This is probably a bad time to enquire about it (as most of you are at Share), but here goes:
I read in the SOD: "IBM plans to discontinue delivery of software on 3480, 3480 Compressed (3480C), and 3490E tape media. IBM recommends using Internet delivery when ordering your z/OS products or service which eliminates tape handling. If you must use physical delivery, you may continue to choose 3590 or 3592 tape media. Internet delivery is IBM's flagship delivery method; therefore, future software delivery enhancements will be focused on Internet delivery. " Seeing how 'internet delivery' is the prefered method, how many of you are allowed to have a direct ftp connection to IBM? We certainly are NOT allowed to have that! So 'internet delivery' means downloading to a PC (provided there is enough space on the PC, and I don't even know if the 'toaster' - citrix clients - can download via ftp), then uploading to z/OS again, provided there is enough space there, too. Takes hours, is full of errors. How are others handling this? Best regards, Barbara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
