Installing the CONNX VSAM Components on a z/OS Server
Installing the CONNX Components on the Target CICS/VSAM z/OS System
This step copies the CONNX VSAM server components from a client PC to an z/OS target. The CONNX Administrator component must be installed on the client PC.
When installing the VSAM components, select a TSO user account name and password with privileges that allow you to create partitioned data sets and to copy, read, and write files to the server. The installation user ID must be authorized to create partitioned data sets and to copy files to the target host via FTP.
1. Launch CONNX Server Setup.
2. In the CONNX Server Component Installation dialog box, select the z/OS tab. Select VSAM in the Product area. Select CICS in the Server Type area.
3. In the Login Information area, enter the TCP/IP symbolic host name or dotted numeric address for your z/OS server in the Server text box, a TSO user ID in the User ID text box and its password in the Password text box.
4. In the CONNX Server Data Set area, enter the data set name of the CONNX server component location (where CONNX for VSAM will be installed on the mainframe) in the CONNX DSN HQL text box, its VOLSER in the VOLSER text box, and its DASD device type in the UNIT text box. If SMS is installed on the CONNX server system, select the SMS check box.
5. In the CICS Parameters area, enter the data set name of the link step output files in the Load Library DSN text box, its VOLSER in the VOLSER text box, and its DASD device type in the UNIT text box. Enter the low level nodes of the CICS region load library in Product Load Library and the Resource Management Commands file in Target RDO File.
6. In the VSAM Samples area, select the Create check box if you want to create VSAM sample files. Enter the data set name of the CONNX sample file location in Database HLQ and its VOLSER in the VOLSER text boxes. If the data set prefix is CONNX.STASK, this will create the VSAM, QSAM, and partitioned data sets listed in VSAM Objects for CONNX.STASK.SAMPLES, and load them with sample data.
If you do not want sample files, clear the Create check box.
7. In the FTP Mode area, enter the FTP mode that is appropriate for your FTP server. If the host cannot be accessed via FTP, select Manual Copy. Manual Copy creates a local copy of the files that need to be transferred along with a text file with instructions.
8. Click Install.
This action starts an FTP session and copies the selected components from the client PC to the target host.
Close the CONNX Server Component Installation dialog box.