Most of the CA products are now shipped in "Enhanced ESD" format, you
can download them from the CA Support web site, of course with
registered userid. Those product downloaded files are in the format of
*.pax.Z, you have to shoot it up to the USS dir, and then use GMUNZIP to
unpax it to MVS SMPE install datasets.
Regards Lim ML
On 07/10/11 5:21 AM, Chris Hoelscher wrote:
Well .....
For CA-IDMS that's exactly what I do (we do not have MSM yet installed, but
even if we did - I would first want to non-MSM install a product, then a MSM
install and compare the results)
I put in a request - CA spits me back a "from" path, and I FTP the pax file
directly to the mainframe, unpack and unload - and I am ready to install just as if it
had been delivered on tape!
Is IDMS the only CA product that allows this choice of acquisition ? I hope not
Chris Hoelscher
IDMS& DB2 Database Administrator
502-476-2538
You only need to test the programs you don't want to get called on later
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jousma, David
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 2:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] CA MSM v4 on z/os 1.9
Jim,
You see that's the problem. I really don't want to install another product,
just to help maintain the others. Just another product to keep current.
Honestly, the biggest hassle is just finding the maintenance
and downloading it. And at that, not a huge problem that I need to
have another piece of software to do it. And it's not like MSM is a
"light-weight" product either, with ZFS file systems, STc's, etc all needed
just run it.
Nothing is easier than running a SMPE receive order.
Even if CA just had a FTP site that I could access directly and download and
then receive the maintenance for each product I would be happy.
We already have a process/method to deploy updates, so that doesn't buy me
anything. We only touch a product once per year(unless a fix is needed for a
problem).
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Jim Petersen
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 1:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CA MSM v4 on z/os 1.9
Actually, MSM V4 is really great for downloading new Products or new releases
of Products or Maintenance for Products and then installing them. For me, it
has really speeded things up for getting new releases or maintenance on current
releases on.
Not to mention, the ability to deploy those products to another site in your
company.
___________________________________________
Jim Petersen
MVS - Lead Systems Engineer
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