I was using SMP/E under MVS/SP in '87, before XA. On 09/12/2020 11:10, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) 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 > > -----Original Message----- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
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