Apply maintenance for Common Services 15.0

Products

• Common Components and Services for z/OS
• 90S SERVICES
• Common Services

Issue/Introduction

Would just like to know if the Common Components and Services for z/OS (CCS) PAX files recently downloaded contains maintenance up to the the date of the download.

Is there is an easy way to get a package built that contains the PTFs needed to for all the current maintenance that is not installed?

Environment

Release : 15.0
Component : COMMON COMPONENTS AND SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Resolution

• The zOSMF version of the CCS BASE and LEGACY install package contains published PTFs through April 2023.
  
  
• The SMP/E versions of the CCS BASE and LEGACY install packages are not changed from the date the product release goes GA. Therefore, the packages do not contain maintenance up to the date they are downloaded.
  
  Common Components and Services for z/OS 15.0 went GA back in January 2019, therefore it is necessary to obtain all maintenance since January 1, 2019.
  
  General steps to manually obtain maintenance:
  
  1. Go to Customer Support Portal 
  2. Select Mainframe Software
  3. Select Product Downloads
  4. Select or Search for COMMON SERVICES
  5. Select Solution Download
  6. Select Latest Release 15.0
  7. Select SINCE date of January 1, 2019
  8. Click SEARCH
  9. Click ADD ALL TO CART
  10. Go to your CART and review. You can delete anything you know you don't have or is tied to a FMID you did not choose to install
  11. CHECKOUT
  
  

Additional Information

Broadcom recommends the use of SMP/E Internet Service Retrieval. Read about it more here:  MAINFRAME COMMON MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES