On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:48:30 -0500, Rebecca Martin <txmvs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The OP is referring to a shop that reinstalls z/OS as a way to get to a >current RSU level. In the years in between releases of z/OS, they reorder >everything at a higher maintenance level and then do a complete reinstall. > >Has anyone ever heard of this method for putting on maintenance? Can you see >any benefits of this approach? > Didn't someone ask about this recently? It does seem like a good want to get to 2072 maintenance level quickly. :) Per the 2 emails I had today: >Dear Mark Zelden, > >This e-mail has been sent by IBM to inform you that the RSU7206 and PUT7206 >service levels >are now available in the z/OS service packages orderable through ShopzSeries. LOL... Seriously... this method is sort of used in some companies that have centralized installation and maintenance supporting a lot of clients. Perhaps even IBM global services or Kyndryl (that I have never worked for). Basically a vanilla system and all the customization including usermods are put on for each client "post maintenance / install" and then shipped to the client site. So from that aspect they are sort of getting a complete replacement each new level of the OS but it is automated / built in a way that it is still the same thing you had previously, just with the added maintenance / usermods. But the central site would never order a new serverpac (or now re-do a z/OSMF installation) and customization just to bump up the RSU level. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
