IAMUPTFS—PTF level report utility


IAMUPTFS is an IAM utility program to report the maintenance PTF level of each IAM modules. When you open a ticket with BMC support, you can share this report to let them know the list of maintenance PTFs already applied at customer site. You can run this either as a batch job or from the Utilities menu of IAM ISPF interface. In batch mode, IAMUTPFS accepts LIST command through SYSIN card.

IAMUPTFS JCL requirements

The JCL statements required to execute IAMUPTFS are as follows:

EXEC statement

The EXEC statement specifies the IAM utility program name, IAMUPTFS. A typical execute statement would be as follows:

//UPTFS EXEC PGM=IAMUPTFS

DD Statements

The following table describes the DD statements required to run IAMUPTFS:

DD Name

Description

STEPLIB or JOBLIB

(Optional) Specifies the IAM Load Library data set 

This DD is optional if IAM is in the system link list.

SYSLIB

(Required) Specifies the IAM load library data set

SYSPRINT

(Required) Specifies where to send the a sequential output data set

SYSIN

Specifies the input control statement data set (usually a DD * data set).

Warning

Important

Sample JCL to run IAMUPTFS is available in SAMP library with member name IAMUPTFS.

IAMUPTFS LIST command

The LIST command is used to list the PTF levels of IAM modules.

LIST
[ALL]
[MODULE=pattern]

LIST command operands

The following table describes the LIST command operands:

Operand

Description

LIST ALL

Reports PTF level of all the modules from SYSLIB library.

LIST MODULE=pattern

Reports PTF level of selected modules from SYSLIB library. The pattern can be one of the following:

  • A complete module name.
  • A partial module name with single wildcard character at the end.
  • Only wildcard character *. This will have the same effect as using LIST ALL command.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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