CICS Installation using z/OSMF content solution
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CICS is the first planned delivery of a ServerPac in z/OSMF Software Management portable software instance format. The z/OSMF portable software instance format is designed to be deployed using z/OSMF Software Management and ServerPac Workflows. This initial offering of an IBM ServerPac in a z/OSMF portable software instance represents the next step in IBM’s collaboration with other leading z/OS platform software vendors to deliver a consistent package format intended to be used with z/OSMF Software Management as a common installer.
Big Picture: CICS Installation using z/OSMF
Make sure you have z/OSMF installed. You must also have authority to log in and access its resources.
Visit Shopz and place the order for your CICS ServerPac.
Download the CICS ServerPac using z/OSMF to your system.
Follow the directions to deploy CICS.
How to get started with CICS Installation using z/OSMF
Overview
IBM z/OS Management Facility provides a framework for managing various aspects of a z/OS system through a task oriented, Web browser interface. By streamlining some traditional tasks and automating others, z/OSMF can help to simplify some areas of system management and reduce the level of expertise needed for managing a system.
In order to have ServerPac installed with z/OSMF Software Management, you should have z/OSMF up and running on at least one system. Therefore, z/OSMF Software Management is a driving system requirement.
Overview
When ordering your ServerPac in Shopz, you will have the option to choose an installation method: z/OSMF Software Management or ServerPac ISPF Dialog. Initially, this option for z/OSMF Software Management is only available for the CICS product set. By selecting the z/OSMF Software Management installation method, you are taking a step towards a consistent package format for all future ServerPacs.
Ordering a z/OSMF ServerPac in Shopz
Ordering CICS ServerPac for z/OSMF through Shopz is the recommended method for ServerPac installation. To submit an order for CICS ServerPac using z/OSMF, you will select z/OSMF SW Management as your chosen installation method.
Steps
- Begin the order process at Shopz
- Proceed through Steps 1 - 6 of the order process as usual.
- Step 7 requires you to choose both a delivery and an installation method. For Installation method, select z/OSMF Software Management for a ServerPac in portable software instance format.
- Continue through the remainder of the order process as usual.
Step 3: Under Installation Method, select z/OSMF SW Management from the drop down menu.
Overview
For ServerPac orders that are delivered in portable software instance format, you will use z/OSMF Software Management to acquire the files. The eletronic delivery method are ones that you are already using, and you can continue to use with a ServerPac portable software instance. There are two download options for ServerPac in portable software instance format.
The download option you select will depend on whether you have direct connection to an IBM download server.
You need to have it acquired through z/OSMF in order to deploy it.
Deploying a Portable Software Instance
A Software Management task deployment is a checklist that guides you through the software deployment process, and it is the object in which z/OSMF stores your input and any output generated for each step in the checklist. Deployment is the process you use to install your CICS portable software instance.
When the deployment is complete, your software will be installed, configured, and verified. The configuration and verification will be accomplished with z/OSMF workflows, provided with the portable software instance, performed during the deployment operation.
z/OSMF Portable Software Instance Demo
To try it yourself, install a sample z/OSMF Portable Software Instance onto your system by using the demo package below. By installing this sample, you can help verify your z/OSMF configuration and learn the steps to download and deploy a z/OSMF Portable Software Instance.
You can use z/OSMF Software Management to download the sample Portable Software Instance directly to your z/OS host, or you can download the Portable Software Instance to your workstation and then use z/OSMF Software Management to upload it from your workstation to your z/OS host.
Technical resources for CICS Installation for z/OSMF
What's new
April 30, 2020
z/OSMF Portable Software Instance Demo added to the Try It tab of the Getting started section.
December 6, 2019
An intro video was added to the top of the page and the Multimedia tab of the Resources section.