Hi all,
I just received another update on this issue with the hosted Library
Server (BookManager site). I can assure you that Claus doesn't have any
special insider knowledge - the site wasn't 'CLOSED DOWN' and its
temporary offline status was indeed not planned. Nothing has changed -
the plan is still to get it back up and running as soon as possible,
with "as soon as possible" occurring within the next few weeks or
hopefully even few days.
For those of you who need to access older z/OS content in the meantime,
keep checking
https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zos-library-archives
as Geoff Smith continues to add alternative formats.
(Feel free to quote any of this in Claus' LinkedIn group, of which I'm
not a member.)
-Sue Shumway
On 9/4/2018 2:42 PM, David Staudacher wrote:
The link you included has nothing to do with your post.
I should have realized the link might resolve differently for anyone either not connected
to Claus Mikkelsen, and/or not a member of his "Mainframe Support Tips"
LinkedIn group. My fault.
But Claus' post is quite germane, so I'll copy it here [emphasis mine]:
"If you haven't noticed I can inform you IBM has CLOSED DOWN their good old and well
functioning BookManager Site on the internet. This means that a lot of the links in my
tips does not work anymore. I apologise for any inconvenience. Maybe I will fix this
problem some day, but I will not make any promises".
I posted a reply to him, requesting the source of information for his assertion that IBM had CLOSED DOWN Bookmanger
internet access, and with a link to assurances given here that the outage is "unplanned",
"unintentional", to "stay tuned" and that "work is under way to restore access to it as
quickly as possible".
I have yet to hear a reply, but am nonetheless unconvinced he doesn't have some
kind of insider knowledge we lack. And that the lack of any further assurances
from John, Scott or Susan on the matter also has me very concerned. Claus
isn't the only one with hundreds of published links to pages on the Bookmanager
site which no longer work and will never work again unless access is restored.
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