The REPORT CROSSZONE command

This command helps you synchronize the service levels of different products when the products are installed in different zones. It allows for the specification of target and DLIB zones that are defined either in the same global zone or in different global zones. Specifically, REPORT CROSSZONE lists conditional requisites that must be installed in certain zones because of SYSMODs that are installed in other zones. Information about these requisites is provided in the Cross-Zone Requisite SYSMOD report. The commands needed to install the requisites are written to the SMPPUNCH data set.

For example, suppose you have two versions of a product: one for z/OS® and one for OS/390®. Each version is installed on a different system and in different target and distribution zones. To keep the two versions synchronized, the service for one version may specify service for the other version as a conditional requisite. However, because the versions are not in the same target or distribution zones, neither zone contains information about conditional requisites defined in the other zone. Therefore, SMP/E cannot use the information to keep the two versions synchronized. Instead, you can use the REPORT CROSSZONE command to obtain a summary of the requisite information and have SMP/E generate the commands needed to install the requisites into the appropriate zones.