Notes on S.E.S. (Serviceability Enhancements Support) for VM/XA SP2
 
  There's an ALMADEN $PPF override file that should work for whatever
you're doing.  I qualify that statement with "should" because I made
changes after doing all of this, in the interest of cleaning up, and
I didn't go back and test it all.  There are three $PPF override files.
 
1)  ALMADEN $PPF on SP2MAINT's 191 disk.  This is only used when
    you're logged onto the SP2MAINT virtual machine to VMFREC and
    VMFAPPLY service.  The only thing this file overrides is to
    define the TASK disk, which is the SES Tools (5E5) disk.
 
2)  ALMADEN $PPF on SP2MAINT's 5E5 disk, the SES Tools disk.
    This is to be used when you're logged onto your own userid and
    have done a SETUP (our own, local SETUP EXEC, not IBM's - The
    SETUP EXEC that uses VMGALM NAMES).  This override file is used
    when you VMFASM or VMFHASM or VMFBLD for the production system.
 
3)  ALMADENX $PPF on SP2MAINT's 5E5 disk.  This is just like the
    ALMADEN $PPF file on the same disk, but it's intended to be used
    when working with the test system.  It knows about the CMS Alternate
    Local1 (395) and the CMS Alternate Apply (692) disks.  If Wayne
    ever sets up CP like I've got CMS set up, this override file can
    be changed to know about the CP Alternate disks as well.
 
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To load a COR tape:
 
  - Logon to SP2MAINT.  The PROFILE EXEC will access the 5E5 disk,
                        which has the latest SES tools, as your B-disk.
 
  - Insure the Local1 disk string (395 -> 691 -> 391) is ready.  The 391
           disk has production-level fixes on it.  The 395 disk has test
           fixes on it.  The 691 disk has fixes that might be in test or
           production.  You tell by looking at the ALMADEN $PPF file.
           If the LOCAL2 string in the :CMS. section has 691 in it,
           then it's part of the production CMS.  If it only has 391 in
           it, then it's still in test mode.  Get the Local1 string
           how you want it, realizing that when you do the VMFREC, the
           395 disk will be merged to the 691 disk.
 
  - VMFREC INFO (COR.  Gets information about this COR tape from tape
                       file #1.  Also checks your version of SES (which
                       it knows about from the $LEVEL $TAPE file on the
                       5E5 disk) with the version on tape file #1.
 
  - VMFREC ALMADEN CMS (COR.  To load the service on the tape onto the
                              CMS Alternate Local1 (395) disk.
 
  - VMFAPPLY ALMADEN CMS (COR.  To apply the service.
 
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To load a PUT tape:
 
  - Logon to SP2MAINT.
 
  - VMFREC INFO  Gets information about this COR tape from tape file #1
                 and checks your version of SES (just like it did for
                 COR tape processing).
 
  - VMFREC 56643082 CMS (COR.  To load the tape onto the CMS Alternate
                               Local1 (395) disk.
 
  - VMFAPPLY 56643082 CMS (COR.  To apply the service.
 
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                                   For   or  For
                                  XA 2.0     XA 2.1
- To edit, XX    fn
        or XEDIT fn ASSEMBLE (CTL DMSXA      ALMCMS
        or XEDIT fn MACRO    (CTL DMSMXA     ALMMCMS
        or XEDIT fn ft       (CTL HCPCFG     ALMCP
 
- To assemble,
  For 2.0 CMS, VMFHASM fn ALMADEN(X) CMS (DISK EXP NOSETUP
  For 2.1 CP,  VMFHASM fn ALMVM_     CP  (DISK EXP NOSETUP
 
- To build a MACLIB, for 2.0 CMS, VMFMAC DMSSP DMSMXA
                  or for 2.1 CP,  VMFMAC ALMCP ALMCP
 
- To create the loadlist,
  For 2.1, VMFHASM HCPLDL ALMVM_ CP (NOSETUP
           RENAME HCPLDL ALM03000 G = TEXT A  (or whatever the latest
                                               HCPLDL text deck is)
           UTILITY CPLOAD   ---> Results in CPLOAD EXEC A, w/o ft's
 
- To build a nucleus,
  For 2.0 CMS, VMFBLD ALMADEN(X) CMS CMSLOAD (NOSETUP PUNCH NOCHECK
                                  or CMSSMALL
  For 2.1 CP,  VMFBLD ALMVM_ CP (NOSETUP PUNCH NOCHECK
 
- To use DMSSPA,   VMFNLS DMSSPA DLCS ALMADEN CMS (NOSETUP
  (creates DMSSPA & DMSSSY TXTODATE, both of which go in the nucleus)
 
- To use DMSSPAB, which is for upper case english, which we don't use,
    VMFNLS DMSSPAB DLCS ALMADEN CMS (NOSETUP      (creates DMSSPAB &
    DMSSSYB TXTODATE, both of which would go in the nucleus)
 
- To rebuild DMSMES, VMFNLS DMSMES REPOS ALMADEN CMS (NOSETUP
                  or VMFNLS HCPMES REPOS ALMADEN CP  (NOSETUP
 
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