• Notices
• Preface
  • Audience for this Guide
  • What is Covered in this Guide
  • Version 7.0.3 Installation – What’s New
  • Naming protocol
  • Glossary
  • Conventions used in this guide
  • Additional tableBASE references
  • Customer Support
  • Training and Professional Services
  • About DataKinetics
• Installation overview
  • Installation Procedures
• Preparing for Installation
  • Step 1: Prepare for tableBASE installation
  • Step 2: Obtain installation files from installation media
  • Step 3: Verify recommended security considerations
• Installing the tableBASE PC Server
  • Steps to install the tableBASE PC Server
    • Step 1—Move load modules to authorized load library
    • Step 2—Modify PROC and Install in PROCLIB
    • Step 3—Start the tableBASE PC Server
• Installing tableBASE MVS batch
  • Steps to install tableBASE Batch
    • Step 1—Modify default parameters (optional)
    • Step 2—Copy tableBASE load modules
    • Step 3—Run tableBASE interface above the line
    • Step 4—Add recommended modules to LPA (optional)
    • Step 5—Convert tableBASE libraries to Version 6 format (optional)
    • Step 6—Point TBDR CLIST to newly installed libraries
    • Step 7—Update binder procedure to use the current DK1TCALL API
    • Step 8—Convert BDAM table libraries to VSAM (optional)
    • Step 9—Confirm successful install
• Installing the VTS (Virtual Table Share) product
  • Steps to install the VTS product
    • Step 1—Modify default parameters (optional)
    • Step 2—Copy tableBASE load modules (optional)
    • Step 3—Confirm successful VTS install
• Installing the VTS Gate product
  • Steps to install and validate the VTS Gate product
    • Verify VTS Gate license
    • Read-only VTS-TSR start up and validation
    • Hardware key protected VTS-TSR start up and validation
    • SAF interface protected VTS-TSR start up and validation
• Installing the CICS Interface product
  • Differences between tableBASE Release 5.x and newer releases
  • Steps to install the CICS Interface product
    • Step 1—Modify default parameters (optional)
    • Step 2—Copy tableBASE load modules (optional)
    • Step 3—Convert from BDAM table libraries to VSAM (optional)
    • Step 4—Create CICS definitions for tableBASE libraries
    • Step 5—Create CICS definitions for tableBASE programs and transactions
    • Step 6—Create CICS definitions for tableBASE journal files
    • Step 7—Edit PLT
    • Step 8—Update binder procedure to use new DK1TCALL API
    • Step 9—Customize CICS startup JCL
    • Step 10—Confirm successful CICS Interface install
    • Step 11—Change system abends to task abends
  • Notes and restrictions
    • Level of CICS
    • CICS/TS CSD
    • FCT restriction for tableBASE libraries
• Installing the IMS TM Interface product
  • Differences between Release 5.x and Version 7 affecting IMS
  • Steps to install the IMS/TM Interface product
    • Step 1—Modify default parameters (optional)
    • Step 2—Copy tableBASE load modules (optional)
    • Step 3—Check pre-load list
    • Step 4—Customize IMS startup JCL
    • Step 5—Confirm successful IMS Interface install
• Installing the DB2 Stored Procedures Interface product
  • Steps for DB2 Stored Procedure support
    • Step 1—Modify default parameters (optional)
    • Step 2—Copy tableBASE load modules (optional)
    • Step 3—Customize startup JCL
• Installing the tablesONLINE/CICS product
  • Steps to install tablesONLINE/CICS
  • Installing tablesONLINE/CICS for the first time
    • Step 1—Copy the tablesONLINE control libraries
    • Step 2—Customize CICS startup JCL
    • Step 3—Enable batch job submission from CICS—Part 1
    • Step 4—Create CICS definitions
    • Step 5—Confirm successful tablesONLINE install
    • Step 6—Enable batch job submission in CICS—Part 2
    • Step 7—Change Fetch Generic Delimiter (optional)
    • Step 8—Validate tablesONLINE/CICS Administration
