Installing and configuring DSFS

z/OS Data Set File System (DSFS) is a base element of z/OS®. To use the DSFS support, you must configure the support on the system. Configuration includes the following administrative tasks:

  • Setting up DSFS to run in a colony address space.
  • Defining the DSFS physical file system to z/OS UNIX.
  • Creating or updating the DSFS parameter data set IDFFSPRM.
  • Defining the DSFS utility file system.
  • Creating the mount point for DSFS.
  • Start of changeAdding a MOUNT statement in the BPXPRMxx member to mount the DSFS utility file system at IPL.End of change