ADCD

Learn how to customize the z/OS® 2.3 Application Developers Controlled Distribution for ZD&T November2017 edition.

This z/OS 2.3 distribution is a unique distribution that was created specifically for sites that are entitled to ZD&T, based on the Application Developers Controlled Distribution (ADCD). It is referred to in this IBM® Knowledge Center as the z/OS 2.3 ADCD. It contains many of the products and subsystems you expect in a z/OS system. Most of these products and subsystems run without any customization, and some need some customization or initialization to make them work. These customizations are centered on changes that are needed to establish TCP/IP connectivity and update the infrastructure to allow z/OS 2.3 to properly run on ZD&T.

Restriction: Any z/OS ADCD for ZD&T, and any related software, are supplied as a convenience. IBM does not support the operating system distributions that are made available with ZD&T. You can apply fixes to any z/OS distribution through normal SMP/E facilities.

Before customizing this z/OS 2.3 ADCD, you must first install ZD&T, and download and install the z/OS 2.3 ADCD. For more information about how to download ADCD images and their checksum, see IBM z Systems Development and Test Environment e-assemblies to download from Passport Advantage. Then, to customize the z/OS 2.3 ADCD distribution, do the steps that are described in the next three topics. The last two topics contain reference information about the z/OS 2.3 ADCD distribution.