Download OneAgent to z/OS

You have two options for OneAgent deployment on z/OS

Direct download and installation
Manual extraction of installation files

Direct download

You can directly download the installation PAX file of the OneAgent for z/OS to your mainframe from the Dynatrace FTP server.

To do it, use the FTPINSTL job below. The FTP install job uses standard FTP procedures to receive the installation PAX file (oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax, where R1nnnxx is the release number) from the Dynatrace FTP server and extracts the product installation datasets from the PAX file.

Here's what you need to modify before using the job:

Determine the required USS directory to receive the PAX file and set the MYUSS variable in the job.
Determine the required high level qualifier for the install dataset names and set the HLQ variable in the job.
Change the volume serial number VOLSER to match the site standards.

Notes

The install job must be in mixed case.
Sequence numbers are not allowed.
Make sure that the JCL is uploaded with CAPS OFF and NUM OFF options.

FTPINSTL job


        zos/ftpinstl.txt

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//FTPINSTL JOB ('ACCTINFO'),'User name or comment',NOTIFY=&SYSUID,      
//             MSGLEVEL=(1,1),CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,REGION=0M,             
//             COND=(0,NE)                                              
//*                                                                     
//* This job obtains OneAgent for z/OS installation pax file from       
//* Dynatrace FTP site to the USS work directory MYUSS                  
//*                                                                     
//* Extracts the product installation datasets from the installation    
//* files at <MYUSS>/GIMZIP to <hlq>.<rel>.SZDT* libraries              
//*                                                                     
//* Change the JOB card and the SET statements below to meet            
//* site standards.                                                     
//*                                                                     
//* Verify if the SMPCPATH and SMPJHOME DD in STEP3 points to the       
//* correct PATH to meet site standards.                                
//*                                                                     
//* WARNING!                                                            
//* This JCL must be in mixed case and sequence numbers are not allowed 
//*                                                                     
// EXPORT SYMLIST=*                                                     
// SET HLQ='DT'           <== HLQ of the target PDS datasets            
// SET REL='R121500'      <== Release number                            
// SET VOLSER='NSMF13'    <== Volume of the target PDS datasets         
// SET MYUSS='/u/dt'      <== USS work directory                        
//STEP1   EXEC PGM=FTP,DYNAMNBR=20,PARM='(EXIT TIMEOUT 99',TIME=5       
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                  
//SYSIN    DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                                         
us-et-ftp01.dynatrace.com                           
DynatracezOS                                        
DynatracezOS                                        
binary                                              
lcd &MYUSS                                          
get oneagentzos-&REL..pax (replace                  
quit                                                
/*                                                  
//STEP2   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=55             
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                              
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*                              
//STDOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                              
//STDERR   DD SYSOUT=*                              
//SYSIN    DD DUMMY                                 
//SYSTSIN  DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                     
BPXBATCH SH rm -Rf &MYUSS/GIMZIP                    
BPXBATCH SH cd &MYUSS &&  +                         
         pax -rvf oneagentzos-&REL..pax GIMZIP      
/*                                                  
//STEP3    EXEC PGM=GIMUNZIP,PARM='HASH=YES',COND=(0,LT)    
//SMPDIR   DD PATH='&MYUSS/GIMZIP/',PATHDISP=KEEP           
//SMPCPATH DD PATH='/usr/lpp/smp/classes/',PATHDISP=KEEP    
//SMPJHOME DD PATH='/usr/lpp/java/J8.0/',PATHDISP=KEEP      
//SMPOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                      
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                      
//SYSUT3   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,5))              
//SYSUT4   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,5))              
//SYSIN    DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                             
<GIMUNZIP>                                                  
  <ARCHDEF archid="AUTHLIB"                                 
           replace="YES"                                    
           volume="&VOLSER"                                 
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTAUTH">                  
  </ARCHDEF>                                                
                                                            
  <ARCHDEF archid="LOAD"                                    
           replace="YES"                                    
           volume="&VOLSER"                                 
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTLOAD">                  
  </ARCHDEF>                                                
  <ARCHDEF archid="SAMPLE"                                  
           replace="YES"                                    
           volume="&VOLSER"                                 
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTSAMP">                  
  </ARCHDEF>                                                
</GIMUNZIP>                                                 
/*                                                          
//STEP4   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=55          
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                           
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*                           
//STDOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                           
//STDERR   DD SYSOUT=*                           
//SYSIN    DD DUMMY                              
//SYSTSIN  DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                  
BPXBATCH SH rm -Rf &MYUSS/GIMZIP                 
BPXBATCH SH rm  &MYUSS/oneagentzos-&REL..pax     
//

Manual extraction

If you don't have access to the FTP server from your z/OS environment, follow the procedure below to extract the product installation datasets from the oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file. In all cases below, R1nnnxx is the release number.

Procedure

Connect to the FTP server from a Windows or Linux machine and download the oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file in binary mode. If you can't connect to the FTP server from a Windows or Linux machine, obtain the oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file from Dynatrace Support or Sales Engineer.

FTP Information

FTP Server name: us-et-ftp01.dynatrace.com
Use SFTP on port 22 to connect
User credentials: DynatracezOS/DynatracezOS

Upload the oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file to the desired USS directory.
Run pax -rvf oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax GIMZIP to unpack the installation files.
Use the EXTRACT job below to extract the product datasets from the installation files. Before running the job, modify the following:
1. Determine the desired high level qualifier for the install dataset names and set the HLQ variable accordingly.
2. Set MYUSS to the USS directory path where you placed oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file.
3. Change the volume serial number VOLSER to match the site standards.

