ChangeManZMF Administrator’s Guide © Copyright 2001-2019 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates. The only warranties for products and services of Micro Focus and its affiliates and licensors (“Micro Focus”) are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Micro Focus shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Contains Confidential Information. Except as specifically indicated otherwise, a valid license is required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. Product version: 8.2 Patch 2 Publication date: September 2019 Table of Contents Welcome to ChangeMan® ZMF. 9 Guide to ChangeMan ZMF Documentation. 9 ChangeMan ZMF Documentation Suite . 9 Using the Manuals . 11 Searching the ChangeMan ZMF Documentation Suite. 11 Using the ISPF Interface . 13 Description of the ISPF Interface. 13 Using Online Help . 13 Typographical Conventions . 14 Notes . 14 Chapter 1 Introduction . 15 Global Administrator . 16 Application Administrator . 16 Security Administrator . 16 ChangeMan ZMF Monitor . 17 General Administrator . 17 Chapter 2 What is ChangeMan ZMF? . 19 Change Package . 20 Impact Analysis . 20 Checkout . 20 Staging. 21 Audit . 21 Recompile and Relink . 22 Freeze . 22 Promotion . 23 Approval . 23 Production Installation . 23 Baseline Libraries and Delta Decks. 24 Backout Management Facilities . 24 Emergency Changes. 24 ChangeMan ZMF Life Cycle . 24 Chapter 3 Pre-Implementation Decisions . 27 Customizing ChangeMan ZMF for Your Site . 28 Modify Skeletons . 28 Implement Exits . 28 Establish Initial History Records . 28 Managing Library Space . 28 Allocating Staging Libraries . 29 Administrator’s Guide 3 Table of Contents Allocating Baseline Libraries . 29 Allocating Promotion Libraries. 29 Allocating Production Libraries . 30 Using Baseline Libraries for Production Libraries . 30 Setting Up Remote Sites for Production Libraries . 30 Setting Up User Restrictions . 30 Allow Temporary Change Packages . 31 Work Request and Department Number Required . 31 Planned Installation Calendar . 31 Disable Installation Calendar . 32 Normal Business Hours . 32 Checkout Enforcement . 32 Allow Concurrent Checkout. 32 Validate Version During Staging . 32 Staging Restriction Level . 33 Overlay Prior Staged Component . 33 Audit Level . 33 Designated Compile Procedures . 34 Secured Components. 34 Approval Lists . 34 Other Considerations . 35 Global Parameters for Staging Library Allocation . 35 Application Parameters for Staging Library Allocation . 35 Edit Staging Recovery Mode . 35 Query Of Available Users Options . 36 Remote Sites . 36 Package Approvals . 36 Promotion And Demotion . 37 How Does Promotion Work . 37 Promotion Library Cleanup . 38 Promotion Security . 38 Promotion Rule . 39 Promotion Rule By Promotion Level . 41 Promotion Rule 0. 41 First Promote . 41 Other Restrictions and Options . 41 Promotion Paths . 42 Approvals and Promotion . 42 Promotion Libraries In SYSLIB Concatenations . 43 Staging Versions . 43 Staging Versions Installed . 44 Staging Versions Enabled . 44 ChangeMan® M+R Licensed . 44 Considerations For Staging Versions . 45 Implementation Checklist . 45 ChangeMan ZMF Administrator Duties . 47 Scheduler Specification Flexibility . 47 4 ChangeMan® ZMF Table of Contents Chapter 4 Setting Up Global Administration. 49 Accessing the Global Administration Options . 50 Setting up Global Parameters . 51 Defining Library Types And Staging Library Attributes . 71 Defining Language Names . 78 Defining Compile Procedures . 80 Defining Reason Codes . 82 Defining Sites . 83 Locking or Unlocking Application Definitions . 86 High Level Language Exits . 88 Field Names . 94 Global Component Options . 95 Component Applications. 96 Component Designated.