For those new to MVS there was the MVS/XA Express option. You have to qualify to get it. A shop I worked at a long time ago was a VSE shop that was going to convert to MVS and that is how we started off. I believe the MVS/XA Express was a complete IPL system that IBM built based on your environment. I think it was basically a restore and IPL type situation. After that I don't recall what had to be done. It was a long (long) time ago so the memory is a little fuzzy.
Thanks.. Paul Feller GTS Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA? [EXTERNAL] The *fun* memories of a POR before every time we tested MVS/XA and then another one when we went back to MVS/SP for production just returned. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__api.protonmail.ch_pks_lookup-3Fop-3Dget-26search-3Dmarkjacobs-40protonmail.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=9g4MJkl2VjLjS6R4ei18BA&r=eUhu3PeeWy6RTndlJVKembFjFsvwCa8eeU_gm45NyOc&m=KK1yXXNOBVuutibinfGrz7q-E8DxWAgMfozPwM_fdas&s=Aeq0PrNdOcRqdsiFkHkGJt4xsGO8Guev3vSwvmvSc-s&e= ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 at 4:18 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 <0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > ISTR there was also a special version of VM/XA made available "early" so that > customers could run both 24-bit MVS/SP and 31-bit MVS/XA on the same physical > machine. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf > Of Brian France > > Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:11 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA? > > 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 < > > > > 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 > > Brian W. 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