I installed MVS/XA under using our existing MVS/SP V1 system. For a new MVS customer I assume that IBM shipped a starter system like they do now which was a stripped down OS with just enough "stuff" to install the MVS/XA system.
As for your optional source material question, I don't remember, but likely they did. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 at 3:04 PM, Mark S Waterbury <000001c3f560aac1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi, all, > > Does anyone recall how MVS/XA was first distributed and installed? e.g. was > there some kind of a "starter system"? If so, what was it? MVS 3.8J, or > MVS/SE or MVS/SP or what? > > I seem to recall that someone told me that there was no longer any "SYSGEN" > process used to install MVS/XA? So, how was this task accomplished? > > Also, does anyone recall whether IBM made available any "optional source > materials" for MVS/XA, either machine readable, on magnetic tape, or was that > only available on microfiche, if it was available at all? > > Thanks in advance for any details anyone can provide. > > All the best, > > Mark S. Waterbury > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
