Retrieve all maintenance for Common Services for z/OS r15.0

Article Id: 196068
Status: Published
Updated On: 28-07-2020 10:57
Products:
CA CIS , CA Common Services for z/OS , CA 90s Services , CA Database Management Solutions for DB2 for z/OS , CA Common Product Services Component , CA Common Services , CA ecoMeter Server Component FOC , CA Easytrieve Report Generator for Common Services , CA Infocai Maintenance , CA IPC , Unicenter CA-JCLCheck Common Component , CA LDAP Server for z/OS , CA Mainframe VM Product Manager , CA Chorus Software Manager , CA On Demand Portal , CA Service Desk Manager - Unified Self Service , CA PAM Client for Linux for zSeries , CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z , CA Graphical Management Interface , CA Web Administrator for Top Secret , CA CA- Xpertware , MF - MISC OLD CODES , SERVICE ASSURE , Generic Uniservice for CICS , Generic Uniservice II , CA Output Management Web Viewer
Issue/Introduction:

We have installed Common Services r15.0.   How can we retrieve all maintenance for this release since it went GA in January 2019? 

Cause:

Installed new release and would like to apply all maintenance. 

Environment:

Release : 15.0

Component : CCS390 - CA COMMON SERVICES FOR Z/OS

Resolution:

To find and retrieve all maintenance for release 15.0 follow these steps:

  • Login to support.broadcom.com
  • From the home page, choose Mainframe Software
  • On the next display, choose Product Downloads
  • Enter Common Services in the search box
    • Click on Common Services in the box that appears below and to the right of the large search box       
  • Common Services for z/OS will appear on the next page but the choice defaults to Product Download
    • Solution Download appears to the right of the default, click on Solution Download
  • The supported releases will appear to the right of the product name, click on 15.0
  • The maintenance for r15.0 will appear in descending order; the latest fix listed first
  • To retrieve all maintenance for the release, limit the date in the calendar to the right to January 1, 2019
    • This will include only the maintenance for the r15.0 BASE components
    • Leaving the calendar blank will also include the maintenance for the components found in the LEGACY pax file
    • The LEGACY components are stabilized with little or no change since r14.0 of Common Services  
  • Click on Add All to Cart above the calendar 
    • The number of fixes available will appear in the red box next to the literal CART at the top of the page
  • Click on the literal CART 
  • The CART Download Page appears
  • Scroll to the end of the list of included maintenance for the BASE components
    • Other products, such as Easytrieve and Datacom are also included in the Product Downloads 
    • Turn off the maintenance for these products by moving the button to include the "complete package" to the left 
    • Scroll to the bottom
    • Click on Checkout
  • This creates a zip download request of the cart 
    • The download choices of browser or ftp appear to the the far right