On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:02:22 -0500, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote:
>o I didn't try a VSAM cluster (VSAM is black magic to me). If > one archives a VSAM cluster with GIMZIP and extracts it with > GIMUNZIP on a different system, is it immediately useful? It depends. For example, if it is an SMP/E CSI, it won't be very useful by itself. You would need any other data sets are referenced by the CSI to use it. >o How do IBM and other vendors largely deliver PTFs nowadays? > In SMPPTFIN format with inline elements, or in FROMNETWORK > format? I don't understand the question. Neither SMPPTFIN nor FROMNETWORK are formats. A network package, which will be processed by RECEIVE FROMNETWORK or RECEIVE FROMNTS includes data in an SMPPTFIN directory and is processed the same as if it were extracted and included in SMPPTFIN. >o Are there noways element types (UNIX?, VSAM?) which can be > delivered only in SMPNTS format, never in SMPPTFIN format? > >o If I RECEIVE a SYSMOD containing a GIMZIPped UNIX directory, > what goes in the GLOBAL zone? Nothing. Only components identified as type SMPPTFIN, SMPHOLD or SMPRELF are processed by SMP/E. >In what format? If I APPLY it, > what goes in the target zone? Nothing. >If I ACCEPT it, what goes in the > DLIB zone? By now you should know the answer. Nothing. >would customers prefer SYSMODS (FUNCTION and PTF) >in format: > >o SMPNTS further wrapped in a pax (or other) envelope? I assume when you write SMPNTS you mean a network package that is suitable to be processed by RECEIVE FROMNETWORK or RECEIVE FROMNTS. The only reason that I can see for using pax to process the network package is for convenience in transporting the package to the customer's site, perhaps via media such as a CD, so that it can then be processed with RECEIVE FROMNTS. If you intend the customer to retrieve it via the internet, they can use either RECEIVE FROMNETWORK TRANSFERONLY or GIMGTPKG, in which case, the package must be in the form that GIMZIP created it. >o SMPNTS as many separate (EBCDIC) files? What do you mean by this? Now it seems you mean something other than a network package. Perhaps a directory created by GIMZIP from several files with type README? I can see no value in that. >o A single SMPPTFIN in the aforementioned zip package? Again, I have no clue what you are thinking about here. A customer who is using RECEIVE FROMNETWORK wouldn't likely care what the contents of the network package looks like. Rather, they would care whether it works correctly. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
