Hi all,
I was just brought up to speed on what's going on with Library Server.
The IBM-hosted instance of Library Server, which is what serves the
content that is linked from
https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zos-library-archives
, encountered a problem and went down. So, all links to those domains
won't work. The involved teams continue to investigate solutions, but
there is currently no ETA for a fix. We'll keep you posted.
The good news here is that the content itself is still available - you
just need to use a different method to access it:
1. Use Softcopy Librarian to download PDF and BookManager formats of
whatever content you need. See
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24000640 to download
Softcopy Librarian and
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ebrscl1/toc.htm
for more information about it.
2. View the content using one of two methods:
--- If you're running Library Server for z/OS in your enterprise, you
can use it to host the content locally. See
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bks/bks.htm
for more information about Library Server.
--- If you're not running Library Server, simply use the appropriate
tool to access your preferred format of the content: Softcopy Reader for
BookManager or Adobe Acrobat for PDF. See
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ab0in02/toc.htm
for more information about Softcopy Reader.
-Sue Shumway
On 8/15/2018 9:48 AM, John McKown wrote:
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:42 AM Allan Staller <allan.stal...@hcl.com> wrote:
On a more serious note than my previous reply. There are many shops
running unsupported HW and SW.
As I recall, some of the early documentation for z/OS 1.x only existed in
BKM format (there were no PDF's available).
How are those people going to get the necessary information?
good question. I am glad that I am a pack rat. I have a number of CDs(!)
with labels like: "OS/390 Collection December 1997" and even "MVS
Collection December 1997" or perhaps more popular "z/OS V1R10 Collecftion
September 2008".
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf
Of Don Poitras
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 8:38 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: "Library Server" Access Now "Forbidden"?
In article <
caajsdjiyzbn3k1wqocx9gn12zjpw7wxjlm3r8n4minherzp...@mail.gmail.com> you
wrote:
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 5:24 PM David Staudacher
<dlstaudac...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Starting yesterday, all the Book Manager/Library Server libs I know
of (publibz.boulder..., publibfp.boulder..., publibfp.dhe, etc)
respond with:
"Forbidden: You don't have permission to access <folder-name> on
this server".
This includes links provide *by IBM*, such as all the doc links given
here:
https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fib
m.com%2Fservers%2Fresourcelink%2Fsvc00100.nsf%2Fpages%2Fzos-library-
archives&data=02%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7C0e8a5a6750b645
7d69cf08d602b45d65%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C6366
99371056784819&sdata=4IJbJ7XQGaElZclDKz2Xn0EOXz6DbO8l8Y0slOiX31A
%3D&reserved=0 Did I miss an announcement that Library Server
was going away?
Must be fixed. I just went to the above with no problems. 12:09 UTC
(7:09 a.m. US Central).
--
Between infinite and short there is a big difference. -- G.H. Gonnet
Maranatha! <>< John McKown
FSVO "fixed". If you click on one of the book manager links, you still get
"Forbidden".
--
Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive
sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513
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