I’m afraid I agree, every link that had z/OS 2.1 ended up with “No Longer Available”. The searches all ended in frustration. The real question is “has IBM removed all of its z/OS documentation?” Will this be repaired or are we all going to have to go back to paper?
PHIL CARLYLE Information Security | IAM RACF directory services M: 480-235-2837 | phil.carl...@aexp.com<mailto:phil.carl...@aexp.com> TEKSystems “The Universe is made up of Protons, Neutrons, Electrons & Morons!” From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 6:29 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Would SHARE kindly kick IBM in the ass for what the've done with their web content? I don't think it's actually the case that it was all removed, even though I will agree that it is more difficult to find. I thought someone posted this link a few days ago, but it has been working fine for me: https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosv2r1-pdf-download?OpenDocument<https://isolate.menlosecurity.com/1/3735928037/https:/www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosv2r1-pdf-download?OpenDocument> This is what I see one page level up from that: z/OS Library Search using IBM Knowledge Center | V2R3 | V2R2 | V2R1 | * Search at the element or book level | V2R3 | V2R2 | V2R1 | * Download books in PDF format | V2R3 | V2R2 | V2R1 | Download Adobe Indexed PDF collection | V2R3 | V2R2 | V2R1 | Download content for use with (KC) | V2R3 | V2R2 | V2R1 | (I hope the formatting survives!) Of those options, I see that there are no V2R1 links for the first two (the search options), and no V2R2 link for the last one as I write this. The biggest problem with this is the unavailability of release-specific search for 2.1, and in not necessarily knowing what things documented in KC and in the the PDFs for 2.2 and 2.3 are implemented on 2.1. For all practical purposes, with limited exceptions, though, all the information you need for 2.1 is probably in the 2.2 books, too. Behind the scenes, I know that people *are* working on this, even if the fruits of their efforts have not yet become apparent. I am pretty far removed from those efforts, so I won't try to summarize status or predict anything, but I can tell you that the issue has caught some fairly high-level attention. All that said, on behalf of IBM I can only apologize for the current state of affairs. Like you, I hope it is short-lived. Tom Conley wrote: > Years ago IBM spent many millions of dollars to convert all their > documentation to KC. The rationale was largely to make the doc > searchable by Internet search engines like Google. A week ago, someone > at IBM unilaterally decided to remove this doc, immediately making > Google searches against IBM doc completely worthless. It's not just one > or two documents or links. ALL z/OS V2R1 CONTENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE > INTERNET BY IBM!! DO A GOOGLE SEARCH, AND NONE OF THE LINKS WORK!! > > Peter's anger is justified. IBM has screwed up royally here, and as far > as I can tell, they're not lifting a finger to fix the situation. > > Regards, > Tom Conley > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu<mailto:lists...@listserv.ua.edu> with > the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- John Eells IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com<mailto:ee...@us.ibm.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu<mailto:lists...@listserv.ua.edu> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN American Express made the following annotations ****************************************************************************** "This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you." American Express a ajouté le commentaire suivant le Ce courrier et toute pièce jointe qu'il contient sont réservés au seul destinataire indiqué et peuvent renfermer des renseignements confidentiels et privilégiés. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire prévu, toute divulgation, duplication, utilisation ou distribution du courrier ou de toute pièce jointe est interdite. Si vous avez reçu cette communication par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser par courrier et détruire immédiatement le courrier et les pièces jointes. Merci. ****************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
