What Is PopUp Mainframe?
The PopUp Vision
The Challenge of Mainframe Environments
How does PopUp work?
Using PopUp
What is the Difference Between PopUp and ZD&T?
Platform
Release Notes
Release Naming Convention
PopUp Product Releases
Foundation Components
Mainframe Subsystems, Applications and Utilities
PopUp Add-ons
BMC AMI DevX tools
PopUp Utilities
DASD Volume Creation Utility
Data Migration Utilities
Corral & Decorral Utility
Auto-Migration
GitSync Utility
Other utilities
Open Source Products
Ansible Automation
Galasa
IMON
Showzos
IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS
ZTI - Z Terminal Interface
COBOL Check
Delphix Plugin
PopUp Delphix Virtualization Plugin V1.0
Delphix Mainframe File Utility (DMFU)
V3.0 - January 2025
V2.0 - February 2024
V1.0
Delphix IMS Mainframe Utility (DIMU)
V2.0 - February 2024
V1.0
System Requirements
PopUp System Requirements
PopUp X Requirements
PopUp Z Requirements
Network Requirements (PopUp X and PopUp Z)
PopUp Mainframe Usage Restrictions
ZD&T License Server Requirements
License Server Requirements
Delphix Specific Requirements
Memory
vCPUs
Network
ZD&T License Usage for Delphix
Setup and Deployment - PopUp server
Deploying PopUp Mainframe on KVM (IBM Z or x86)
1. Create the data disk
2. Start the Virtual Machine
3. Connect to the VM Console
4. Post Deployment Steps - KVM
Deploying PopUp Mainframe on Microsoft Azure
1. Create Azure Virtual Machine
2. Enable Azure Ports
3. Connect to Azure VM
4. Post Deployment Steps - Azure
Deploying PopUp Mainframe on VMware
1. Download the OVA
2. Deploy OVA on VMware
Deploying PopUp Mainframe on Virtualbox
1. Download the PopUp Mainframe OVA
2. Import PopUp Mainframe OVA
3. Customize the VirtualBox VM
4. Post Deployment Steps - OVA
Post Deployment Steps
1. ZD&T License Setup
2. PopUp Mainframe License Setup
a. Generate PopUp license request
b. Apply the PopUp license
3. PopUp Mainframe Setup
4. Perform IPL
a. Setup IPL_PARM and source .bashrc
b. For BMC users, update .bashrc
c. Start z/OS (IPL)
Setup and Deployment - License server
Deploying License Server on Azure
Deploying License Server on KVM (x86 hardware)
1. Download the qcow2 Image
2. Create and Install the VM using KVM
3. Connect to the VM
4. Start UIM Server
5. Generate License
Deploying License Server on VirtualBox (OVA file)
1. Download the OVA
2. Import OVA using Virtual Box
3. Customize the VM
4. Generate License
Generate License
Steps to generate license file
1. request_license on the license server
2. update_license
Returning a license
PopUp Architecture & Integrations
How PopUp Works
PopUp Architecture
PopUp with FastTrack
PopUp & Delphix
How PopUp & Delphix Works
Delphix Continuous Compliance (Data Masking)
PopUp & BMC
PopUp on Azure
PopUp Configuration
Storage Configuration
SMS Volume Allocation Guidelines
Using the create_volumes PopUp utility
Sign in
Execute the script
Automatic PopUp Mainframe Shutdown
Automatic PopUp Mainframe Start
Automatic Mainframe Job submissions
Verification on PopUp
Notes
Device Configuration (devmap file)
Find out more
Network Configuration
FastTrack
Overview
Data Compression
FastTrack Installation
Pre-requisites
Installation
FastTrack User Commands
FastTrack Help
FastTrack Status/Information
FastTrack Start and Stop Commands
FastTrack Snapshot
FastTrack Switch
Provision Additional Instances of FastTrack PopUp
Setup-send
Send
Branch and Snapshot Administration
Delete Snapshot
Delete Branch
Automation with Ansible
Why Ansible for z/OS?
Pre-built playbooks are provided out-of-the-box with PopUp
Ansible Architecture on the PopUp
Getting started with Ansible automation
Best Practices
References and Further Reading
Observability
Observing your PopUps
Our observability solution can help you...
Why Grafana and Prometheus?
Getting started
Example dashboard: DASD usage and volume usage
Best practices
References and Further Reading
Data Transfer from Physical Mainframe to PopUp
Data transfer process using IBM Migration Utility
A. Setup
B. Transferring the Data
A. Setup
1. Determine the scope of the Migration "Project"
2. Install IBM Migration Server Utility on Physical Mainframe
3. Allocate dedicated DASD (Transport Volumes) for use by IBM Migration Utility
4. Install Auto Migration & Data Corraling Solution
B. Transferring the Data
5. Corral data with the PopUp Auto Migration & Data Corraling tool
6. Initiate the data transfer
Security
7. De-Corral the data on the PopUp
8. Repeat as needed
Delphix Configuration
Delphix Integrated PopUp
Integrating with Delphix Continuous Data (Virtualization)
PopUp Data Virtualization
A. Add PopUp environment
B. Ingestion of Masked Data
C. Provision of vPopUp (virtual PopUp) Environments
Getting Started with PopUp
Getting Started Guide
Using the PopUp
Automating PopUp
Starting PopUp z/OS
Stopping PopUp z/OS
Maintaining PopUp
General Maintenance Guidelines
Recommendations
Upgrading PopUp
Linux OS Version Upgrade
ZD&T (Emulator) Version
ADCD
z/OS Operating System Version Upgrade
z/OS Software Version Upgrade/Install
Securing PopUp
Taking a snapshot of PopUp z/OS
Cloning the entire PopUp z/OS
Viewing the ZD&T Master Console
Viewing console logs
Troubleshooting Errors on PopUp
Integrations with other software
Troubleshooting
IPL errors
License Issue
Root cause
Permanent Fix
Initialization Failure
Root cause
Permanent Fix
TSO Login & Authentication Errors
LOGIN fails
Root cause
Temporary Fix
Permanent Fix
Session Limits
Permanent Fix
Out of space error
Root cause
Permanent Fix
create_volumes script errors
Newly created volume is not visible in the PopUp
Permanent Fix
Volume count limit error
Fix
Disk storage error
Fix
Error in volume initialization job
Fix
Error in SMS conversion job
Fix
Db2 errors
Db2 not operational
Permanent Fix
Db2 not starting up
Permanent Fix
FTP errors
FTP Not Working Between PopUps
Follow These Steps to Resolve the Issue
Sample FTP JCL
Environment setup and access
Enabling password-less login to z/OS USS
Generate SSH Public Key
Support
Support Overview
Support Models
What Constitutes a Support Incident?
Resolution and Closure of Support Cases
Target Initial Response Times
Note
Scope of PopUp Support
Within the scope of PopUp support
Issues in scope of PopUp support
Outside the scope of PopUp support
Issues OUT OF SCOPE of PopUp support
Log a Support Request
Support Onboarding
Best Practice Guidance
The PopUp & FastTrack Delivery Manual
The PopUp & Delphix Delivery Manual
Template Documents
PopUp Mainframe Certification
Course Overview
Program Content
Eligibility
Pre-requisites
Infrastructure requirements
Non-Infrastructure requirements
How to get certified?
PopUp Mainframe
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PopUp Lifecycle
PopUp Lifecycle
Page last revised on: 2026-01-19
