IBM System z Software Pricing

End-to-End Overview

• Download the tool, it is contained in a self extracting zip file.
• Launch the tool (scrt89ru.exe) on your PC to de-compress the file; the decompressed file will be named scrt89ru.bin.
• Upload the file (scrt89ru.bin) to your host system. Use binary transfer and move the file to an 80 byte fixed dataset.
• The job has two steps. The first step deletes the output dataset. The second step reads the data from the z/OS UNIX file system and reformats it into an SMF compatible dataset. Customize and run this job.
• Review the job messages from the SYSPRINT DD in SDSF or equivalent product.
• The reformatted records (now in VBS format) will be in the dataset pointed to by the SMFVB DD name in the job's JCL.

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"
   
   
3. Change FTP mode to binary - command is "bin"
   
   
4. Put the SCRT89RU.BIN file onto the host, overwriting the new MVS file called TOOL.JCL - command is "put SCRT89RU.BIN TOOL.JCL"
   
   

Back on the Host, Customize the Job

1. Customize the jobcard to fit your environment

   //SCRT89RU JOB (????,????),MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=HLQ
   

   
   
2. Change the SMFUSSFS DD to point to your data in the z/OS UNIX file system.

   //SMFUSSFS DD PATH='/u/hlq/scrt/may06.scr'
   

   
   
3. Change the output dataset name to fit your environment on both steps. The names should match.

   //DD1      DD  DSN=HLQ.SCRT89RU.SMF,UNIT=SYSDA,
   
    //        SPACE=(TRK,(1,0)),DISP=(MOD,DELETE)
   
    //SMFVB    DD  DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=HLQ.SCRT89RU.SMF,
   
    //        UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(2,2))