GSF Software only distributes its software electronically, as an unloaded
Partitioned Data Set in TSO TRANSMIT format. The resulting archive file, whose
low-level qualifier is XMIT, is typically sent to a customer as a binary
attachment to an e-mail message. Large files are often compressed with a
PKZIP-compatible utility, in which case the attached files's last qualifier is
ZIP. Customers experiencing difficulties receiving files in ZIP format, due to
their company's strict anti-virus policy should communicate available
alternative solutions to GSF Software. Note that GSF Software uses Linux or OS/2
on all of its computers. As a result, files received from GSF Software are
unlikely to have been corrupted by MS-Windows viruses or worms.
To install a product on MVS, OS/390 or z/OS, customers can proceed as
follows:
Save the attached file to disk on your PC or work-station
If the file has a .ZIP extension, extract the .XMIT file using any
PKUNZIP-compatible program.
Upload the .XMIT file to MVS using FTP, the file transfer
capability of a 3270-emulator, or the ISPF FILEXFER
service available under option 3.7. To ensure data integrity, it is imperative
that:
Transfer be performed in binary mode, i.e. no CRLF, no ASCII, no
TEXT
The receiving MVS data set be allocated with RECFM=FB,LRECL=80. Note
that it is sometimes simpler to pre-allocate the receiving data set with the
right attributes than setting options in a 3270-emulator
When the .XMIT data set has been received on the MVS system, reload the
installation PDS using the RECEIVE INDA(name.XMIT) command. When
prompted by message "INMR906A Enter restore parameters or 'DELETE' or 'END'
+", enter
DA(name.of.your.library) UNIT(unit) VOLUME(volume)
or press Enter to use installation defaults.
If the RECEIVE command fails with "INMR921I Received file appears not to be
an Interactive Data Transmission Facility file.", reply END and determine
the origin of the error which is generally caused by one of the following:
the XMIT file has invalid attributes, such as RECFM=VB or LRECL<>80
the transfer to MVS was not effected in BINARY, i.e. the ASCII, TEXT or
CRLF options were specified or defaulted to
the XMIT file is in ISPF PACKED format - to UNPACK, EDIT the data set in
ISPF, enter the PACK OFF command, then SAVE or END
Once the installation PDS has been successfully created and loaded by the
RECEIVE command, follow the instructions in the $$README member (if any).