Understanding the Portable Software Instance descriptor file

Portable Software Instance Descriptor File

The portable software instance descriptor file contains detailed information to describe the content of the originating software instance. It contains the information required by the z/OSMF Software Management task to perform a deployment operation on the content of the portable software instance. The portable software instance descriptor file has a file name of IZUD00DF.json, and is created by z/OSMF during the operation of an Export action on a software instance.

The content of the portable software instance descriptor file is shown in the following example:

{"izud.pswi.descriptor":
 {
  "version":"pswi-descriptor-version"
  "created":"yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ",
  "gimpaflocation":"relative-path-for-GIMPAF.XML-file",
  "name":"software-instance-name",
  "description":"software-instance-description",
  "globalzone":"csi-data-set-name",
  "zones":[{
    "name":"zone-name",
    "type":"zone-type",
    "related":"related-zone-name",
    "csi":"csi-data-set-name"
    }]
  "datasets":[{
    "dsname":"data-set-name",
    "volumes":["volume-serial"],
    "storclas":"storage-class",
    "dstype":"data-set-type",
    "tracks":"allocated-tracks",
    "zonedddefs":[{
      "zone":"zone-name",
      "dddefs":[{"dddef":"dddef-name", "path":"unix-directory", "pathcontainedinds":"unix-directory-subset"}]
      }],
    "mountpoint":"UNIX-path",
    "unixdirs":["unix-directory"],
    "isextendedformat":true | false",
    "recfm":"record-format",
    "lrecl":"logical-record-length",
    "blksize":"block-size",
    "used":"used-tracks-percent"
    "extents":"allocated-extents",
    "dscategory":["data-set-category"],
    "archid":"gimzip-archive-id",
    }]
  "smpeproducts":[{
    "prodname":"product-name",
    "prodid":"product-id", 
    "release":"vv.rr.mm",
    "vendor":"vendor-name",
    "url":"product-url",
     "srels":["srel"],
     "prodsups":[{
     "prodid":"product-id",
     "release":"vv.rr.mm"
      }],
    "features":[{
      "featname":"feature-name",
      "featid":"feature-id",
      "fmids":["fmid-name"]
      }]
    }],
  "fmids":["fmid-name"],
  "products":[{
    "prodname":"product-name",
    "prodid":"product-id", 
    "release":"product-level",
    "vendor":"vendor-name",
    "url":"product-url",
    "features":["feature-name"],
    "gadate":"yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ",
    "eosdate":"yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ" | "NotAnnounced",
    "prodinfoversion":"yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ"
    }],
  "workflows":[{
    "name":"workflow-name",
    "description":"workflow-description",
    "location": {
      "smptype":"smp-type",
      "smpname":"smp-name",
      "dsname":"workflow-dsname",
      "path":"workflow-path"},
    "performonhostsystem":true | false
    }],
  "datasetproperties":[{
    "dddefname":"dddef-name",
    "zone":"zone-name",
    "dsname":"data-set-name",
    "volume":"volume-serial",
    "dstype":"DLIB",
    "properties":[{"key":"value"}] 
    }],
 "datasetpropertylabels":[{
    "propertyname":"property-name",
    "label":"property-label"
    }],
  "productproperties":[{
    "prodid":"product-id",
    "release":"product-level",
    "prodname":"product-name",
    "properties":[{"key":"value"}] 
    }]
 }
}