On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:15:25 -0600, Dave Jones wrote: > >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....:-) > ??? IANASP, but what have z/OS guys been missing? My understanding is that with ShopZ, z/OS connects directly to the IBM site and uses the SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER command to pull the service "envelope(s)" directly to z/OS. No uploading; no un-tersing; I'm confident that the z/OS SPs feel little remorse for those two steps.
(Yes, it is necessary to upload the JCL supplied by ShopZ to z/OS. Or can that be mailed by ShopZ directly to a z/OS mailbox? Again, IANASP.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
