"Readily" and "relatively easy" will probably not apply here, so the answers are not likely and nope.
You could dummy up a function/functions and receive the PTFs against it/them, but that won't buy you much other than metadata. Even in IBM, things are packaged differently, but I would expect the sysmods would be compacted. To expand them, you would use GIMCPTS, and then you could figure out how to use the necessary utilities to install them--and pay attention to the order, of course. Depending on the number of sysmods, that could really be a hag. Which product? I'm very curious. More appealing alternatives might be to contact your ever-changing IBM rep, if you can figure out who it is, or a VAR. Or, someone on this list: if they have it, and it's current, then you might be able to get somewhere without violating any license agreement: CSI, etc./TLIBs/DLIBs . . . done. I'd trust something packaged up by someone else much more than something I hacked together from raw sysmods, unless it were fewer than or equal to approximately two. First Tennessee Bank Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 6:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Kind of lame SMP/E question [External Email] I have a client who is licensed for and has installed a particular IBM software product on z/OS. The product is out of marketing but still in service. They have all the actual product libraries but managed apparently to delete the SMP/E datasets some time ago. They now need to apply a set of PTFs but are of course unable to do so without the SMP/E datasets. They cannot re-order the product because it is out of marketing. I am a self-confessed SMP/E ignoramus. Is there some way to readily create a minimal SMP/E environment that would be "good enough"? Is there a relatively easy way to apply PTFs outside of SMP/E? Yeah, I know the questions are kind of lame, but I am outside of my comfort zone here and trying to help someone solve a problem. Thanks much, Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN FIRST TENNESSEE Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
