IBM's Pacific-basin customers outside the US and Japan cannot get an
'entire newly-ordered product' in this way. (Here I am conjecturing
more than I really know: My client in New Zealand cannot; and Shane in
Australia cannot.)
Why?
Because of deficiencies in IBM's ordering and licensing
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To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Download z/OS software protocols (was SMP/E packaging for RECEIVE
ORDER?)
Utilization and support of FTP are generally waning outside IBM.
Really? Why? If not FTP, then what is the desired method for
downloading products, PTFs, and HOLDDATA directly
Not only can you order a product in CBPDO format for internet delivery a
number of us have received a whole z/OS serverpac via the internet.
Alan
Dumb question: does IBM only distribute various fixes electronically, or
can
you get an entire newly-ordered product via the Internet?
Charles
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Dumb question: does IBM only distribute various fixes
electronically, or can you get an entire newly-ordered
product via the Internet?
I believe you can get any IBM software delivered
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Not only can you order a product in CBPDO format for internet delivery a
number
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: Download z/OS software protocols (was SMP/E packaging for
RECEIVE ORDER?)
Entire products are internet
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 06:38 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:
Dumb question: does IBM only distribute various fixes electronically, or can
you get an entire newly-ordered product via the Internet?
Depends on where you are.
Shane ...
Chase, John wrote:
I believe you can get any IBM software delivered electronically, from
single fixes to z/OS Serverpacs.
Electronic delivery of hardware is still in the future
Well, you can get a CPU upgrade electronically (assuming the chip is already
installed in your box, which is
Shane writes:
Dumb question: does IBM only distribute various fixes electronically,
or can
you get an entire newly-ordered product via the Internet?
Depends on where you are.
and I have only just realized how important---and how very odd---this
qualification is.
IBM's
Utilization and support of FTP are generally waning outside IBM.
Really? Why? If not FTP, then what is the desired method for
downloading products, PTFs, and HOLDDATA directly to a z/OS system from
an Internet server?
If there were a suitable HTTP(S) client on z/OS, or if SMP/E extended
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