Being the cynic that I am, I wonder about the reason behind this. Perhaps it is to "prove" that z/OS is actually more likely to contain programming errors and so be open to "cracking" and thuse "less secure" than some other beloved OS? After all, Windows doesn't have the hundreds (if not thousands) of "patches" that z/OS gets regularly. Therefore, z/OS is more poorly designed and implemented - QED, "no brainer". Same applies, BTW, to Linux. Linux gets updated more regularly than Windows. Therefore Linux is more poorly designed because they are constantly __BEING FORCED__ (as many managers would see) to improve it. The "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" misapplied to imply "if it's being modified, it must be broke".
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Craig Pace > > > > One way to accomplish this would be to order, using ShopzSeries, all > new > > PTFs based off of a Service report of your SMP/E > environment. You can > > find information on the ShopzSeries web-site about information on > ordering > > using the report and how to create these reports. This > will order the > new > > PTFs based off your current SMP/E environment which can then be > manually > > review for system impact and/or relavenance. > > I daresay even simpler, if you have a z/OS image that can > connect to the > Internet, would be to obtain an "SMP/E Client Certificate" from > ShopzSeries, then set up and submit a RECEIVE ORDER job that could be > run "whenever". For the first run you could specify > CONTENT(ALL) to get > "everything" available for the target zone(s) you specify. If you > haven't received maintenance in a while, you might need to set up > "spill" datasets for SMPPTS. You might also need to allocate > and mount > a "large" ZFS and point the SMPWKDIR DD statement at it. > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
