Planning

This section provides information related to planning to install or update Strobe 18.02.

This section provides information about the following topics:

Steps Involved
Milestones and Roles
Checklist of Milestones and Tasks
Prerequisites
Innovation Access Method (IAM)
iStrobe

Steps Involved

Order Strobe and its companion products, including the latest maintenance, via Compuware's Product Ordering web page or by contacting Compuware as described in Compuware Customer Solutions. To understand system requirements and prerequisites, see Prerequisites.
Install Strobe according to the instructions provided in the product order email.
Follow the instructions in this guide to configure and deploy Strobe.

Milestones and Roles

Installation, configuration, verification, and deployment are done in six milestones. The rows in the following table identify the role or skill set required to perform each milestone. This makes it easier to know which people need to be involved at each milestone along the way and can allow certain tasks to be performed at the same time.

People Required for Each Milestone

Milestone	Companion Product Installer	StrobeInstaller	z/OS System Programmer	z/OS Security Administrator	DBA
Milestone-1-Ensure-Installation-and-Configuration-of-Companion-Products	ECC l
Milestone-2-Install-Strobe-Using-SMP-E		l
Milestone-3-Configure-Strobe-New-Installation		l	l	l	Db2 l
Upgrading		l	l		Db2 l
Milestone-5-Verify-Product-Installation		l
Milestone-6-Deploy-Strobe		l

Checklist of Milestones and Tasks

Consult the Checklist of Milestones and Tasks involved in the installation. For convenience, you may want to print this page and check off the milestones and tasks to mark your progress through the installation.

Prerequisites

Strobe Software and Hardware Requirements.

Hardware Platforms

Operating Systems

IBM z/OS 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
IBM ISPF for the supported z/OS releases

Major Subsystems

IBM Db2 for z/OS 11.1, 12, 13
IBM IMS Transaction and Database Servers 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.1
IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS for z/OS 9.0, 9.1

Languages

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1
IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS, z/VM, and z/VSE V1.6
IBM VS FORTRAN Compiler and Library V2.6
IBM XL C/C++ for supported z/OS releases

ISV Software

CA Gen 7.6 SPO, 8.5 Base, 8.5 Inc 1 - 4, 8.6
CA IDMS 18.5, 19.0
SAG Adabas 8.4.2, 8.5.1 for the supported z/OS releases
SAG Natural z/OS 8.2.5, 8.2.6 for the supported z/OS releases

Day One support for IBM hardware and software is toleration support only. Refer to the Compuware Support Center for more information on Day One support at BMC Support.

Innovation Access Method (IAM)

See BMC Support for more information about the Innovation Access Method (IAM) supported products.

iStrobe

iStrobe software and hardware requirements are located in the BMC Compuware Web Products Installation and Configuration Guide.