  • Upgrading tablesONLINE/CICS from Release 4.2.x, 5.0.x, or 5.1
    • Upgrade 1—Create new TBACTLB library
    • Upgrade 2—Create new TBDICLB library
    • Upgrade 3—Create new TBAPPLB library
    • Upgrade 4—Update description tables
    • Upgrade 5—Update menu tables
    • Upgrade 6—Update message tables
    • Upgrade 7—Update help table
    • Upgrade 8—Update security module (optional)
  • Upgrading tablesONLINE for Release 6.0.0, 6.0.1, or 6.0.2
    • Upgrade 1—Create new TBAPPLB library
    • Upgrade 2—Update message tables
    • Upgrade 3—Update security module (optional)
  • Upgrading tablesONLINE for Release 6.1.1
  • Notes and restrictions
    • CICS/MRO or CICS/ISC
    • Converting Views
    • TWA size for tablesONLINE/CICS transactions
    • Generating C/C++ structures from tablesONLINE Views
• Installing the tablesONLINE/ISPF product
  • Steps to install tablesONLINE/ISPF
    • Step 1—Change CLIST to variable blocked file (optional)
    • Step 2—Point TBALLOCS CLIST to newly installed TBSYSLB
    • Step 3—Point TBSKDEF SKELETON to newly installed load library
    • Step 4—Modify the primary ISPF menu to point to tablesONLINE
    • Step 5—Modify Help tutorial to point to tablesONLINE help
    • Step 6—Connect tablesONLINE to ISPF
    • Step 7—Confirm successful tablesONLINE/ISPF install
  • Notes and restrictions
    • Operating considerations and limitations
    • Generating C/C++ structures from tablesONLINE Views
• Installing tableBASE RESTConnector
  • Steps to Install RESTConnector
    • Step 1 – Establish Connection with z/OS Connect
      • Using API Toolkit
    • Step 2 – Copy API Interface Load Modules (optional)
    • Step 3 – Create CICS Definition
    • Step 4 – Create CICS IPIC Connection
    • Step 5 – Install CICS Resources
    • Step 6 – APICONFG
    • Step 7 – Verify Installation
• tableBASE Runtime Options
  • ALLOW_TB_LIB_IO—Allow tableBASE Library I/O
  • CICSJRNL—CICS Journal File ID
  • DATERTNX—Date-Sensitive Processing Found Code
  • FGDELIM—Fetch Generic Delimiter
  • HASH_HI_DEN_LIM—High Density Limit for Hash Indexes
  • HASH_LOW_DEN_LIM—Low Density Limit for Hash Indexes
  • LDS—Linear Data Set Use
  • LIBnn, ML—tableBASE Library List
  • LISTOPTIONS—List Parameter Options
  • LOCKTIMERC—Lock Timer Wait Value
  • LOCKTIMEWTO—Lock Timer Message Wait Value
  • MAXNMTAB—Maximum Number of Tables
  • MTRETAIN—Retain Rows and Index Areas
  • MULTITASKING—Multitasking
  • MULTOPNX—Multiple Alternate Index
  • OVRRIDES—Allow Changes to Status Switches
  • RACF_LIBACCESS—Perform Checks on Protected Libraries
  • RACF_VTS—Perform Checks on SAF Interface Protected VTS-TSRs
  • STROBE—Strobe Interval
  • STROBEMETHOD—Strobe Method
  • SUPPRESS_DUMPS—Suppress tableBASE Messages and Dumps
  • SWITCHES—Status Switches
  • TABLEWAITRC—Table Open Enqueue Wait Time
  • TABLEWAITWTO—Table Open Enqueue Report Time
  • TPVM—VTS Group Manager Use
  • TSR_ALGORITHM—Optimize TSR Usage
  • TSR_KEY_PROTECT—Hardware Key Protection for VTS-TSRs
  • TSR_WARNING_FREQ—Frequency of TSR Allocation Warnings
  • TSR_WARNING_PCT—Percentage of TSR Allocation for Warning Activation
  • TSRACCESS—Read Only (RO), Refreshable (RF), and Read Write (RW) TSR Access
  • TSRSIZE—tableSPACE Region Size
  • USEREXITS—User Exits
  • VTSFIRST, VTSLAST—VTS Search Sequence
  • VTSNAME—Specifying the Name of a VTS-TSR
  • VTSPREFIX—VTS Prefix Definition
  • ZEROROWS—Zero Data Table Rows on De-allocation
• TBOPT dataset coding
• Converting tableBASE libraries
  • Description of tableBASE library versions
  • Converting a tableBASE library
  • tableBASE version 5 library expansion limits
  • DK1TLCHK utility
• tableBASE LPA-eligible programs
• Source modules
• JCL members
• Distribution datasets and libraries
  • Mandatory tableBASE datasets
  • Optional tableBASE datasets
  • Mandatory tableBASE libraries
  • Optional tableBASE libraries