General Information about Hotfixes

How to install Windows-Fixes

1. Download fix (ZIP files)

2. Unzip file

3. Replace existing files

How to install z/OS fixes

1. Download fix (ZIP files)

2. Unzip file

3. Allocate a dataset with the following specifications:

DATA SET NAME: USERID.XMIT
SPACE UNITS ===> CYL (BLKS, TRKS, or CYLS)
PRIMARY QUANTITY ===> 2 (In above units)
SECONDARY QUANTITY ===> 4 (In above units)
DIRECTORY BLOCKS ===> 0 (Zero for sequential data set)
RECORD FORMAT ===> FB
RECORD LENGTH ===> 80
BLOCK SIZE ===> 27920

 

4. File Transfer
Transfer the unzipped file to the allocated host dataset.

PUT XMIT.BIN ‘USERID.XMIT’

Note: transfer must be binary!

5. Receive
Use the TSO RECEIVE command to unload the XMIT-Dataset.
TSO RECEIVE INDATASET(‘USERID.XMIT’)

6. A PO-dataset will be created. Copy all members from the PO-dataset into the appropriate product library, e.g. IWSGRAPH.LOAD

Hotfix Notification Service:

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