Installing ServerPac

A CICS® TS ServerPac consists of a number of tapes, the exact number depending on whether other products are included with the CICS TS Serverpac, and also on the type of tape requested. For example, a ServerPac order can comprise the following:

If you already have printed copies of the ServerPac manuals that you need to install the ServerPac, use these to guide you through the installation process. If you don't have copies, download and print the manuals from the first ServerPac tape. There is a sample job, in member PRTDOC, on the RIM tape, that you can use to print the manuals.

What you need to install the ServerPac

You need the following resources to install the CICS TS ServerPac:

First-time user of the CustomPac dialog for ServerPac

If you are installing a ServerPac for the first time, start by installing the CustomPac dialog, as described in the ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog manual in "Chapter 2. Installing and Starting the Dialogs".

When you have installed the dialog, invoke the dialog as directed in the ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog manual under the INVOCATION topic.

Existing user of the CustomPac dialog for ServerPac

If you have installed a ServerPac version of CICS TS for a previous order, use the dialog already installed. Invoke the CustomPac dialog, either from the ISPF primary options menu, or by invoking the ServerPac CLIST.

As an existing user of the CustomPac dialog, you can begin at the step described in the ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog manual, in "Chapter 2. Receive a New Order".

Summary of the ServerPac installation steps

When you invoke the CustomPac dialog, you are presented with the primary option menu, from which you can:

Note:
The primary menu also enables you to display information about orders.

The following tasks are described, with illustrations of the various panels, in the ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog manual:

Receive the order
This step is described in section "6.0 Receive an Order".

The "Order Receive" panels enable you enter your CICS TS order information, and complete the job card information needed to generate the order-receive job. The final phase of this step presents you with the generated JCL in an edit session, from which you can submit the job to receive the installation material (RIM) files to your DASD.

Install orders
This step is described in section "7.0 Installation Menu".

The "Installation Menu" panels enable you to:

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