As you suggest, we do not have an external I address. We can only be the client in an FTP transaction, that after jumping through the security hoops.
Are you offering to set up such a service? :-) Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DETERSE > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Schuh, Richard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3. It would be much nicer if the electronic delivery > method used by > > shopzSeries were the same as that used for delivery of a > PTF. It would > > be much better if we could FTP the files directly to our VM systems. > > I'd be interested to see hands on how shops have connected > their VM systems. I expect that an external IP address is > rare, so pushing service would probably be of limited use. > But there are probably quite a few who have their VM system > at least connected in such a way that an installer or update > tool could reach out to an external FTP or HTTP server to > obtain service, like you can with Linux. Would it be > attractive for installations to do for VM service? > > Rob > -- > Rob van der Heij > Velocity Software GmbH > http://velocitysoftware.com/ >
