Yes, there was a starter system that was a standalone dump of an MVS/SP
system. I migrated a OS/VS1 system running under VM/SA on a 4381 to MVS/XA.
OS/VS1 couldn't be used to install the CBIPO, so we had to restore the starter
system (It may have been on one 3380 volume). When you got the MVS/XA system
running, you trashed the starter system.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/downloads/9653
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 05:10:40 AM CST, Richards, Robert B. (CTR)
<000001c91f408b9e-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
I am not sure I "recall" correctly, but I seem to remember running MVS/SP and
doing both a STAGE 1 and STAGE 2 SYSGEN. Also seem to remember printing both on
Green bar for three 5 foot stacks of paper. Never did that again. Wasn't it
MXS/XA that came with SMP/E V1 while prior ones were SMP4? Look what I found it
my existing JCL.CNTL:
//J3JIOCP JOB (6200),'RICHARDS',CLASS=S,MSGCLASS=Q,NOTIFY=S21657
/*JOBPARM S=SYSA
//**********************************************************************
//* JCL TO ASSEMBLE A STAGE1 IOCPGEN OF MVS/XA OPERATING SYSTEM *
//**********************************************************************
//ASSEM1 EXEC PGM=ASMBLR,REGION=768K,
// PARM='DECK,NOLOAD,BUFSIZE(MAX)'
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSLIB DD DSN=SYS1.AGENLIB,DISP=SHR
// DD DSN=SYS1.AMODGEN,DISP=SHR
//SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
// SPACE=(CYL,(20,5))
//SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
// SPACE=(CYL,(10,1))
//SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
// SPACE=(CYL,(2,1))
//SYSPUNCH DD DSN=IPO1.STAGE2,DISP=OLD,
// UNIT=3380,VOL=SER=SPRESA
//SYSIN DD *
PRINT ON,NOGEN,NODATA
TITLE '***MVS/XA STAGE1 FOR SORBUS VIA EXPRESS 01/07/86 '
*IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------*
EJECT
*IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------*
*IOCP START OF IOCP MODIFICATIONS *
*IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------*
ID MSG1='SORBUS MERGED IOCP AND STAGE1 DECK 01/07/86',O+
MSG2='JES2, MVS/SP2 (MVS/XA) FOR AN IBM 4381 PROCESSOR'
*IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------*
*IOCP THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMBINED IOCP AND STAGE1 INPUT *
*IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------*
EJECT
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of
Mark S Waterbury
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
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