Re: RSUs

2019-05-31 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
only released quarterly, whereas RSUs are released every month. IBM's RSU (Recommended Service Update) is assigned like this: IBM's monthly RSUs (RSUyy01, 02, 04, 05, 07, ...) identify PTFs that fix HIPER, PE, Security/Integrity, or pervasive problems *AND* have completed a 30 day CS

Re: RSUs

2019-05-30 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
only released quarterly, whereas RSUs are released every month. -- Andy Styles Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Re

Re: RSUs

2019-05-30 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 29 May 2019 23:06:01 +, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >The advertised virtue of RSU is that it represents a well-defined bundle of >fixes that have been tested together in 'many' shops. Not exactly. It is a set of PTFs that have been extensively tested together by IBM. Then they have been

Re: RSUs

2019-05-29 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
f Of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 5:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: RSUs On 5/29/2019 3:57 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: >> Did you really get more PTFs assigned RSU1903 the second time? Or >> did you simply get more

Re: RSUs

2019-05-29 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/29/2019 3:57 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: Did you really get more PTFs assigned RSU1903 the second time? Or did you simply get more PTFs? Let me explain: I believe we received new PTFs - with RSU1903 being assigned to them at the same time. That's the behaviour I'm

Re: RSUs

2019-05-29 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public Hi Kurt, > Did you really get more PTFs assigned RSU1903 the second time? Or did you > simply get > more PTFs? Let me explain: I believe we received new PTFs - with RSU1903 being assigned to them at the same time. That's the behaviour I'm querying - and I think you agr

Re: RSUs

2019-05-28 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/28/2019 12:04 PM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: I've snipped a fair bit of this, but (and I've manually added quoting, so apologies if it breaks): Were any of these PTFs also received in the prior RECEIVE ORDER? And Were they applied and accepted, perhaps purging them fr

Re: RSUs

2019-05-28 Thread Gibney, Dave
2019 9:04 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: RSUs > > Classification: Public > Hi Kurt, > > I've snipped a fair bit of this, but (and I've manually added quoting, so > apologies if it breaks): > > > Were any of these PTFs also receive

Re: RSUs

2019-05-28 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public Hi Kurt, I've snipped a fair bit of this, but (and I've manually added quoting, so apologies if it breaks): > Were any of these PTFs also received in the prior RECEIVE ORDER? And Were > they applied and > accepted, perhaps purging them from the global zone prior to the

Re: RSUs

2019-05-28 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/24/2019 11:24 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: I have the SMPGLOG (GLOBAL log), but not the jobs. I'm reluctant to post a large amount of SMPLOG output here, but here (hopefully relevant) snippets: RECEIVE ORDER(ORDERSERVER(ORDRINFO) CONTENT(RECOMMENDED

Re: RSUs

2019-05-28 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/24/2019 10:19 AM, Jousma, David wrote: Bob, I'm sure Kurt will give a more complete answer, but the RECEIVE ORDER Process first uploads an inventory to IBM. Then the order process only sends you what you don’t have. In my opinion a more complete answer is not necessary. Your posts de

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Jousma, David
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Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Richards, Robert B.
o steps be automatically combined in a batch job and not use SHOPz at all? Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 10:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs Bob, I'm

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Quackenbush Sent: 24 May 2019 14:38 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- On 5/23/2019 10:18 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wro

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Jousma, David
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 10:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** Bob, I'm sure Kurt will give a

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Fri, 24 May 2019 09:38:22 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > If you did receive such ASSIGN statements, >and if you still have it, I'd like to see the RECEIVE command output for >both jobs please. If he doesn't have the jobs, will the data from the SMPLOG for that period help? -- Tom Marchant

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Jousma, David
AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** Kurt, Speaking of RSUs, is there a way to provide an inventory of PTFs already received so that I don't end up reor

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Kurt, Speaking of RSUs, is there a way to provide an inventory of PTFs already received so that I don't end up reordering and transmitting gigabytes of PTFs that have already been ordered, downloaded and received? As it is now, I am forced to run the RSU job on the weekend so that I

Re: RSUs

2019-05-24 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 5/23/2019 10:18 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: We did a RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) in early April (just after the "New Service Levels" email), and got a number of fixes for RSU1903. Over the last couple of days, it's been discovered that we are missing a few PTFs t

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Tom Conley
On 5/23/2019 10:18 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: Classification: Public Hi all, A question on some behaviour that I think we've noticed over the last few RSUs that have been announced. We did a RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) in early April (just after the "Ne

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public David, Okay, that makes some sense, and perhaps is a better way of doing the receive, which I'll perhaps adopt in the future; it still doesn't answer the question of whether IBM retrospectively assign RSUs to PTFs. Andy Styles z/Series System Programmer ---

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Carmen Vitullo
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Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Jousma, David
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** Classificatio

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
A.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- I order via shopz Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Andy Styles (ITS zPlatform Services)" <00d68f765d25-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU S

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I order via shopz Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Andy Styles (ITS zPlatform Services)" <00d68f765d25-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:33:33 AM Subject: Re: RSUs Classification: Public W

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Carmen Vitullo Sent: 23 May 2019 15:31 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: RSUs -- This email has reached the Bank via an external source -- I don't recall ever doing a RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) , when I get an email for new service levels, I orde

Re: RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Carmen Vitullo
d25-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:17:25 AM Subject: RSUs Classification: Public Hi all, A question on some behaviour that I think we've noticed over the last few RSUs that have been announced. We did a RECEIVE ORDER

RSUs

2019-05-23 Thread Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services)
Classification: Public Hi all, A question on some behaviour that I think we've noticed over the last few RSUs that have been announced. We did a RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED) in early April (just after the "New Service Levels" email), and got a number of fixes for RSU1903