> Can a vendor produce product information files without their providing > portable instances for installing the product(s)? Or is that file an > artifact of creating portable instances? It seems like I could > theoretically hand-build a product information file to supply a EOS date?
A portable software instance (PSWI) is NOT required. However, identification of the Products contained in the software instance is required. For SMP/E managed software this is done by the provider with ++PRODUCT and ++FEATURE statements, which yield PRODUCT and FEATURE entries in the global zone. However, I believe not all vendors exploit ++PRODUCT/++FEATURE. In that case you can manually add the Products to the definition of the software instance. Click the Modify action for a software instance and go to the Products tab where you can Add individual Product definitions. You can even specify the end-of-service date for the product right on the Add page. If the subject software does exploit ++PRODUCT/++FEATURE then you sure can hand-build your own file containing end-of-service dates which z/OSMF can read and correlate with the software instances. See here for more information: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=guide-creating-product-information-files-software-management-task Kurt Quackenbush IBM | z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
