You needed an MVS driver system to install MVS/XA. Most customers already had an existing MVS/SP system, and didn't need to order the starter system. IPO and PSO were available later. Optional souce was available on tape. There was no PTF optional source; if the module was hit by service, you had to rely on the microfiche.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mark S Waterbury [000001c3f560aac1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA? 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
