Ed Jaffe wrote: >What does COD stand for? How does a lowly customer/ISV >get this thing?
COD could mean "Capacity On Demand," but in this context it means "z/OS Customized Offerings Driver," a skinny/mini z/OS that can be IPLed (started) from a DVD, USB flash drive, or equivalent electronic image connected to/uploaded to the HMC/HMA. The z/OS Customized Offerings Driver has its own IBM program number (5751-COD), and you can order it via IBM ShopZ, or via your regular IBM z/OS software delivery service if your country doesn't have ShopZ. The z/OS Customized Offerings Driver is offered at no additional charge to all z/OS base operating system licensees, and it's IBM supported per your z/OS license. Please refer to IBM U.S. Announcement Letter 218-458 and the IBM Knowledge Center for more details. Just to keep you amused (or something?) the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver has different version and release numbers than the skinny/mini z/OS it contains, so just be aware of that. Now you are. :-) - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
