System Prerequisites

The following section describes system prerequisites necessary to use AIX, OS/390, MVS, VM, and VSE environments.

AIX Prerequisites

 

Either

one

of the following AIX software

products

is

required

to

use

Ÿ PSF

for

AIX Version 2.1 (program number

5765-505) with, minimally, the

 

psf.acif option installed. This version of PSF for AIX requires IBM

AI

System/6000 Version 3.2.5 (program number

5756-030)

 

or

higher.

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Installationonly ofpsf.acif

will

provide

you

with

the

abilityacif

to

run

the

 

command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theformdef

parameter

is

required

for

running

ACIF.

For

 

AIX,

see

 

For OS/390, MVS, VM, or VSE, see page

96. Though you may use form

 

definitions from other sources,psf.acif installthe option provides a form

 

 

definition

named F1ACIF.

(See

the

description

for

form

definition

 

inIBM

Print Services Facility for AIX:

Printfor Submissiondetails

regarding

 

 

form

definition

F1ACIF.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thepagedef

parameter

is

required

for

running ACIF if the input f

 

contains S/370 line data, mixed-mode data,

or

unformatted ASCII

da

 

Though you may use page definitions from other sources, several

 

definitions are provided with PSF for AIX. The PSF-supplied page

 

definitions are installed/usr/lpp/psf/reslibinto the

 

directory

with

the

 

 

 

psf.acif

option. These

page definitions

are listedIBMand described

 

Print

Services Facility for AIX: Print.

Submission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. In

order

to

print

and

to

use

the

other

resources

that

are

 

you

mustalso

installpsf.base .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ InfoPrint Manager for AIX 3.1.0. This version of

InfoPrint

Manager

re

version

4.2.1 and

higher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS/390 or MVS Prerequisites

The following OS/390 or MVS software products are required to use ACIF:

Ÿ

MVS/ESA

Version

5.2.0

or OS/390

Ÿ

PSF/MVS

2.2.0

or PSF/MVS

3.1.0 for OS/390.

VM Prerequisites

The following VM software products are required to use ACIF:

Ÿ

VM/SP

5 or

above

Ÿ

VM/SP

HPO

5 or

above

Ÿ

VM/XA

1.2.1

or above

ŸVM/ESA 1.1.0 or above

PSF/VM

2.1.0 (with PTF# UN37799 for printing files that contain indexing tag

PSF/VM

2.1.1

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