IBM 5697-VM3 Plan Your Installation For Tivoli ADSM for VM, link MAINT 5e5 5e5 rr access 5e5 b

For a complete description of all VMSES/E installation options refer to VMSES/E Introduction and Reference.

6.2 Plan Your Installation For Tivoli ADSM for VM

Note

This planning section should be followed no matter what release of VM/ESA you are installing on. Follow the instructions that pertain to your VM/ESA release.

The VMFINS command will be used to plan the installation. This section has steps that will:

load the first tape file, containing installation files

generate a 'PLANINFO' file listing

–the install user ID and minidisk requirements

–required products

To obtain planning information for your environment:

1 Logon to a user ID where the installation planning tasks can be performed.

This user ID can be any ID that has the following:

read access to MAINT's 5E5 minidisk

write access to MAINT's 51D minidisk

link MAINT 5e5 5e5 rr access 5e5 b

Privilege class E authority required for VM/ESA 2.4.0 installations.

2 Establish read access to the VMSES/E code.

The 5E5 disk contains the VMSES/E code.

3 Establish write access to the Software Inventory disk.

link MAINT 51d 51d mr access 51d d

The MAINT 51D disk is where the VMSES/E system-level Software Inventory and other dependent files reside.

Note: If another user already has the MAINT 51D minidisk linked in write mode (R/W), you will only obtain read access (R/O) to this minidisk. If this occurs, you will need to have that user re-link the 51D in read-only mode (RR), and then re-issue the above LINK and ACCESS commands. Do not

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