I seem to recall that installing (and paying for) SMP/e under MVS/SP allowed the installation of MVS/XA (using the GENERATE command) without performing a full sysgen.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 at 8:33 PM, CM Poncelet <ponce...@bcs.org.uk> wrote: > 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 > > 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
