Richard, The books are all in one package, including the PDF files. On my order, it was K5T70543.ZIP. I don't know if every z/VM 6.1.0 order uses the same file names.
I agree that it would be nice to be able to download the installation files straight to VM, like we can do with service files. Dennis O'Brien "See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!" -- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 16:09 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Delivery Yes. This Step 2 left out the part about "Download to a PC". Being able top get the material via FTP directly to a CMS disk would have been nicer. And getting the pubs in PDF format is a royal pain, too. It would be nice to be able to download a package and not have to go through the License prompt for each document. Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 Delivery Richard, The instructions assume that you download the ZIP files to Windows machine, and upload to your VM system from there. If you have a Linux guest on VM, you might be able to download the files to it, instead. Dennis O'Brien "See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!" -- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 15:08 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Delivery I just received the info that my 6.1 order is ready for download. In the instructions that came in the notice, Step 2 says: STEP 2: Installation instructions - This link takes you to the instructions to upload the product material (Product Envelope) to a VM host system and to prepare for installation. It is recommended that you read or print these installation instructions in their entirety prior to downloading the products. Once completed, these instructions will direct you to the Program Directory for z/VM Service Delivery Offering for the complete installation instructions. Does this mean that there is supposed to be a way to transfer the files in the order directly to a VM system? If so, there is a problem in that the link provided has no such instructions. However, it does have instructions for downloading to a PC. If I had a choice, I would choose to transfer directly to a VM system Regards, Richard Schuh
