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SystemPac is now on the menu
Are you ready to order?
BY JUDY WASHO HARRIS
Have you heard about the new house
specialty at Chez ShopzSeries? It’s a hit
with the regulars, so we added it to the
menu. You can order it now; just tell us
how you want it—
“Garçon I’ll have a SystemPac ® with
z/OS V1R7 and some ISV products on
the side. I’d also like DB2, CICS, IMS
and NCP on top. And, can I get that
customized and served in a full-volume
dump? And, may I have all that combined
in a single order, please? Thank you.”
Wasn’t that easy? You can do it, too.
z/OS migration is just a few mouse clicks
away because SystemPac is now orderable
on ShopzSeries. SystemPac, a customized
system migration package for z/OS, is a
recommended IBM delivery vehicle. With
it, you save time, resources and effort to
migrate, install, exploit, and maintain your
z/OS system-related products, subsystems,
and independent software vendor (ISV)
products. With SystemPac, you can have
a functional z/OS system—restored and
IPLed—in less than a day. And with it
comes the new technology, enabled and
with subsequent service to upgrade your
SystemPac’s maintenance.
You can now take advantage of the
many key features of ShopzSeries
(ibm.com/software/shopzseries) when
you order a SystemPac. You can browse the
product catalog, including ISV products,
select the appropriate products to configure
your order, and reconcile technical
requisites. You also have the option to
upload your installed inventory report and
the appropriate products are pre-selected
to populate your SystemPac order. You can
add or remove products as needed. You can
view upgrade path information for both
IBM and ISV products so that you can
take advantage of the self-service
ordering capability.
Want it to go?
Select your preferred delivery media. If
your order contains products from multiple
system releases (SRELs), you have the
option to include all products in a single
order, an exclusive feature of SystemPac.
Alternatively, you can split your order into
a separate order for each SREL. Another
exclusive feature of SystemPac is the option
to choose full volume dump as the delivery
method. Dump by data set is also available.
Then submit your order online.
Taking your order
Because SystemPac requires a service
contract, your order is routed to
Integrated Technology Services (ITS) for
contract validation. ShopzSeries submits
orders containing all licensed products
automatically. ShopzSeries sends valid
orders containing non-licensed products to
the IBM Sales Center for order processing
and fulfillment. If you do not currently
have a service contract, you can request
information about SystemPac. Someone in
ITS will contact you, and you can establish
the necessary contracts.
“Garçon, my check, please.”
On October 12, 2005, the price of a
SystemPac in the U.S. was lowered to $9400.
In other geographies, SystemPac is
included in other service offerings, such
as Enhanced Technical Support in most
of Europe, Comfort Line in Germany, and
Express/Express+ in France. (Tipping is
not allowed!)
For more information on SystemPac,
visit: ibm.com/services/ca/en/
custompac/deliverable/systempac.html.
Ready for seconds?
You can now order several other
CustomPac offerings in ShopzSeries:
• ProductPac ® , available worldwide, is
a software package that includes one
product or a small number of products
built according to your SMP/E
consolidated software inventory (CSI).
• FunctionPac, available in Europe, is
a group of z/OS related products in a
new SMP/E zone as a snap-on.
For more information on these offerings,
see the following Web sites:
• ProductPac:
ibm.com/services/ca/en/custompac/
deliverable/productpac.html.
• FunctionPac:
ibm.com/services/ca/en/custompac/
deliverable/functionpac.html.
February 2006 z/OS HOT TOPICS Newsletter, Issue 14 45