Graeme Moss wrote: > Here is my experience with my testing of electronic delivery of z/VM. > It may be of use to others in similar situations or fellow listers may > be able to suggest improvements. > > For electronic delivery IBM recommends the installer download the zip > files to their workstation, unzip and then as one option transfer to > mainframe. I work remotely, living in Australia and working on > mainframes in US. I connect to work via a satellite link and use vpn > over that link. My download quota is 3 Gig per month. > > Given my "broadband" limits, I prefer to download directly to > mainframe Linux, unzip and then transfer back to VM. I already do this > for CA products. > > I was surprised to find that I could not use a ftp client on the > mainframe to get the zip file so as the url prefix was http:// I > thought of using a text based web browser. I installed CHARLOTT and > tried with the url only to be told that the url of 309 characters was > greater than allowed string size of 256 bytes. I went to > www.tinyurl.com and converted the IBM url into something smaller. This > time charlott was able to handle the link and I downloaded the rsu > portion of the order. > > The next step will be to set up NFS between VM and Linux to transfer > the unzipped files back to VM. > > The easiest way to improve this for me would be have ftp instructions > as occur when service is ordered because a) ftp could be used and b) > the real order which will include other products may be placed by > admin staff and I will have to teach them how to save the 309 > character url to send to me.
Can't you use the curl command under zLinux to transfer the http:// files? *cURL* is an open source tool that can transfer data from or to a server or servers, using one of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction. cURL offers a variety of useful functions like proxy support, user authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer, resume, and more. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail! Apple's television commercial - Super Bowl - 1984
