Edward Gould wrote:
Hi,
Before I go into a viper pit for telling the boss and his boss and his boss and
be asked many questions that I am nowhere near qualified to answer. Is there an
IBM book/manual or SHARE presentation that I can show to the management what
will be needed, hardware (software) wise to be able to accomplish being able to
read the DVD and download it to a disk drive on the mainframe?
From what I have heard here the only thing that is needed is a PC with a large
HD and some connection to the HMC (If I understand this correctly). There is NO
connection outside the company AT ALL.
I can’t believe there is no written down instructions on how this is done, I am
sure the NETWORK people will be all over this, and I am not prepared to take
the heat right now. I have to thoroughly understand and explain to management
and technical types. Frankly, I am shaky on all of this.
Ed, the *only* thing we use the HMC's DVD drive for is the starter
system (the Customized Offerings Driver, or COD). If you stay within
the driving system requirement window, you will never need a COD and
access to the HMC will not be needed.
All the requirements for transferring products and PTFs from a laptop
and to z/OS are documented in z/OS Planning for Installation. Start
with the topic, "Choosing the delivery medium: tape, DVD, or Internet,"
in Chapter 2, on PDF p. 56, here:
https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3ga320890/$file/e0zb100_v2r3.pdf
For DVD, a network connection to the outside world is not required.
Only a network connection between the workstation and z/OS is needed.
--
John Eells
IBM Poughkeepsie
ee...@us.ibm.com
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