z/VM Electronically Delivered Service (CORrective or RSU) Shopz Order Information

• Under the View Now tab is a ordernum.DOC3820 file. This contains the IBM Corrective Service Package order information for PTFs/APARs requested and requisite PTF(s). This file can be viewed in Notepad on a Windows device or uploaded to z/VM as a Text file.

  For a sample click here.

• Under the Installation Instructions tab is a link to the Installation Instructions click here.

The service can be downloaded using either IBM Download Director or HTTPS. This will place the files on your workstation, keep the naming convention for this step, you will rename the files when you upload them to z/VM. The file names will have the order number, filetype and other information in it. The names are too long for z/VM. When you transfer them keep the identifiers such as SHIPRSU, SHIPDOC and RSUDOC so you know which files are which. For a Version 7 order there may be GIMPAF.XML and GIMPAF.XSL files. Those need to keep the same naming conventions as z/VM will use them.

Key for example line one above (S0001.SHOPD.S2054321.SHIPDOC.pax.z):
1. S0001: File number, Download Director will identify 1 of x files.
2. SHOPD: Constant identifier in all V7 orders, can be ignored.
3. S2054321: Shopz order number
4. SHIPDOC: Document file that is readable once uncompressed on z/VM using the DETERSE command. Keep this file type so you know which files are documents and which are service (SHIPRSU1) once uploaded to z/VM.
5. pax.z: PAX is the file type, Portable Archive Exchange file. This attribute can be ignored.

Choose a logical naming convention that keeps the file type as SHIPxxx when uploaded to z/VM. You will want to pick a naming convention that keeps the file number and order number as the file name and the SHIPDOC or SHIPRSUx as the file type. Using the example above you may pick file names similar to these: