Does anybody remember
When MVSCP became available?
When MVSCP became mandatory?
When HCD became available?
When HCD became mandatory (or does it call MVSCP under the covers?)
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 8:59 PM
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Subject: Re: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?
I seem to recall that installing (and paying for) SMP/e under MVS/SP allowed
the installation of MVS/XA (using the GENERATE command) without performing a
full sysgen.
Mark Jacobs
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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 at 8:33 PM, CM Poncelet <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I was using SMP/E under MVS/SP in '87, before XA.
>
> On 09/12/2020 11:10, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote:
>
> > I am not sure I "recall" correctly, but I seem to remember running MVS/SP
> > and doing both a STAGE 1 and STAGE 2 SYSGEN. Also seem to remember printing
> > both on Green bar for three 5 foot stacks of paper. Never did that again.
> > Wasn't it MXS/XA that came with SMP/E V1 while prior ones were SMP4? Look
> > what I found it my existing JCL.CNTL:
> >
> > //J3JIOCP JOB (6200),'RICHARDS',CLASS=S,MSGCLASS=Q,NOTIFY=S21657
> >
> > /JOBPARM S=SYSA
> >
> > //*********************************************************************
> >
> > //* JCL TO ASSEMBLE A STAGE1 IOCPGEN OF MVS/XA OPERATING SYSTEM *
> >
> > //**********************************************************************
> >
> > //ASSEM1 EXEC PGM=ASMBLR,REGION=768K,
> >
> > // PARM='DECK,NOLOAD,BUFSIZE(MAX)'
> >
> > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
> >
> > //SYSLIB DD DSN=SYS1.AGENLIB,DISP=SHR
> >
> > // DD DSN=SYS1.AMODGEN,DISP=SHR
> >
> > //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
> >
> > // SPACE=(CYL,(20,5))
> >
> > //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
> >
> > // SPACE=(CYL,(10,1))
> >
> > //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,
> >
> > // SPACE=(CYL,(2,1))
> >
> > //SYSPUNCH DD DSN=IPO1.STAGE2,DISP=OLD,
> >
> > // UNIT=3380,VOL=SER=SPRESA
> >
> > //SYSIN DD *
> >
> > PRINT ON,NOGEN,NODATA
> >
> > TITLE '***MVS/XA STAGE1 FOR SORBUS VIA EXPRESS 01/07/86 '
> >
> > IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > EJECT
> >
> > IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *IOCP START OF IOCP MODIFICATIONS *
> >
> > IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ID MSG1='SORBUS MERGED IOCP AND STAGE1 DECK 01/07/86',O+
> >
> > MSG2='JES2, MVS/SP2 (MVS/XA) FOR AN IBM 4381 PROCESSOR'
> >
> > IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *IOCP THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMBINED IOCP AND STAGE1 INPUT *
> >
> > IOCP----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > EJECT
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of
> > Mark S Waterbury
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:04 PM
> >
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> > Subject: does anyone recall any details about MVS/XA?
> >
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > Does anyone recall how MVS/XA was first distributed and installed? e.g. was
> > there some kind of a "starter system"? If so, what was it? MVS 3.8J, or
> > MVS/SE or MVS/SP or what?
> >
> > I seem to recall that someone told me that there was no longer any "SYSGEN"
> > process used to install MVS/XA? So, how was this task accomplished?
> >
> > Also, does anyone recall whether IBM made available any "optional source
> > materials" for MVS/XA, either machine readable, on magnetic tape, or was
> > that only available on microfiche, if it was available at all?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any details anyone can provide.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Mark S. Waterbury
> >
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