Downloading z/OS gateway fixes from FTP

About this task

This section describes how to obtain the files in a fix or fix pack from the IBM software FTP site.

If a fix or fix pack for Access method for z/OS is issued by IBM, you can receive it by downloading the files from the IBM software FTP site.

Download the z/OS gateway fix pack files as follows:

Allocate two data sets with

LRECL=80
RECFM=80

to hold the downloaded files. For example:

TWS4APPS.LOADLIB.L80 (for the load library)
TWS4APPS.SAMPLIB.L80 (for the samples library)

Use the file characteristics shown in File characteristics for obtaining the gateway fix pack files by FTP.

Table 1. File characteristics for obtaining the gateway fix pack files by FTP
Characteristic	Value
Organization	PS
Record format	FB
Record length	80
Block size	27920
1st extent cylinders	1
Secondary cylinders	1

Note: These files are not allocated as type PDS but as regular sequential files.

Use FTP to retrieve the LOADLIB and SAMPLES fix pack files from the download site, by logging in as anonymous, with your e-mail address as the password. Issue the following commands:
```
tso ftp ftp.software.ibm.com
anonymous
your_e-mail_address
cd software/support/patches/patches_8.4.0/
cd patch_name
cd ZOS
bin
get loadlib_file_name 'TWS4APPS.LOADLIB.L80' (rep
get samples_file_name 'TWS4APPS.SAMPLIB.L80' (rep
quit
```
For example, for Fix Pack 01 the variables in this list of commands would have the following values:

patch_name

8.4.0-TIV-TWSWSE-FP0001

loadlib_file_name

LOADLIB_820WSEFP07

samples_file_name

SAMPLES_820WSEFP07

Note: The data set names in quotes on the get commands (the MVS file names) must match the files that were allocated in step 1.

The downloaded files are in an 80-byte packed format. To ensure that the files have been downloaded correctly, browse them. The beginning of the output should be similar to the following:

BROWSE TWS4APPS.LOADLIB.L80 Line
\INMR01. ....&......NODENAME......TWSUSR2......A......A......20                 
....... \INMR02..........IEBCOPY......... ........ ....... .....                
..........."8. .... ................TWS84..XAGENT..V8R4M0..FIXPAC04..DRV1511..LO

If it is not, retry the downloads.

Receive the downloaded data sets, as follows:

LOADLIB

Issue the following command:

TSO RECEIVE INDSN('TWS4APPS.LOADLIB.L80')

A prompt is displayed similar to the following:

INMR901I Dataset TWS84.XAGENT.V8R4M0.FIXPAC04.DRV1511.LOADLIB 
from TWSUSR2 on NODENAME NMR906A 
Enter restore parameters or 'DELETE' or 'END' +
***

Reply:
```
da('TWS4APPS.LOADLIB')
```
where da means data set and the MVS data set name in quotes is the name you want for the output loadlib data set.
Some IEBCOPY messages are displayed as the library is uncompressed.

SAMPLIB

Issue the following command:

TSO RECEIVE INDSN('TWS4APPS.SAMPLIB.L80')

A prompt is displayed similar to the following:

INMR901I Dataset TWS84.XAGENT.V8R4M0.FIXPAC04.DRV1511.SAMPLIB 
from TWSUSR2 on NODENAME NMR906A 
Enter restore parameters or 'DELETE' or 'END' +
***

Reply:
```
da('TWS4APPS.SAMPLIB')
```
where da means data set and the MVS data set name in quotes is the name you want for the output samplib data set.
Some IEBCOPY messages are displayed as the library is uncompressed.

After receiving the files, the file characteristics change to those shown in File characteristics for the LOADLIB file after receiving it.

Table 2. File characteristics for the LOADLIB file after receiving it
Characteristic	Value
Data Set Name	TWS4APPS.LOADLIB
Organization	PO
Record format	U
Record length	0
Block size	32760
1st extent blocks	10
Secondary blocks	5
Data set name type	PDS

Table 3. File characteristics for the SAMPLIB file after receiving it
Characteristic	Value
Data Set Name	TWS4APPS.SAMPLIB
Organization	PO
Record format	FB
Record length	80
Block size	27920
1st extent blocks	4
Secondary blocks	1
Data set name type	PDS

Configure the downloaded fix pack files as described in Configuring.