PTF in corrective mode, determine the service level on which it was initially shipped. Then contact the IBM Support Center to get the PSP data associated with that service level to determine whether there are any ++HOLD statements for that PTF. If so, process them and install the PTF.