2 Chapter 2. System Automation for z/OS V3R1 configuration This chapter discusses the basic configuration of IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS in our environment. The discussion is divided into the following sections: 2.1, "Overview of configuration tasks" on page 20 2.2, "Preparation of System Automation for z/OS" on page 20 2.3, "Creating System Automation for z/OS dialog screens" on page 21 2.4, "Preparing the z/OS system environment and library" on page 22 2.5, "VTAM major node definition" on page 28 2.6, "Customize common automation DSIPARM library" on page 30 2.7, "Defining policy database" on page 31 2.8, "Automate starting the tasks" on page 31 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007. All rights reserved. 19