Install Products Using SMP/E JCL

Learn how to install product software using SMP/E JCL.
Required roles: systems programmer
As a systems programmer, your responsibilities include installing products on your mainframe system. With this option, you acquire a product pax file and the latest product updates from
Broadcom Support
and then install, maintain, deploy, and configure the products on your systems. Batch jobs are provided to create the SMP/E environment. A basic understanding of UNIX System Services (USS) is required.
Before you begin this process, review the installation best practices and verify that the installation requirements in Prepare for Installation have been met.
You perform the following tasks to install a product with a pax file:
This image shows the workflow for a systems programmer to install a product pax file using SMP/E JCL. The workflow starts with the allocate step and ends with the optional USS directory cleanup step.
When these steps are completed, you are ready to install maintenance. To start the installation, go to Allocate and Mount a File System.