Automate Installation and Maintenance with z/OSMF

Automate Installation and Maintenance with z/OSMFDAWN DAMORE, ELLIOT JELLEY, PETR WEINFURT, VLADIMIR KUCERA

1.19.2020

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Agenda

• New installation strategy overview

• Acquisition and Installation

• Maintenance

• Configuration

• Future of CA Chorus Software Manager

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New Installation Strategy overview


Mainframe Software Management

Current situation

• No standardization exists today for managing software products across the Mainframe platform

• Mainframe expertise is diminishing

New cross-vendor platform standard for managing Mainframe software

• All Mainframe products from all Mainframe vendors to be acquired, deployed, configured, maintained and upgraded in a consistent way

• Standardizing around a single tool - z/OSMF

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New installation strategy is aimed towards the next generation of Mainframe System Programmers

Who is this for?

Meet Tyler >

• New system programmer who is comfortable with modern tools

• Installs and maintains z/OS products with help from experienced

SYSPROG


What are the advantages?

• One standard across all vendors and products

• Reduced time & knowledge required for software management

• More appealing solution for the next generation of Sysprogs

• Enables automation

• Less error prone

• Works alongside manual process

Standard Software Management using z/OSMF

Acquisition and Installation


Non SMP/E

Data Sets

SMP/E DISTLIB

Data Sets

Acquisition of a Product

SMP/E Target

Data Sets

SMP/E CSI

Order

Product

from

Broadom

Portal

Acquire into z/OSMF using

z/OSMF UI and workflows

Download to PC and FTP

to USS directory on

Mainframe. Acquire into

z/OSMF.

z/OSMF

Portable

Software

Instance

on

SYSPLEX

New Process for Acquiring


Acquisition of Maintenance

• BEST PRACTICE is to use SMP/E Receive Order

– Broadcom, IBM and Compuware support Receive Order

• SMP/E Receive command will

– Build custom package of missing PTFs

– Download PTFs to your SMPNTS USS directory

– Receive PTFs into Global Zone

• Benefits of Using Receive Order

– Order PTFs, APARs, Critical, Recommended, ALL or just HOLDDATA

– Use Job scheduler to automate acquisition on a regular cadence

– One time security and network setup

Documentation available here.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/traditional-management/mainframe-common-maintenance-procedures/1-0/configure-ca-smp-e-internet-service-retrieval.html

Acquisition and Installation DEMO

Maintenance


Following Installation, Maintenance is the next logical step for standardization:

• Provide dialog-driven PTF installation for SMP/E service as an additional function, named

Software Update, within Software Management in z/OSMF

Why?

• Quickly extends the maintenance benefits available in CA CSM to a wider audience

• Offers fresh impetus to simplifying z/OS software maintenance

• Provides a foundation from which IBM and other vendors can opt to provide further

improvements to the installation process of SMP/E PTFs

Maintenance


• Corrective Service

– Install a software update to fix a problem

• Recommended Service

– Install vendor-recommended software updates

• Functional Service

– Install software updates that provide support for new hardware, software or function

Provide UI for dialog-driven PTF installation initially and, if there is demand, REST APIs to enable

automation.

Focus on 3 Use Cases for Software Update

Configuration


Current process

• Broadcom provides a sample job

• Editing jobs and config members on mainframe via green screen

z/OSMF Workflows

• New standardized way of configuring products

• Wizard driven experience with full control via z/OSMF UI

• Automation friendly using z/OSMF REST API– Use Zowe CLI to call workflow via a script (alternative UI to z/OSMF)

• Workflows4z - Visual Studio Extension– Create, edit, and validate z/OSMF workflow definition files

– Generate variable input files

Configuration

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=broadcomMFD.workflows4z

CA CSM


In the short to medium term, CA CSM 6.0 will continue to be supported during the transition to the

new standard. It is in a support mode only and is not being enhanced with new features.

Once the key elements are in place and accessible to our customer base, namely acquisition,

installation, configuration and maintenance, Broadcom will end support for CA CSM.

As per Broadcom policy, CA CSM 6.0 end of support will be announced 12 months before it

becomes effective.

Future of CA CSM


Learn more about software management using z/OSMF

CA Mainframe Software Manager & New Standard For Mainframe Software Management

• Get more details about the Broadcom implementation of the new software management standard and how it impacts existing CA

Mainframe Software Manager (also known as CA Chorus Software Manager) users.

• Recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3247351921794060289

Software Update: Modernizing the Maintenance of z/OS Software

• Learn how you can quickly and easily maintain your z/OS products via Software Update, a new function coming soon to z/OSMF. We'll

provide a live demonstration and offer some insight into all the capabilities that Software Update will offer.

• Recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5956477105950555906

Software Configuration: Automating the Configuration of z/OS Software

• Learn how you can leverage z/OSMF workflows to configure z/OS products. We'll show you how workflows can guide you through the

configuration process step by step or how the process can fully be automated.


Software Installation: Simplifying the Acquisition and Deployment of z/OS Software

• Learn how software installation (acquisition and deployment) can be simplified by using z/OSMF Portable Software Instance. We will walk

you through the installation process using z/OSMF and explain the differences compared to the existing PAX file installation.


https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3247351921794060289

https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5956477105950555906



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