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Receiving Enhanced HOLDDATA


You should always receive the latest Enhanced HOLDDATA before you perform any of the following actions:

  • Install products (to prevent installing FMIDs with known issues)
  • Apply maintenance (to prevent applying maintenance with known issues)
  • Run the Exception SYSMOD report

When you install a BMC product through the Installation System, you can use the $150HOLD job to receive the Enhanced HOLDDATA.

To receive Enhanced HOLDDATA

  1. If you downloaded the compressed binary file, use the sample JCL in the following figure.

    Tip

    You can copy the JCL from the SampleUnpack.txt file in the directory ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata.

    Sample decompression JCL

    //JOB_NAME JOB (ACCOUNT),'USER COMMENT',
    //             CLASS=JOB_CLASS,MSGCLASS=MSG_CLASS,
    //             REGION=0M,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
    //***************************************************************       
    //**                                                                    
    //** TRSMAIN - IBM'S PACK/UNPACK PROGRAM                                
    //** PARMS:    PACK, UNPACK                                             
    //** Input file FB LRECL=1024 (FOR TERSED DATA)             
    //** PLACE THE downloaded DSNAME IN THE INFILE DD STATEMENT                
    //**                                                                    
    //***************************************************************        
    //DECOMP   EXEC PGM=TRSMAIN,PARM=UNPACK                                 
    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
    //*
    //*  Infile set to binary EHD file that was downloaded
    //*  or uploaded to your system for processing
    //*                                                  
    //INFILE   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.BMC.ENHANCED.HOLDDATA.BIN
    //*                        
    //OUTFILE  DD DSN=RDATQS hlq.BMC.ENHANCED.HOLDDATA,
    //            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,CATLG),
    //            UNIT=SYSALLDA, SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),
    //            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=6160)
  2. To receive the Enhanced HOLDDATA, use the sample JCL in the following figure.

    Tip

    You can copy the JCL from the SampleUnpack.txt file in the directory ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata.

    Sample receive JCL

    //JOB_NAME JOB (ACCOUNT),'USER COMMENT',
    //             CLASS=JOB_CLASS,MSGCLASS=MSG_CLASS,
    //             REGION=0M,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
    //******************************************************
    //* USE THIS SAMPLE BATCH JOB TO RECEIVE THE DOWNLOADED
    //* BMC ENHANCED HOLDDATA.
    //* MODIFY JOB CARD and DATA SET NAMES FOR YOUR SITE.
    //******************************************************
    //RECEIVE EXEC PGM=GIMSMP
    //SMPCSI   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.smpe.global.csi
    //SMPPTS   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.smpe.smppts
    //SMPHOLD  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=bmc.enhanced.holddata
    //SMPLOG   DD SYSOUT=*
    //SMPOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
    //SMPRPT   DD SYSOUT=*
    //SMPLIST  DD SYSOUT=*
    //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
    //SMPCNTL  DD *
      SET BDY(GLOBAL).
      RECEIVE HOLDDATA .
    /*


 

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