This document describes how to install Natural Connection under the operating systems z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD and VM/CMS.
The following topics are covered below:
To use Natural Connection, Entire Connection must be installed.
For further information, refer to the products and versions specified under Natural and Other Software AG Products and Operating/Teleprocessing Systems Required in the current Natural Release Notes.
The installation of Software AG products is performed by installation jobs. These jobs are either created manually or generated by System Maintenance Aid (SMA).
For each step of the installation procedure described below, the job number of a job performing the respective task is indicated. This job number refers to an installation job generated by SMA. If you are not using SMA, an example installation job of the same number is provided in the job library on the Natural installation tape; you must adapt this example job to your requirements. The job numbers on the tape are preceded by a product code (for example, NTCI080).
For information on using Software AG's System Maintenance Aid (SMA) for the installation process, refer to the System Maintenance Aid documentation.
The installation tape contains the dataset listed in the table below. The sequence of the dataset is shown in the Report of Tape Creation which accompanies the installation tape.
| Dataset Name | Contents |
|---|---|
NTCnnn.LOAD |
Natural Connection load modules. |
The notation nnn in the dataset name represents the version number of the product.
The installation tape contains the dataset listed in the table below. The sequence of the dataset is shown in the Report of Tape Creation which accompanies the installation tape.
| Dataset Name | Contents |
|---|---|
NTCnnn.LIBR |
LIBR backup file. |
The notation nnn in the dataset name represents the version number of the product.
The installation tape contains the dataset listed in the table below. The sequence of the dataset is shown in the Report of Tape Creation which accompanies the installation tape.
| Dataset Name | Contents |
|---|---|
NTCnnn.MOD
|
Natural Connection module library. |
The notation nnn in the dataset name represents the version number of the product.
The installation tape contains the dataset listed in the table below. The sequence of the dataset is shown in the Report of Tape Creation which accompanies the installation tape.
| Dataset Name | Contents |
|---|---|
NTCnnn.TAPE
|
Natural Connection TEXT file. |
The notation nnn in the dataset name represents the version number of the product.
To position the tape for the TAPE LOAD
command, calculate the number of tape marks as follows:
If the sequence number of
NTCnnn.TAPE, as shown by the Report of
Tape Creation, is m, you must position over
3m - 2 tape marks (that is, FSF 1 for the first
dataset, FSF 4 for the second, etc.).
Access the disk that is to contain the Natural installation files as disk "A".
Ask the system operator to attach a tape drive to your virtual machine at the address X'181' and mount the Natural Connection installation tape.
When the tape has been attached, enter the CMS command:
TAPE REW
Position the tape by entering the CMS command:
TAPE FSF m
where m is the number of tape marks and is calculated as described above (3m - 2).
Load the Natural Connection/CMS installation material by entering the CMS command:
TAPE LOAD * * A
Keep the tape drive attached to your virtual machine, because the tape is still needed during the installation procedure.
This section describes step by step how to install Natural Connection under the operating systems z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD and VM/CMS.
Specify the keyword parameter AM=PC for all
printer files and work files you want to use for data transfer between the host
and the PC. For example:
NTPRINT (7),AM=PC NTWORK (7),AM=PC
Specify the parameter PC=ON either dynamically
or in your Natural parameter module.
For information on using the parameters, refer to Profile Parameter Usage (in the Operations documentation).
For details on the parameters or modules, see the Parameter Reference or Using Macros in a Natural Parameter Module in the Operations documentation.
Adapt the link steps for online Natural.
z/OS
Add the following INCLUDE instruction and
the corresponding DD-statements in the link instructions for the linkage
editor:
INCLUDE NTCLIB(NTCPCAM3)
z/VSE
Add the following INCLUDE instruction and
the corresponding sublibrary for Natural Connection in the search chain for the
linkage-editor:
INCLUDE NTCPCAM3
BS2000/OSD
Add the following INCLUDE instruction to
the element LNATSHAR in JOBLIB (see
Installing Natural under
BS2000/OSD in the Installation
documentation for information on the naming convention for
JOBLIB):
INCLUDE NTCPCAM3,NTCnnn.MOD
where nnn stands for the current version number.
Relink your Natural shared nucleus as described in Installing Natural under BS2000/OSD in the Installation documentation.
VM/CMS
The list of text files to be included in the Natural module or DCSS
is contained in REXX program NAT$LOAD EXEC (variable
LOADLIST). To customize your Natural system,
modify this EXEC with XEDIT by changing the
LOADLIST as required.
Add the following statement to the program NAT$LOAD EXEC
or NATBLDS respectively.
LOADLIST = LOADLIST 'NTCPCAM3'
Relink your Natural nucleus with the procedure NATBLDM.
To verify the successful installation of Natural Connection
Invoke Entire Connection on the PC and start the terminal emulation.
Use the terminal emulation to invoke Natural on the mainframe.
Enter the terminal command %+ to activate
the PC connection.
Use the Natural Object Handler (see the relevant documentation) to download Natural source code to the PC. For further information on transferring Natural objects, see Data Transfer which is part of the Terminal Emulation section of the Entire Connection documentation.
Verify that the downloaded program is now on your PC.
