VMT Checklist 2.2 - Installation Using Tape

This checklist provides instructions on how to install the VM Transfer program using Tape.
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This checklist provides instructions on how to install the VM Transfer program using Tape.
  1. Edit member sharedprefix.MICS.PARMS(JCLGENUC) so it contains:
    VMTXRDR VMTASML VMTSJCL
    Proceed to steps below depending on the media used to send the source code:
  2. Add the following lines to sharedprefix.MICS.PARMS(JCLDEFC):
    USERDEF VMTXMODE TAPE USERDEF VMTNODE nodename USERDEF VMTUSER userid USERDEF VMTLIST VMT0000I
    where "nodename" is the name of your VM system as known to JES, and "userid" is the VM userid where the VM Data Transfer Program will be installed.
  3. Submit sharedprefix.MICS.CNTL(JCLGENUC). Make sure the job completes with a condition code of zero.
    This job will generate the following three members into sharedprefix.MICS.CNTL:
    VMTXRDR VMTASML VMTSJCL
  4. Edit sharedprefix.MICS.CNTL(VMTXRDR) and update the //CMSRDR DD statement parameters to meet your installation's requirements for tape specifications.
  5. Submit sharedprefix.MICS.CNTL(VMTXRDR). Make sure the job completes with a condition code of zero.
    This job will copy the software to the tape.
  6. Log on to the VM Data Transfer Program's virtual machine.
  7. Load the distributed source files on a CMS minidisk.
  8. Have the system operator attach a tape drive to the CMS userid to receive the files as address 181, and mount the tape previously created in step 5 by the job VMTXRDR.
  9. Make sure there are no class Z files in your CMS reader, and enter the following commands:
    CP SPOOL PUNCH * CL Z FILEDEF IN TAP1 SL (RECFM FB BLKSIZE 6160 LRECL 80 FILEDEF OUT PUNCH MOVEFILE IN OUT CP SPOOL RDR CL Z READCARD * * A (NOPROMPT REPLACE
    Note:
    If you encounter the following message:
    DMSRDC205W Reader empty, reader not ready or empty reader file
    do the following:
    Enter Q RDR ALL Q v 00c (00c reader address)
    If the response is:
    RDR 000C CL A NOCONT
    the problem is that the file class is A. You must change the class to B by entering the following command:
    SP RDR CL B
  10. To generate the executable CMS files, enter the command:
    VMTFIRST
    When you are prompted to continue the generation process, reply Y.
    The generation process should terminate with a return code of zero.
    N
    ote:
    If the generation process terminates abnormally (with a nonzero return code), correct the error conditions that are indicated by the accompanying messages and restart the process. The generation process can be restarted with the following command:
    VMTGEN ( RESTART
  11. Review the documentation for an overview of the VM Data Transfer Program and the tools that are used to generate and maintain it. For information about the parameters to be set in VMT Checklist 3 - Setting Parameters, see Transfer Parameters.