Changes caused by making IBM MQ Managed File Transfer for z/OS part of the base product installation

Making Managed File Transfer for z/OS part of the base IBM MQ for z/OS product installation simplifies the installation process, and causes some important changes listed in the following text.

The major changes are:
  1. Existing “full product” Managed File Transfer for z/OS (MFT) FMID HMF9110 replaced with subordinate “part of product” MFT FMID: JMS9xx7 where xx depends on exactly what is installed. For example JMS9207 (Version 9.2.0 LTS) or JMS9CD7 (Version 9.2.0 CD)Note: In this context JMS has no connection with the Java message service.
  2. MFT moved from current component ID of 5655MF900 to base product component ID of 5655MQ900.
  3. Installation customization job CSQ8ASYJ updated to allow optional install of MFT component and customization of related JCL. Attention: By default, this customization is not performed, to prevent accidental installation by users who are not entitled to MFT.
  4. Two additional JCL scripts have been included:

    • CSQ8I7AL for allocation of necessary libraries for MFT, and
    • CSQ8M7DD for allocation of DDEFs for MFT.

  5. MFT has always required an installation of the IBM MQ UNIX System Services Component FMID. By default, this installed into /usr/lpp/mqm/V9R2M0 (or similar for different versions), where:

    • R is the number of the release
    • M is the number of the modification

    MFT used to be installed into a separate directory structure, and by default, this was /usr/lpp/mqmfte/V9R1Mn/. Under that directory there were three separate directories:

    • mqft: the bulk of the MFT install
    • bin: the various fte* scripts for launching MFT processes
    • java: two jar files containing prerequisites for MFT (com.ibm.mq.allclient.jar and jta.jar)

    From IBM MQ for z/OS Version 9.2, MFT installs directly into the /usr/lpp/mqm/V9R2Mn directory that first gets installed by the IBM MQ UNIX System Services (USS) component FMID.

    In addition to the contents of the existing mqft directory being installed, the bin directory is now installed underneath the mqft directory. TheMFT java directory is no longer installed.Note: The merging of the directory structures means that there is now a tight version link between the version of MFT and the version of IBM MQ. That is, if you install Managed File Transfer for z/OS Version 9.2, it needs to be in an IBM MQ for z/OS Version 9.2 installation.
  6. The following MFT related data sets and their contents have been removed:

    • SBFGINST
    • ABFGINST

    From Version 9.2, MFT uses the IBM MQ for z/OS installation JCL in ACSQINST and SCSQINST.

  7. The following MFT related data sets have been kept, but renamed to use the CSQ prefix:

      A|SBFGCMDS renamed to A|SCSQFCMD
      JCL for running MFT agents and other tasks.Note: The 44 JCL members, all named BFG*, contained in the renamed SCSQFCMD data set have not been renamed.

      ABFGOMSH renamed to ACSQOFSH
      Part of install process (shell script for extracting ACSQOFPX).

      ABFGOMPX renamed to ACSQOFPX
      Part of install process (MFT USS files)

  8. Installation packaging changes:

    • The BFG8MPX1.pax file has been renamed to CSQ8FPX1.pax.
    • The BFG8MSH1 shell script that is used to extract the CSQ8FPX1.pax file is renamed to CSQ8FSH1.
    • The DDEF pointing to the MFT USS location has been renamed from SBFGMxxx to SCSQFxxx.

Parent topic: Installing IBM MQ Advanced for z/OS


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