When you click on the link below to get the announcement and then from there click on the link to go the software update page at (https://www.ibm.com/support/z-content-solutions/software-update-zosmf/), and then click on the link to "configure your software management service", you get a dead link at (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.izua300/izulite_SoftwareMgmt_setup.htm). So I guess that IBM doesn't want anyone to get past the installation of z/OSMF step :)
Brian On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 13:33:57 -0600, Dave Jousma <[email protected]> wrote: >Well, it was foreshadowed here on IBM-Main not too long ago, probably by >Marna. Now its in writing…. Get your z/OSMF instances functional now! After >January 2022 orders using the custompac dialogs will be gone! > > >https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/7/897/ENUS221-057/index.html&request_locale=en > >Availability of the z/OS ServerPac as a portable software instance and the >removal of CustomPac dialog support >IBM intends to provide z/OS V2.5 as a portable software instance. With this >change, IBM plans to discontinue support for the CustomPac dialog method of >installation for all IBM software products in Shopz in January 2022. Clients >should prepare their driving system with z/OSMF now to accommodate this >strategic direction and ensure that Shopz-orderable software can be installed >in the future. >With an installation strategy that was developed in collaboration with leading >industry software vendors, IBM continues to make great strides in delivering >z/OS software. Today, CICS®, IMS, Db2, and the related licensed programs can >be ordered as a ServerPac in a portable software instance format, installable >with z/OSMF Software Management. >Building on that momentum, IBM intends to provide z/OS V2.5 in a portable >software instance format. >To ensure that clients can install Shopz-orderable software in the future, it >is recommended that clients take steps to prepare their driving system for >z/OSMF-based installations. For an overview of ServerPac with z/OSMF Software >Management and the steps to follow, see the ServerPac Installation using >z/OSMF content solution website. Here, clients can find a sample portable >software instance that can be used to verify that their z/OS driving system is >operational for installing a CICS, IMS, Db2, or z/OS ServerPac. >Care is advised when clients plan to install z/OS V2.5, because the delivery >choices are expected to change in Shopz in January 2022. At the general >availability of z/OS V2.5, except for z/OS V2.4, and prior to January 2022, >IBM intends to make all IBM z/OS software on Shopz orderable as a ServerPac, >and installable as a portable software instance or by using the CustomPac >dialog. It is not intended that z/OS V2.4 ServerPac will be offered as a >portable software instance. Prior to January 2022, all other software (CICS, >IMS, Db2, z/OS V2.5, and licensed programs) are planned to be offered as >ServerPac orders deliverable through z/OSMF or the CustomPac dialog. >In January 2022, the CustomPac dialog delivery option is planned to be removed >for all software, including CICS, IMS, Db2, z/OS V2.5, and all licensed >programs. Thereafter, it is planned that all software that is orderable as a >ServerPac must be installed with z/OSMF Software Management. >Although it is planned that z/OSMF will become a driving system requirement, >it would be a requirement only for the system in a client's enterprise from >which software installation activities are performed. However, clients might >find that using z/OSMF throughout their enterprise offers tremendous benefits. >If clients cannot meet the z/OSMF driving system requirements for ServerPac, >the Customized Offerings Driver (5751-COD) is available on Shopz. It provides >a z/OS system with z/OSMF, which will be activated at z/OS V2.5 availability. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
