Install Installation Manager on z/OS
Overview
For the z/OS platform, you can install packages using silent installations, console mode, and command line (imcl).
IBM Installation Manager version 1.4.2 and later are supported on the z/OS platform.
The z/OS system used to install Installation Manager for z/OS must run z/OS UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) with an HFS or zFS file system configured. The install command is not included with the installation files for z/OS as the GUI mode is not supported for z/OS. Use the installc, userinstc, or groupinstc commands to install Installation Manager and the associated runtime data on z/OS. The default directory settings for z/OS are different from the Linux and UNIX default directory settings. For information about installation modes and default directory locations, see Install as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group .
Installation Manager users can use the default directory locations for z/OS to establish a single read/write file system for an Installation Manager instance. This file system contains all the binary files and data for a specific instance of Installation Manager. You can use other values for these directories.
For information about the z/OS platform, see z/OS Internet Library .
Procedure
- Download and install z/OS APAR OA34228 .
- Download Installation Manager, see Installation Manager related links for download information.
- Extract the installation files to a directory. For example: /usr/lpp/InstallationManager/V1R4.
- Run the ./set-ext-attr.sh command to set extended attributes for the installation files.
After the command completes, you can remount the installation files as read-only.
- Choose or create a user ID to install and run Installation Manager. The user ID must have the following characteristics:
- Read/Write home directory
- Read access to FACILITY profile BPX.FILEATTR.APF
- Read access to FACILITY profile BPX.FILEATTR.PROGCTL
- Read access to FACILITY profile BPX.FILEATTR.SHARELIB
- Read access to UNIXPRIV profile SUPERUSER.FILESYS.CHOWN
- Read access to UNIXPRIV profile SUPERUSER.FILESYS.CHANGEPERMS
- Choose locations for the binary files, agent data, and shared resources directories for Installation Manager. You can use the z/OS or UNIX default directories or select a different directory location. You can create and mount a new physical file system to contain these directories and their contents. All directories must be located in a read/write file system, be owned by the user ID that is installing Installation Manager, and have directory permissions 755. If Installation Manager is run in group mode, the directories must be owned by the default group for the user ID that installs Installation Manager and must have directory permissions 775.
You can use the zCreateFileSystem.sh script in the tools directory of the installer to create and mount a file system for the Installation Manager:
zCreateFileSystem.sh -name data_set_name -type HFS|ZFS [-volume volume] [-cylinders primary_cylinders secondary_cylinders] [-megabytes primary_megabytes secondary_megabytes] [-mountpoint mount_point -owner owner -group group] [-perm permissions]Example:
zCreateFileSystem.sh -name OMVS.PRV.WITMAINT.SGINHFS -type ZFS -volume PRV005 -cylinders 2500 250 -mountpoint /InstallationManager -owner IMADMIN -group IMGROUP -perm 775
- Log on to the shell with the user ID selected to install Installation Manager.
- Install Installation Manager with the installc, userinstc, or groupinstc commands. To change to the default values for the installation and agent data directories, use -installationDirectory and -dataLocation.
Use installc for administrator mode, userinstc for nonadministrator mode, and groupinstc for group mode.
Example
Values for the installation and agent data directories Mode Command Use the default values. Administrator installc Specify values using -installationDirectory and -dataLocation. Group groupinstc -installationDirectory /opt/im1 -dataLocation /var/im1
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