> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Turner Cheryl L > Sent: 12 July, 2017 14:23 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z/OSMF-Based Installation (WasL Re: AW: Re: EAV volumes and > SYSRES) > > Not sure what is being planned but is this an all or nothing proposal? > Meaning you either have to use it for installation or the order doesn't > get installed? I don't know if others here may agree with me, but I, and > some others in my shop, would prefer to use our existing local > installation process. However, I would not impede an alternative from > being developed, if my future replacement may find it a better > alternative and want to use it. > > We, like others, use z/OSMF purely because of the Communication Server > requirement. In our shop, fortunate or no, one person is also not > responsible for installing key components (i.e. z/OS is by itself. > CICS/DB2/MQ and various vendor and IBM supplemental products are > installed by several other individuals and their migration may happen > after the z/OS install is complete.) Has this post installation > separation of components also been taken into consideration/discussed > with the z/OSMF process? Might DB2/CICS/etc. have their own predefined > workflows or would the CBPDO or like process still be applicable in that > situation? > > Thanks, > Cheryl >
Good point. Since the term 'ISV' has already been mentioned, I would like to point to BMC's ISR installation system for an example of ease of use and flexibility. With a couple of panels, you select, download and unpack your software. With another couple of jobs (panel driven) all the SMP work is done and the software is ready. Different people can work with it, installing different products simultaneously. I found it an eye-opener and relief how easily software can be installed and maintained since I switched to this installer. Maybe z/OSMF can learn one or two userfriendly features from it. Beware: since everything is under the cover of the installer, it must be real good or you will be lost without any clue where to start or go. I can resist to mention Omegamon as an example of this. Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
