Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:39:09 -0600, Robert Longabaugh wrote: >.. >CAUNZIP documentation is in several places, including here: >https://docops.ca.com/ca-common-services-for-z-os/14-1/en/administrating/caunzip-utility > Where I see: ... CAUNZIP is a TSO utility that extracts the contents of

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Robert Longabaugh
can't handle > zip. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Seymour J Metz
l Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 1:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Fixes from CA On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:16:47 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I have no problem with 7z, but using an extension for the wrong format is

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:16:47 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I have no problem with 7z, but using an extension for the wrong format is sick. > Yes. I understand that customary vs. peculiar format is an option; I don't know the default. Which do you use? Can the archives you create be extracted b

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Seymour J Metz
edu> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 10:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:36:09 -0600, Al Ferguson wrote: >I have found "jar -xf scart0.zip" works fine for me. I like to stick with base >product (or other tools pr

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:36:09 -0600, Al Ferguson wrote: >I have found "jar -xf scart0.zip" works fine for me. I like to stick with base >product (or other tools provided by/through) IBM, or Open Source vs pulling >3rd party versions of generic utilities (I do not trust their maintenance >histori

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:36:09 -0600, Al Ferguson wrote: >I have found "jar -xf scart0.zip" works fine for me. I like to stick with base >product (or other tools provided by/through) IBM, or Open Source vs pulling >3rd party versions of generic utilities (I do not trust their maintenance >histori

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Chicklon, Thomas
CA does provide a process to take the scart0.zip file and get it into a format that RECEIVE FROMNTS can use. I was fortunate in that I could FTP both the hold data and scart0.zip directly to my mainframe. For those who cannot directly FTP from CA, this works rather well, you just need to add a

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
n I asked for this a year or so ago, they said they don't do this. Guess what I'm asking again. - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: 18 December 2018 15:30 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Su

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Al Ferguson
; > – Vignesh > Mainframe Infrastructure > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Paul Gilmartin > Sent: 18 December 2018 15:27 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA > > On Tue, 18 D

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
ubject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:36:34 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: > >Yes, I get scart0.zip and unzip it on a PC. >I then set quote site parameters and mput them bunch by bunch. >Like... mput *.bin, mput *.txt, and so on. > Ouch! >Should I just c

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Lizette Koehler
On the CA Website, as others have stated, is an Internet process. Second, there is also documentation on using FILEZILLA to download fixes/products from CA website. Third, you can open a case to CA on this process. I understand about not being able to use CA MSM in the shop. However, it can be s

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:36:34 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: > >Yes, I get scart0.zip and unzip it on a PC. >I then set quote site parameters and mput them bunch by bunch. >Like... mput *.bin, mput *.txt, and so on. > Ouch! >Should I just chuck the scart0.zip into USS, and process there?

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:30:21 +, Cieri, Anthony wrote: > >Once in z/OS (USS) I used a program called CAUNZIP to unzip and SMP/E receive >all of the PTFs. ... > Would "jar" have extracted them for you? If not, CA is doing a disservice be requiring idiosyncratic tools. Perhaps even better wou

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Carmen Vitullo
ple JCL? - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Cieri, Anthony Sent: 18 December 2018 14:30 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA The last time I applied maintenance to a CA product,

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Carmen Vitullo
ivery Manager, Customer Support Carmen Vitullo - Original Message - From: "Vignesh Sankaranarayanan" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 8:34:43 AM Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA Hi Carmen, The link you gave was RECEIVE ORDER.. same as

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
frame Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Cieri, Anthony Sent: 18 December 2018 14:30 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA The last time I applied maintenance to a CA product, I believe that there was a way to orde

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA Indeed they do, CA's site, product support mostly has changed so many times over the years, and if you are not a normal user then it's frustrating at the very least to figure out what format and how to download fixes. many many moons ago I was assigned a

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Cieri, Anthony
behalf of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh [vignesh.v.sankaranaraya...@marks-and-spencer.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA [[ SEI WARNING *** This email was sent from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Carmen Vitullo
Hoelscher" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 8:10:53 AM Subject: Re: Fixes from CA CA now offers internet smp/e retrievals (receive order). This delivers fixes and holddata directly (and properly formatted) to the mainframe Before the above method was availabl

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Chris Hoelscher
CA now offers internet smp/e retrievals (receive order). This delivers fixes and holddata directly (and properly formatted) to the mainframe Before the above method was available in our shop, I used IND$FILE to port fixes from desktop top MF - specifying recfm(f) lrecl(80) Never had a formatting

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
Not connected to any vendor from the mainframe.. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM Sent: 18 December 2018 13:59 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Carmen Vitullo
I have one product I support from CA and i feel your frustration , after missing around abit I contacted CA to get the scoop, I forget what I finally did to get my PTF's downloaded but it was not easy one thing a team member proved to me was this link this may help some https://docops.ca.com/

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
ng with basic Windows FTP. > > – Vignesh > Mainframe Infrastructure > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Elardus Engelbrecht > Sent: 18 December 2018 13:48 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes fr

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
80 is wrecking the transfer. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: 18 December 2018 13:48 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote:

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
cture -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: 18 December 2018 13:48 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Fixes from CA Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >On getting a bunch of Solutions downloaded from the CA site for a

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >On getting a bunch of Solutions downloaded from the CA site for a product, the >subsequent uploads to mainframe fail because the .txt files go on for more >than 80 cols. This is super annoying as I'm looking to upload hundreds of PTF >HOLDDATA. I've used quote

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
CA CSM it seems to be called now. Kees. > -Original Message- > From: Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM > Sent: 18 December, 2018 14:38 > To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Fixes from CA > > First, are you not using CA MSM? That makes lif

Re: Fixes from CA

2018-12-18 Thread Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM
First, are you not using CA MSM? That makes life so much easier. Second, you could try to ftp to a preallocated dataset. Or use Total Commander. Kees. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh > Se