EXTRACT job


        zos/extract-pax.txt

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//EXTRACT JOB ('ACCTINFO'),'User name or comment',NOTIFY=&SYSUID,         
//             MSGLEVEL=(1,1),CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,REGION=0M,               
//             COND=(0,NE)                                                
//*                                                                       
//* This job extracts the product installation datasets from              
//* the installation files at <MYUSS>/GIMZIP to                           
//* <hlq>.<rel>.SZDT* libraries.                                          
//*                                                                       
//* Change the JOB card and the SET statements below to meet              
//* site standards.                                                       
//*                                                                       
//* Verify if the SMPCPATH and SMPJHOME DD below points to the            
//* correct PATH to meet site standards.                                  
//*                                                                       
//* WARNING!                                                              
//* This JCL must be in mixed case and sequence numbers are not allowed   
//*                                                                       
// EXPORT SYMLIST=*                                                       
// SET HLQ='DT'             <== HLQ of the target PDS datasets            
// SET REL='R121500'        <== Release number                            
// SET VOLSER='NSM001'      <== Volume of the target PDS datasets         
// SET MYUSS='/u/dt'        <== USS work directory                        
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=GIMUNZIP,PARM='HASH=YES'                              
//SMPDIR   DD PATH='&MYUSS/GIMZIP/',PATHDISP=KEEP                         
//SMPCPATH DD PATH='/usr/lpp/smp/classes/',PATHDISP=KEEP                  
//SMPJHOME DD PATH='/usr/lpp/java/J8.0/',PATHDISP=KEEP                    
//SMPOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                                    
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                    
//SYSUT3   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,5))                           
//SYSUT4   DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,5))                            
//SYSIN    DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                                           
<GIMUNZIP>                                     
  <ARCHDEF archid="AUTHLIB"                    
           replace="YES"                       
           volume="&VOLSER"                    
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTAUTH">     
  </ARCHDEF>                                   
                                               
  <ARCHDEF archid="LOAD"                       
           replace="YES"                       
           volume="&VOLSER"                    
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTLOAD">     
  </ARCHDEF>                                   
  <ARCHDEF archid="SAMPLE"                     
           replace="YES"                        
           volume="&VOLSER"                    
           newname="&HLQ..&REL..SZDTSAMP">     
  </ARCHDEF>                                   
</GIMUNZIP>                                    
/*                                             
//STEP2   EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=55        
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                         
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*                         
//STDOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                         
//STDERR   DD SYSOUT=*                         
//SYSIN    DD DUMMY                            
//SYSTSIN  DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS                
BPXBATCH SH rm -Rf &MYUSS/GIMZIP               
//

If the job ends with a RC of 0, the installation has been successful. The installation process creates the following product datasets (the names are provided for the default high level qualifier and the R1nnnxx release version):

DT.R1nnnxx.SZDTAUTH: Contains zDC load modules, IMS and IMS Connect code modules of OneAgent.
DT.R1nnnxx.SZDTLOAD: Contains CICS code modules of OneAgent.
DT.R1nnnxx.SZDTSAMP: Includes sample JCL and CICS RDO definitions.

Note

Consider defining an alias without the version number for the product datasets. In that case you'll be able to install maintenance without updating the jobs for zDC, CICS and IMS installers.

Installed datasets and installation files in the USS directory take that much space:

Dsname                Tracks(3390) %Used
---------------------------------------
DT.R121500.SZDTAUTH   533          4
DT.R121500.SZDTLOAD   238          6
DT.R121500.SZDTSAMP   336         53

./GIMZIP/                   8K
./oneagentzos-R121500.pax   5M

Upgrade and maintenance

Follow the procedure below to upgrade OneAgent for z/OS.

Install the latest version of the OneAgent for z/OS modules from the oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file using FTPINSTL or EXTRACT jobs above
Update the zDC job, the DFHRPL in the CICS procedure, and the IMS code module injection job to point to the new distribution.

We recommend creating version independent ALIAS datasets for the product libraries. Use the ALIAS datasets in the zDC, CICS and IMS code module injection jobs. Whenever there is an upgrade, re-define the ALIAS to the new distribution.

For example:

 DELETE 'DT.DYNTRC.SZDTAUTH' NOSCRATCH
 DEFINE ALIAS(NAME('DT.DYNTRC.SZDTAUTH') RELATE('DT.R121500.SZDTAUTH')) 
 DELETE 'DT.DYNTRC.SZDTLOAD' NOSCRATCH
 DEFINE ALIAS(NAME('DT.DYNTRC.SZDTLOAD') RELATE('DT.R121500.SZDTLOAD'))

See the NOTE below before deciding on if you are going to use the current z/OS version or a backlevel version with a bug fix on.

The product maintenance is provided as part of the latest oneagentzos-R1nnnxx.pax file in the FTP server. The current JCL in this document will download the latest release that contains ALL maintenance.
If you wish to install a back-level release with a specific fix on it you must download the .pax file for that release. Where R1nnnxx has nnn as the release version and the xx is the fix version. This will only give you fixes that are backported and NOT any new enhancements. You can browse the folder on our FTP site us-et-ftp01.dynatrace.com and choose the .pax file you wish to install then modify your JCL using this .pax file. We suggest just using the most current one from the JCL above.

Refer to the steps 1 and 2 above to install the maintenance.

Note

The maintenance product installation will serve as a complete replacement of the existing product libraries
Be aware that the most current version of the z/OS release can NOT be higher than the zRemote release (the nnn part of the release number) or the zDC and zRemote may not connect.