thank you for the sanity check. I see that I can inquire missing /
critical maint, I was hoping that I could take the info and perform a
receive from that missing maint. using a defined protocol (ftps or
https) and have z/osmf submit the job to receive from network.
I do have a weekly job setup to get holddata and I can use that same
process to get RSU updates, so I'm glad to see this process along with
the order process didn't change so much.
thank you
Carmen
On 7/20/2021 12:05 PM, Marna WALLE wrote:
Hi Carmen,
Sorry to hear that z/OS V2.4 will be your least release! Good luck in
retirement!
Once you have laid down a z/OSMF ServerPac, it will have the same
considerations as if you had done it with the ISPF ServerPac dialogs, so I'm
guessing the comments weren't about z/OSMF specifically?
Q: ...still have yet to find how to update / get RSU maint and define or
change anything once the instance is defined but I've not really spent
too much time either...
A: You'd acquire PTFs just as you did when you installed z/OS V2.4. If it
were me, I'd set up an automated job to pull PTFs and HOLDDATA nightly/weekly
with SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER, specifying my new z/OS V2.5 global zone. The SMP/E
CSI is there, just as always, for you to install PTFs and run reports...just
like before. Of course, now that it is also known to z/OSMF, you could do an
APPLY with z/OSMF Software Update should you wish. Once the Software Instance
is known to z/OSMF, it knows the global and target zones, and can guide you
through an APPLY of corrective, recommended, or functional PTFs. Or, you can
use the same SMP/E JCL batch jobs you've used for decades. Your choice, and it
doesn't matter. PTFs are APPLY into the CSI and both ways uses the CSI.
Q: I wonder since my company does not allow access from my mainframe systems
to the internet, what protocol will be used to query my CSI's,
maint level? get service
A: Same methods as before. Nothing has changed. You can acquire a ServerPac
via internet or DVD. If you can't use RECEIVE ORDEER to acquire PTFs, you can
use Shopz and upload your CSI (or other ways).
-Marna WALLE
z/OS System Install and Upgrade
IBM Poughkeepsie
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