Back to "not serious", does your RSU e-mail indicate that you're installing maintenance from 50 years ago or does it mean IBM is answering the recent thread asking if z/OS and the mainframe will be obsolete in 10 years?
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: RSU Maintenance: Asking For a Friend On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:48:30 -0500, Rebecca Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >The OP is referring to a shop that reinstalls z/OS as a way to get to a >current RSU level. In the years in between releases of z/OS, they reorder >everything at a higher maintenance level and then do a complete reinstall. > >Has anyone ever heard of this method for putting on maintenance? Can you see >any benefits of this approach? > Didn't someone ask about this recently? It does seem like a good want to get to 2072 maintenance level quickly. :) Per the 2 emails I had today: >Dear Mark Zelden, > >This e-mail has been sent by IBM to inform you that the RSU7206 and >PUT7206 service levels are now available in the z/OS service packages >orderable through ShopzSeries. LOL... Seriously... this method is sort of used in some companies that have centralized installation and maintenance supporting a lot of clients. Perhaps even IBM global services or Kyndryl (that I have never worked for). Basically a vanilla system and all the customization including usermods are put on for each client "post maintenance / install" and then shipped to the client site. So from that aspect they are sort of getting a complete replacement each new level of the OS but it is automated / built in a way that it is still the same thing you had previously, just with the added maintenance / usermods. But the central site would never order a new serverpac (or now re-do a z/OSMF installation) and customization just to bump up the RSU level. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!oMCzOwYJ47V-FRlMVfBbAK7zt4KJqhrguVtl5JWQURYF_-9ax3PZw8fg7gXo6fEh5mr90BZLA2CTAZmd$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
