The stated reason for dropping WSA is that it uses an unsecured connection and IBM doesn’t want to upgrade it.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 06:28 Radoslaw Skorupka <r.skoru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > W dniu 25.03.2021 o 23:14, Paul Gilmartin pisze: > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:33:34 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > > >> On 3/25/2021 2:22 PM, Don Leahy wrote: > >>> WSA is another possibility. It is part of ISPF (for now), so should > be > >>> available to all. Once you have wsa.exe running on your desktop > you can > >>> set up a batch job on the mainframe to pull the files over using the > >>> FILEXFER service. It’s fast, and doesn’t have to tie up your TSO > session. > > FSVO "all". On the page at: > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.f54u200/ispu295.htm > > > > I read: > > Workstation Type > > 1. Windows 3. AIX 5. Reserved > > 2. Reserved 4. Reserved > > > > That's pretty short of "all". They seem to have dropped HP-UX and > Solaris > > after z/OS 2.2. > > Well, there are/were many z/OS add-ons available for Windows only. > RMF, OSA/SF, HCM... > > Previously OSA/SF on PC was Windows EXE application. I liked it. However > later it was replaced with JAVA .jar. It was really nightmare to setup > it running and connectivity to a host was crippled to only one method. > > > BTW: OSA/SF is rather history now, because it support older OSA cards > only. It is still supported, I mean one may install supported version of > z/OS on downlevel, but supported machine and in this case one can find > out OSA Express4S or even Express3. > OSA Express 5 and higher are managed from HMC, no OSA/SF support. > OSA Express 3 and older are not managed from HMC, OSA/SF is the only way. > OSA Express 4 is managed by both. > > And of course it is mandatory for CHPID type OSE, usually used for > native SNA. > OSC was never supported, OSD has nothing to set up. OSX, OSM - I have > never worked with it, but it's also history (zBX). > And OSN - history also. > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > (looking for new job) > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
