[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just heard a rumor that IBM is moving to a new way of sending
maintenance to customers. Apparently, we're supposed to send them our
SMP/E zones and they send customized maintenance.
I'm not placing any stock in this rumor but I wanted to be sure I
hadn't missed anything since I didn't go to the last SHARE.
Here are the changes:
- Effective January 15, 2006, the S/390 Service Update Facility
(SUF) was be discontinued.
- Effective March 2006, new ESO and CBPDO physical delivery
subscriptions will not be accepted.
- Effective June 2006, CBPDO product orders will include service
only for included products.
- Effective June 2006, Service-Only CBPDO (5751-CS3) orders will
no longer be accepted.
- Effective September 2006, existing ESO and CBPDO physical
delivery subscriptions will be discontinued.
You should consider using the new SMP/E Internet Service
Retrieval function that was introduced with SMP/E 3.4. Using
your batch scheduler to get service and HOLDDATA periodically
(daily, weekly, whatever you want) can replace the subscription
options we're withdrawing.
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
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