IBM Z Operating systems

SMP/E for ZOS 2.4.0 Maintenance

  • 1.  SMP/E for ZOS 2.4.0 Maintenance

    Posted Mon March 27, 2023 05:38 PM

    We've inherited an installation of ZOS 2.4.0 which was installed in the Summer of 2021 (06/2021).  There was no information that any SMP/E maintenance was installed after that ServerPac.  What is the best recommendation now days for catching up a system dated a couple years ago to the most current available 'requred' or 'recommended' maintenance levels?  I found a good document to review the basics of the methods:

    https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/z/servicetest/zOS_Preventive_Maintenance_Strategy.pdf

    What is the best method to (1) catch up the maintenance, then (2) keep it current (quarterly RSU's or monthly RSU's)

    Appreciate your advice! 



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    Lynn Gilson
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