Regards,
Richard Schuh
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of O'Brien, Dennis L
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 Delivery
Richard,
The books are all in one package, including the PDF files. On my order, it was
K5T70543.ZIP. I don't know if every z/VM 6.1.0 order uses the same file names.
I agree that it would be nice to be able to download the installation files
straight to VM, like we can do with service files.
Dennis O'Brien
"See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... And
gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!"
-- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Schuh, Richard
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 16:09
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Delivery
Yes. This Step 2 left out the part about "Download to a PC". Being able top get
the material via FTP directly to a CMS disk would have been nicer. And getting
the pubs in PDF format is a royal pain, too. It would be nice to be able to
download a package and not have to go through the License prompt for each
document.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
________________________________
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of O'Brien, Dennis L
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 Delivery
Richard,
The instructions assume that you download the ZIP files to Windows machine, and
upload to your VM system from there. If you have a Linux guest on VM, you
might be able to download the files to it, instead.
Dennis O'Brien
"See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... And
gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!"
-- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Schuh, Richard
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 15:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Delivery
I just received the info that my 6.1 order is ready for download. In the
instructions that came in the notice, Step 2 says:
STEP 2:
Installation instructions - This link takes you to the instructions to upload
the product material (Product Envelope) to a VM host system and to prepare for
installation. It is recommended that you read or print these installation
instructions in their entirety prior to downloading the products. Once
completed, these instructions will direct you to the Program Directory for z/VM
Service Delivery Offering for the complete installation instructions.
Does this mean that there is supposed to be a way to transfer the files in the
order directly to a VM system? If so, there is a problem in that the link
provided has no such instructions. However, it does have instructions for
downloading to a PC.
If I had a choice, I would choose to transfer directly to a VM system
Regards,
Richard Schuh
