Configure the Software Management service

To use the Software Management task, you must configure it as described in this topic.

Description

You can use the Software Management task to manage your z/OS software inventory, deploy SMP/E packaged and installed software, and generate reports about your software.

Dependencies on other z/OSMF services

The Software Management service requires the following services to be configured:

TSO/E address space services, as described in Configure the TSO/E address space services
z/OS data set and file REST services, as described in Configure the z/OS data set and file REST services
z/OS jobs REST services, as described in Configure the z/OS jobs REST services

You might also need to enable z/OSMF Workflows; see Optional extensions to this service.

Security setup

To assist you with performing the security setup, IBM provides the sample security job IZUDMSEC in SYS1.SAMPLIB.

Do the following:

Make a copy of this job.
Review and edit the job, if necessary.
Submit the job as a batch job on your z/OS system.

Ensure that the IZUDMSEC job completes with return code 0000. To verify, check the results of the job execution in the job log, for example, by using SDSF.

Host system customization

Your z/OS system requires further customization. Follow the instructions in the following topic:

Updating z/OS for the Software Deployment service

Note: If your system uses JES3 as its primary subsystem, and you find that jobs are not running, verify that JES3 is configured to allow multiple jobs with the same name. The JES3 option DUPJOBNM option must be set to YES. For more information, see the note regarding JES3 in Host system customization.

Optional extensions to this service

You can further extend the function of this service by enabling other, corequisite services in z/OSMF. Table 1 describes these dependencies.

Table 1. Optional extensions to the Software Management service
Functional extensions to this service	Co-requisite z/OSMF services	Reason for enabling
z/OSMF Workflows. For set-up instructions, see Configure the z/OSMF Workflows task.	z/OSMF Workflows	If you want to open a workflow from a software instance in Software Management, you require the z/OSMF Workflows service.