We get our software from VSSI, Velocity-Software and CA via FTP. I have gotten an RSU and individual PTFs from IBM that way. I don't know about an initial distribution, though.
About your customer number - has BoA started having its software sent to Charlotte because of the tax burden that CA imposes? If so, your old CA number customer will have been deleted this year. I know that mine did. It was supposed to have been changed over 2 years ago, but nobody told me (it was an MVS secret). The old number worked up to the end of last year. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:25 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Software on tape > > I've been asked whether our z/VM systems could convert to > using only virtual tape. One of the possible sticking points > is vendor software. > If necessary, we could keep a couple of manual tape drives > around for software installs. I'm trying to determine if > it's necessary. > > Have IBM or any other software vendors made statements of > direction for offering alternatives to delivering software on > tape? I know that z/VM itself has been available on DVD for > the last 3 releases, and CA's VM:Manager products are > downloadable. I see that z/VM and products on SDO are now > downloadable, too. What about products not on SDO? Is tape > the only choice for those? I tried to register for > ShopzSeries to see what was actually downloadable, but was > told my customer number doesn't exist. Perhaps customer > numbers for Resource Link and ShopzSeries are not the same. > > Dennis O'Brien > > "A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes > downhill." -- Robert A. Heinlein > > >
