> On Oct 6, 2017, at 8:57 AM, John Eells <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob, > > I am asking specifically about order turnaround time for ServerPac orders > that contain z/OS. > > It's interesting to understand the RFN and RECEIVE ORDER expectations and > needs as well, but I am feeling lazy on this particular Friday, so I want to > try to boil only one part of the ocean at a time. ;-) > > The problem everyone has with physical media is being able to ship something > compatible with what people have today, and will continue to have tomorrow. > Our tape drives cartridge formats are not, as far as I know, readable by > other manufacturer's tape drives these days. (3480 was the last > interoperable format.) > > On the workstation front, optical drives are falling out of favor on new > machines. I personally want to stay away from USB memory sticks, and a > number of very security-conscious clients do not allow their use at all. > They disable USB ports entirely, which precludes all things that are > USB-attached and not just memory sticks. We're starting to run shy of things > we can send everyone that will remain usable for the foreseeable future. > > It's this, really, that might drive us toward Internet-only delivery at some > future point. > > John Eells > z/OS Platform Installation Strategy >
John, How are you going to handle the orders for Tapes? Our installation does not have *ANY* internet connection from the M/F. AFAIK that will never change. The place is hyper about security. I think its overblown, but the current upper management says NFW. When they say no they mean no. Myself I am happy with tape, I don’t have to worry about the SMPE creating datasets all over the place and having 5 volumes(or more) for simple maintenance. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
