How can I download and SMP/E RECEIVE BMC AMI DevX (Compuware) Cumulative Maintenance without using Unix System Services (USS)?

SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER and RECEIVE FROMNETWORK both require and SMPNTS DD allocation which utilizes a unix file path. BMC AMI DevX (Compuware) Cumulative Maintenance is also available in a .tar file which can be unpacked to extract SMPPTFIN and SMPHOLD datasets using the procedure below. Note that instances of "#######" below represent the "Order #" in the subject of your shipment email.

1. Click on the "Tar File" link in your "BMC Maintenance Order" email or use an FTP client on your PC to connect to epddownload.bmc.com and download the #######.tar file in BINARY mode (Use the user/password supplied in the shipment email (also found in the <SERVER> field of the smpe_receive.txt JCL attachment).
2. Launch the CMD prompt in MS-Windows.
3. Use the cd command to change the directory to the location of your .tar download.
4. You can use the tar -tf #######.tar command to list the contents of the .tar file.
5. Use mkdir ####### to create a new directory where you will unpack the #######.tar file package.
6. Use cd ####### to change to the new directory.
7. Use tar -xf ..\#######.tar to unpack the .tar file to the new package directory.
8. Use cd SMPPTFIN to change to the SMPPTFIN directory that was created when the #######.tar file was unpacked.
9. Use tar -xf S0001.MISPROD.TM.RN.Z#######.MNT.pax.Z to unpack the *.pax.Z file in the SMPPTFIN directory.
10. Use cd ..\SMPHOLD to change to the SMPHOLD directory that was created when the #######.tar file was unpacked.
11. Use tar -xf S0001.MISPROD.TM.RN.Z#######.HLD.pax.Z to unpack the *.pax.Z file in the SMPHOLD directory.
12. On the mainframe host where you wish to perform the RECEIVE:
    1. Allocate an SMPPTFIN dataset with RECFM=FB,LRECEL=80 and SPACE=(CYL,(1000,500)).
    2. Allocate an SMPHOLD dataset with RECFM=FB,LRECEL=80 and SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)).
13. Use the FTP client on your PC to connect to your mainframe host.
14. Transfer the unpacked SMPPTFIN file in BINARY mode to the pre-allocated SMPPTFIN dataset on your mainframe.
15. Transfer the unpacked SMPHOLD file in BINARY mode to the pre-allocated SMPHOLD dataset on your mainframe.
16. Proceed with a normal SMP/E RECEIVE with the SMPPTFIN dataset in your SMPPTFIN DD allocation. You can update the SMP/E RECEIVE JCL in INSTLIB($04RECV) that was created by the Compuware Installer or else modify the sample JCL below to perform the RECEIVE using the SMPHOLD and SMPPTFIN datasets that were created by this procedure:

//JOBNAME  JOB  MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID         
//RECEIVE  EXEC PGM=GIMSMP                        
//SMPCSI   DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.CW.GLOBAL.CSI   
//SMPPTFIN DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.SMPPTFIN
//SMPHOLD  DD   DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.SMPHOLD
//SMPCNTL  DD   *                                 
  SET     BDY(GLOBAL).                            
  RECEIVE SYSMODS LIST HOLDDATA.                  
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