Toolkit Installation

To install the toolkit:
  1. Select option Toolkit Installation from the Main Menu panel. The Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel contains eight options.
  2. Select option Allocate Temporary PDS to submit a job to create a temporary PDS to contain toolkit objects. You must specify the first and second qualifier for the PDS and you must customize the Unit name and Volume name. However, the Volume name can be left blank for SMS managed DASD.
  3. Press Enter to return to the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel. A job will be submitted.
  4. . Select option Allocate Sequential File for PER to submit a job to create the working sequential files. You must specify the prefix to be used for the sequential files, and you must customize the Unit name and Volume name. However, the Volume name can be left blank for SMS managed DASDs.
  5. Press Enter to return to the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel. The job FTPALC will be submitted.
  6. Transfer the CD content into the previously created sequential files. First navigate to the installation directory containing the unzipped files and edit the file ftpput.txt. Then from a command prompt, change to the installation directory and execute the following command:
    ftp –s:ftpput.txt
  7. Select option Load Temporary PDS from Sequential Files to submit the job LOAPTF to load the temporary PDS with toolkit objects from the working sequential files. You must specify the first and second qualifier used to allocate the tempory PDS and the prefix used to allocate the sequential files created previously.
  8. Press Enter to return to the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel. A job will be submitted.
  9. From the ISPF Primary Option Menu panel, browse a temporary library to ensure that PDS has been loaded.
  10. Select option Save old PDS of PER to submit a job to save the PDS containing the latest PTF into the previously created temporary PDS. You must specify the same parameters as you did when executing the Allocate Temporary PDS option.
  11. Press Enter to return to the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel.
  12. Select option Rename PDS to create a JCL with a new PDS containing the last version of the toolkit, and to rename the previously created temporary PDS. You must specifiy the name of the temporary PDS used previously as the first parameter and the name of the PDS that will contain the latest toolkit as the second parameter.
  13. Press Enter to return to the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel. The job RENPER will be stored in the Jobs data set for submission.
  14. After the job RENPER has finished executing, exit Data Express.
  15. Exit the TSO session to release holds on data sets, and start a new session.
  16. Execute the JCL job RENPER from the install JCL library.
  17. Restart Data Express, and select the option Toolkit Installation from Main Menu panel.
  18. On the Toolkit Installation - Main Menu panel, select option Bind Package (PER) to submit bind jobs.
  19. Select option Linkedit Module to submit linkedit jobs.
  20. Select option Create System Tables to submit the creation of the view on systables.
    CAUTION:
    Execute option Create System Tables only if you are installing Data Express for the first time. If you are installing it to upgrade a previous release, do not execute this option.