Three years later, I guess this (discontinue software distribution on tape) is still in the planning stage. A customer of ours just ordered their IBM z/OS maintenance...on 3490 tapes. They've kept some C22's.
STK shops wonder what to do with those 3590/3592 carts, when they do sometimes arrive. Regards, Mike Baldwin Cartagena Software Ltd. www.cartagena.com Subject: Re: Product availability on 3592 From: Mike Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:04:22 -0500 At a recent presentation by Jim Elliott of IBM (IBM System z9, z/OS and z/VM, 2005-09-15), the direction was stated that software shipment on tape will cease in Sept. 2006. Here is an excerpt from a slide: z/OS Statements of Direction Reducing ordering interfaces and delivery mechanisms SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval intended to simplify z/OS Service acquisition Available September 2005 New ESO and CBPDO physical delivery subscriptions no longer accepted Effective March 2006 Service-Only CBPDO orders no longer accepted Effective June 2006 Existing ESO and CBPDO physical delivery subscriptions discontinued Effective September 2006 Here is a link to the presentation: http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/pdfs/naspa-z9.pdf Regards, Mike Baldwin Cartagena Software Ltd. http://www.cartagena.com On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:27:48 -0500, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:02:52 +0100, Greeley, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>Apologies if you've already seen this: >> >>"IBM plans to discontinue delivery of software on 3480, 3480 Compressed >>(3480C), and 3490E tape media. IBM recommends using Internet delivery >>when ordering your z/OS products or service, which eliminates tape >>handling. If you must use physical delivery, you may continue to choose >>3590 or 3592 tape media. Internet delivery is IBM's flagship delivery >>method; therefore, future software delivery enhancements will be focused >>on Internet delivery." >> >>Kevin. >> > >I hadn't seen that. Thanks. I forwarded it to my manager. The fecal material >is likely to impact the air moving device. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
