On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:46 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Indeed. Is service likewise available over Internet? Requirements? >Format? Conventions? Citation? > Service for z/VM has been available via Internet delivery for at least the last 8 years or so. When you order the latest z/VM RSU, you request delivery via the Internet....after a few minutes (30 minutes, tops) you get an e-mail from IBM telling you where to go, and what user-id and password to use to download the z/VM service envelopes via FTP. You then upload the VM service envelop(es) to your maintenance z/VM user id, un-terse them, and begin the service process. Piece of cake....you z/OS guys have been really missing out....:-) >"z/VM base"? Does this mean a new customer with no previously running >z/VM system can order z/VM delivery over Internet for installation on >that pristine system? > >Thanks, >gil > It's my understanding, Gil, that what you download from the IBM FTP site is a set of that are in such a format that they can be used to recreate the installation media, in this case a DVD. A starter installation VM system can be IPL-ed from the DVD and it is used, in turn, to install the production VM and all of the desired features. At the moment, all of z/VM fits onto one DVD, plus one extra DVD to hold the latest RSU. DJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
