Step 3. Prepare the z/OS Components on Windows for an Upgrade
Step 3. Prepare the z/OS Components on Windows for an Upgrade
PowerExchange for z/OS is shipped as a self-extracting executable. Extract the upgrade files into a temporary directory on your Windows system.
From a Windows command prompt, make a temporary directory to extract the upgrade files into. For example, you might run the following command to make a temporary directory named pwx_mvs_v
vrm
:
mkdir pwx_mvs_v
vrm
The
vrm
variable is the PowerExchange
version
.
release
.
modification
number.
Find and run the product upgrade executable.
The executable has a name such as:
pwxos26_V
vrm
.exe
The
vrm
is the PowerExchange
version
.
release
.
modification
number. For example, pwxos26_v961.exe is the name of the executable for the PowerExchange version 9.6.1 installation on z/OS.
In the
WinZip Self-Extractor
dialog box, click
Browse
.
In the
Browse for Folder
dialog box, browse to the temporary directory that you created. Then, click
OK
.
In the
WinZip Self-Extractor
dialog box, click
Unzip
.
The WinZip Self-Extractor places several files in the root directory and creates the binary and runlib subdirectories, which also contain files. The WinZip Self-Extractor then displays a message box to indicate that the files were unzipped successfully.