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Installing and customizing HCL Z Asset Optimizer
The product installation involves downloading the product and available updates, preparing the database, and configuring and populating a test database. After verifying that all components are correctly installed, you duplicate the test database to create a production database where you automate data collection and import tasks.
System configuration requirements

Installing and customizing HCL Z Asset Optimizer
The product installation involves downloading the product and available updates, preparing the database, and configuring and populating a test database. After verifying that all components are correctly installed, you duplicate the test database to create a production database where you automate data collection and import tasks.
- Installation prerequisites
  Before you install HCL Z Asset Optimizer, verify that the required hardware and software are available in the installation environment.
- System configuration requirements
- Security and authorization requirements
  A z/OS® user ID with appropriate RACF® access is required to submit the batch jobs used in the customizing and operation of Z Asset Optimizer . Additional security and authorization configurations can be necessary, depending on your environment.
- Checklist of installation and customization tasks
  This checklist includes a set of procedures for installing the product, creating a test database, populating data, and validating the test installation. When you complete these procedures, you are ready to create a production environment for HCL Z Asset Optimizer.

System configuration requirements

SMF

The Usage Monitor collects several types of information from SMF records written by the system. It does this by deploying its own IEFU84 SMF exit to gain access to type 30 and type 89 SMF records.

However, this exit will only be given control if IEFU84 is an active SMF exit.

Accordingly, in the system’s SMF parameters, ensure that NOEXITS is not specified, and that IEFU84 is specified in any list of SMF exits named in any EXITS parameter which may apply to the started task (STC) or batch job (JES2 or JES3) subsystems.

Also ensure that type 30 and type 89 SMF records are being written by the system, and that SMF interval recording is active for the started task (STC) and batch job (JES2 or JES3) subsystems.

License Verification Feature and API installation

The License Verification Feature contains zip files you need to install. These zip files are included in the product.

They are:

ZAOLicenseVerification_Installation_zOS-USS-Package-V2110.zip
ZAOzOSAPI_Installation_Package-s290x-zos-V2110.zip
ZAOzOSAPI_Installation_Package-x86_64-zos-V2110.zip

Unzip each file and read the 'README' file for prerequisites and installation instructions. The "Administration and Configuration Guide" for each feature is also included in this zip file.

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