Review PSP buckets

Description: You should check the preventive service planning (PSP) "buckets" for important software and hardware installation and maintenance information that occurs too late in the development cycle to be included in the product publications. Included are PTFs for both service and small programming enhancements (SPEs).

Steps to take: Follow these steps:

1. Identify which PSP buckets to review. For this task you will need to know:
   • PSP bucket upgrade IDs (or "upgrades"). The most relevant upgrades are those related to z/OS V2R1 and its servers. The z/OS V2R1 upgrade is ZOSV2R1; the server upgrades are shown in Table 1.
   • FIXCAT values if you use the SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX command in conjunction with the FIXCAT type of HOLDDATA (as mentioned in the tip below). The FIXCAT values are shown in Table 1.
     Note:

     • The values shown are for the minimum support necessary for the servers. If you exploit additional functions on a server, the FIXCAT value will have additional qualifiers.
     • You must run z/OS V2R1 on a z9 EC or z9 BC or later. See Ensure you are running on supported servers and storage controllers.
2. Obtain the PSP buckets from http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/psp/srchBroker or from IBMLink.
3. Review the PSP buckets and take whatever actions are prescribed.

Tip: To simplify finding the appropriate PSP bucket and identifying which PTFs listed in the PSP bucket need to be installed on your system, you can use SMP/E FIXCATs and the REPORT MISSINGFIX command. (The FIXCAT values are shown in Table 1.)