IBM System z Software Pricing

End-to-End Overview

• Download the tool, it is contained in a self extracting zip file
  
  
• Launch the tool (scptool.exe) on your PC to de-compress the file; the decompressed file will be named wlctool.bin
  
  
• Upload the file (SCPTOOL.BIN) to your host system. Use binary transfer and move the file to a 80 byte fixed dataset
  
  
• Customize and run the job to run on your host system.
  
  
• Download the job output (a text file) from your host system to your PC.
  
  
• View the downloaded output file with any spreadsheet or text editor that recognizes the "comma separated values" file format.
  

Basic Step-by-Step Instructions

Create a Dataset On the Host

Go to ISPF 3.2 to allocate a new 80 byte fixed dataset called HLQ.TOOL.JCL

1. Record Format = FB for Fixed Block
   
   
2. Record Length = 80
   
   
3. Directory Blocks = 0
   
   
4. Block Size = 0 (system determined block size)
   
   

Upload to the Host From Your PC

1. Download the tool from this web site
   
   
2. Begin FTP Session - command is "ftp <hostname>"
   
   
3. Change FTP mode to binary - command is "bin"
   
   
4. Put the SCPTOOL.BIN file onto the host, overwriting the new MVS file called TOOL.JCL - command is "put SCPTOOL.BIN TOOL.JCL"
   
   

Back on the Host, Customize the Job

1. customize the jobcard to fit your environment

   //SCPTOOL JOB (,),MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=NAME
   

   
   
2. verify parameters, see comments in job for more details

   //EXTR     EXEC  PGM=LOADER,PARM='/,,CUSTOMERNAME'
   

   
   
3. change SMF DD to point to your SMF dataset

   //SMF      DD    DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.SMF.DATA
   

   
   
4. change the output dataset name to fit your environment
   NOTE: since the LRECL for this dataset is unusual, you might be better off sending the output to a new dataset

   //OUTPUT   DD    DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=HLQ.TOOL.OUTPUT,UNIT=SYSDA,   //
   
       SPACE=(TRK,(15,15))
   

   
   

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