Order PTF UV97540 and you will got lastest RSU for z/VM 5.4. (1008)
This is good advice and gets you most of the way. Since RSUs are collections of recommended service made at a specific point in time, make sure you also order the PSP bucket for that RSU to catch anything after the RSU date that wasn't included on the RSU. Background: What you're doing is three things: installing the base code, using the RSU to jump forward in time and apply all the service from the base up to the RSU date in one operation, and then layer any fixes that have been made after the RSU was closed. You've gotten the base code installed, and (if you want) you can use the RSU that you have to practice installing the RSU (when you get the new stacked RSU and PSP tapes, the SERVICE tool will figure out what you have already applied and just add the new stuff. Mother's Rules of Thumb: 1) Never mix IBM stuff and your stuff. 2) Always take a backup of your entire MAINT id BEFORE you THINK about applying service 3) Cupcakes get you faster responses to your service problems. 8-) I'd strongly encourage you to just do a SERVICE ALL with the RSU and let the automated stuff process the service. If you aren't using CMS for anything except maintaining the system, it does a pretty good job, and anything it can't handle, you're going to need to call IBM for help anyway. The VM service tools are heap big magic even for us oldtimers.
