Yes, and I believe the "driving' system for install had to be MVS/SP or higher...
Joe On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 3:11 PM Brian France <[email protected]> wrote: > I kinda remember MVS/XA and later ESA being CBIPO and CBPDO for maint. > > SYSGEN I think was still needed for XA and maybe ESA. > > I'm not sure what you meant by Optional Source Materials. If by that you > meant optional source code to install, I think they went the microsloth > bloat ware option later... > > On 12/8/2020 4:00 PM, Joe Monk wrote: > > i thought MVS/XA was CBIPO? > > > > Joe > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 2:04 PM Mark S Waterbury < > > [email protected]> 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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > Brian W. France > Systems Administrator (Mainframe) > Pennsylvania State University > Penn State IT - Infrastructure/SYSARC > Rm 25 Shields Bldg., University Park, Pa. 16802 > 814-863-4739 > [email protected] > > There's no such thing as The Cloud - it's just someone else's computer... > > "To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." > > Carl Sagan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
