>I've installed VM 5.4. I am trying to install DFSMS. I want to install >the whole product DFSMSVM. If I do this, I have to create a PPF >override, which deletes the BASE5 file (LE). > >My first attempt was to name my override file the same as the PPF file >shipped by IBM. That name would be VSM221B . My override file would >reside on my A disk, IBM's file will reside on MAINT's 51D disk. I >issue the VMFPPF command and it goes down in flames. Obviously, I am >not supposed to use the same name that IBM uses. So, I rename my $PPF >file to SRG221B $PPF, run VMFPPF again, and it completes with a return >code of 0 (zero). I now have a SRG221B PPF file on my A disk. The >changes are in it, i.e. BASE5 has been deleted, but the number of >records fall way short of the IBM VSM221B PPF, 195 vs. 591. What am I >supposed to do with this SRG221B PPF file I created? Do I use it >during the VMFINS INSTALL process instead of IBM's default? Does VMFINS >or something auto-magically munge the two files together? Do I "trust >the force" that everything will work ok? > >I thought that the VMFPPF would update IBM's VSM221B, but it doesn't. >Reading the VMSES/E Intro and Ref. manual doesn't shed much light on >what to do. > >Then I found out about the Make Override Panel(s), thinking that I could >make my changes with it. However, I can't figure out how to start up >the panels. >
The VSM221B $PPF contains four compnames. When you compiled your override, it was for only one of the four compnames, which is all VMPPF will compile. Hence the smaller size of your PPF. You should be good to use that PPF for installing DFSMS. Best Regards, Les Geer IBM z/VM and Linux Development
