IOF Release 7F

Introduction

Release 7F is year 2000 compliant. There are no known date related problems associated with running release 7F. It supports all OS/390 releases and z/OS1.1.   Release 7F is also being positioned to support later releases of z/OS.

The MPI file is a completely self contained installation dialog. The IOF distribution datasets are imbedded within the MPI file in terse format.

Execute the MPI file from ISPF option 6 to initiate the installation dialog. The installation dialog prompts you for a few installation parameters, such as the name of your existing IOF OPTIONS dataset. Then, it proceeds to extract the IOF distribution datasets.

If IOF is currently running at the site, most of the members from your existing 7D or 7E IOF OPTIONS dataset are copied to the new 7F OPTIONS dataset. A list of copied options and a description of changed options that were not copied is saved in member $COPYLOG of the 7F OPTIONS dataset.

A simple "TO DO" list is compiled and saved in the 7F INSTALL dataset. This list describes all the steps required to complete the 7F installation. Normally, all that is required is a review of a few options followed by running three IOF INSTALL jobs. The whole process should require no more than an hour to complete.

We believe that this new distribution procedure will greatly simplify the IOF Installation process. However, IOF 7F will continue to be available on tape in the conventional format.

The dialog "receives" compressed cumulative maintenance files which will be downloadable from the web. The cumulative maintenance file is expanded into individual fixes which are copied to the 7F UPDATES dataset.

The dialog can then "apply" maintenance from the UPDATES dataset. A list of all available fixes is displayed. Individual fixes can be selected to be applied from the list. All IOF maintenance including SUPERZAPs are applied by the dialog.

The dialog maintains a menu of all received IOF fixes and the status of each fix. The receive date, and apply date/time are displayed for each fix. This makes it easy to determine exactly what maintenance has been applied to the system. Fixes are selected from this menu to be applied.

Logs of all maintenance dialog sessions are maintained. The combination of session logs and the fix menu provides complete information about all available fixes.

SUBMIT Command

The SUBMIT primary command on the Job Summary Panel performs the same function as the Job List Menu SUBMIT line command.

Service Class Change

Additional Options

New options include:

• No Match Action. This parm controls what IOF should do when there are no jobs to display at initial entry. The options are to EXIT IOF with the "NO MATCH" error, or to jump to the IOF Option Menu.

• IBM SAF. This parm controls whether or not IOF should issue calls to the security system for IBM defined SAF classes JESJOBS, JESSPOOL, SDSF, OPERCMDS and WRITER to determine access to IOF resources.