How to start Intertest and Symdump CICS using CAIRIM without doing an IPL.

Products

• InterTest - CICS
• SymDump for CICS

Issue/Introduction

Just successfully completed the SMP/E installation of Intertest and Symdump CICS. Part of the installation process is to start Intertest and Symdump using CAIRIM. How can you start Intertest and Symdump CICS using CAIRIM without doing an IPL?

Environment

Z/OS

CICS

 

Resolution

​To start Intertest ​ and Symdump ​11 without an IPL​ you can run a standalone CAIRIM batch job that contains the Intertest Symdump initialization card.

Please review the Intertest and Symdump documentation topic Activate your Product for the CARIM and Intertest - Symdump APF authorization and STEPLIB initialization requirements. 

​Below is a sample CAIRIM batch JCL that can be submitted after an IPL to start Intertest and Symdump. The STEPLIB points to the two Intertest and Symdump load libraries and the CAS9 load library that contains the CAIRIM utility program.

​//CAIRIM   JOBCARD     
//CAS9   EXEC PGM=CAIRIM                                    
//*                                                                                                           
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=INTERT11.CAVHAUTH,DISP=SHR            
//                 DD  DSN=INTERT11.CAVHLOAD,DISP=SHR   
//                 DD  DSN=HLQ.CAW0LOAD,DISP=SHR               
//PARMLIB  DD  *                                            
PRODUCT(CA INTERTEST/SYMDUMP) VERSION(VHB0) INIT(CAVHINIT)  
//*                                                         
//