> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Jones
>
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:46 -0600, Paul Gilmartin 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....:-)
Actually, we've ("z/OS guys") had SMP/E RECEIVE FROMNETWORK for a few
years now.... :-)
-jc-
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