On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• explain what SMP/E is and how it works and describe the SMP/E installation process
• install products & service (PTFs & APARs) in a z/OS environment (including related products such as CICS, Db2, etc.)
• identify and correct common SMP/E installation problems
• understand the major configuration and control options available in SMP/E
• discuss the various product and service delivery options available from IBM (including ServerPac, CBPDO, ESO and RSU)
• interpret the output produced during SMP/E processing
• resolve maintenance conflicts using appropriate SMP/E reports
• correctly handle missing prerequisite, requisite, and conditional requisite conditions
• resolve error holds using both automatic and manual procedures
• correctly install products and service in a cross-zone environment.

• SMP/E Overview
  • What is 'System Modification Program Extended'?
  • What makes a product?
  • SMP/E elements
  • How products are packaged
  • System modifications
  • SMP/E database
  • Receiving a SYSMOD
  • Applying, accepting and restoring a SYSMOD
  • System Generation
  • Consolidated Software Inventory
  • CSI configuration option
  • Invoking SMP/E
• RECEIVE Processing
  • The RECEIVE process
  • Modification Control Statements
  • MCS: header statement functions, software environment statement
  • the Global Zone definition entry
  • GZONE entry example
  • Global Zone options entry
  • options entry example
  • Global Zone utility entry
  • Utility entry example
  • SMP/E allocation
  • Global Zone DDDEF entry
  • DDDEF entry example
  • review of Global Zone entries
  • creating Global Zone entries - UCLIN
  • relative file packaged tapes
  • receive processing
  • Global Zone sysmod entry example
  • Exception sysmods
  • held sysmod entry example
  • Holddata example
  • the RECEIVE command
  • Sysmod entry with SOURCEID example
  • REPORT SOURCEID output examples
  • SMP/E dialogs primary option menu &
  • query selection menus
• APPLY Processing
  • Product function &
  • installation methods
  • Target Zone definition entry
  • TZONE entry example
  • Target Zone DDDEF entry
  • Target Zone DDDEF entry example
  • Target Zone DDDEF PATH entry
  • Target Zone DDDEF PATH entry example
  • MAC, SRC, and MOD element MCS
  • Data Element MCS
  • Program Element MCS
  • identifying the target system structure
  • how JCLIN processing works
  • JCLIN processing example
  • JCLIN report example
  • JCLIN - MAC and ASSEM entries
  • JCLIN - MOD and LMOD entries
  • JCLIN - DLIB entries
  • Invoking JCLIN
  • the save control dataset
  • determining target libraries
  • apply processing
  • concatenating macro libraries for assemblies
  • SYSLIB DDDEF example
  • the APPLY command
  • Target Zone SYSMOD entry example
  • element service level
  • Target Zone MAC and SRC element entries
  • Target Zone MOD and DATA element entries
  • base and dependent functions revisited
  • replacing an existing product
  • Sysmod installation via the SMP/E dialogs
  • SMP/E dialogs - sysmod management options
• ACCEPT Processing
  • Function installation methods
  • Distribution Zone definition entry
  • DZONE entry example
  • Distribution Zone DDDEF entries
  • Distribution Zone DDDEF entry example
  • ACCEPT processing
  • concatenating macro libraries for assemblies
  • the ACCEPT command
  • Distribution Zone SYSMOD entry example
  • Distribution Zone MAC and SRC element entries
  • Distribution Zone MOD and DATA element entries
  • Sysmod installation via the SMP/E dialogs
  • SMP/E dialogs - sysmod management options
• Product Maintenance
  • Product maintenance (service)
  • product maintenance sysmods
  • product maintenance sysmod naming convention
  • product maintenance ++VER statement
  • updating MAC and SRC elements
  • updating MOD (and LMOD) elements
  • Sysmod relationships
  • the prerequisite relationship
  • the requisite relationship
  • the supersede relationship
  • the negative prerequisite relationship
  • TZONE sysmod entries - examples
  • related APPLY command parameters
  • element service level
  • tracking the service level of an element
  • element entries - service level
  • exception sysmods
  • resolving error holds
  • resolving system holds
  • the RELEASE MCS statement
  • maintenance exposure
  • the REPORT ERROR SYSMODS command
  • Sysmod regression
  • Sysmod construction rules
  • managing regression
  • restore processing
  • concatenating macro libraries for assemblies
  • the RESTORE command
  • Sysmod relationships and restore
  • Reject processing
  • the REJECT command
• Additional SMP/E Features
  • The conditional requisite relationship
  • the REPORT CROSSZONE command
  • cross product 'borrowing' - the problem, the solution
  • cross zone 'borrowing' - the problem, the solution
  • callable services support
  • processing SYSLIB in JCLIN
  • CALLIBS in LMOD element entries
  • installing LMODs that use CALLIBS
  • the zone management commands
  • installing SYSGEN and SMP/E products
  • the GENERATE command
  • the CLEANUP command
  • descriptive MCS statements
  • product and feature entries
• Installing Products and Service
  • Reporting problems to the vendor
  • Preparing for installation
  • Installing maintenance
  • Product delivery mechanisms used by IBM
  • CustomPac service
  • The Recommended Service Upgrade
  • ShopzSeries
  • PSP buckets
  • HOLD FIXCAT
  • Fix Categories
  • Receiving FIXCAT HOLDs
  • APPLY / ACCEPT FIXCAT operand
  • REPORT MISSINGFIX command

The course contains valuable and extensive hands-on exercises that demonstrate all the major aspects of using SMP/E to install products and apply maintenance.

Delivered as a live, interactive online training.

Attendees must be able to use TSO/ISPF, write JCL and run batch jobs, as well as having a clear understanding of the z/OS environment.

Systems Programmers responsible for using SMP/E to install products and service in the z/OS environment.