ISPF client/server (c/s) download

When you select choice 2 "ISPF C/S (requires workstation connection)" under Download methods on the ISPF Client/Server Component Download panel, you are choosing to use the ISPF Client/Server method of downloading. This method is used to obtain updated versions of the WSA and can only be used if you have already installed and initiated the WSA and established a workstation connection. If this is the first time you are downloading the WSA, use the FTP or Manual methods of downloading, instead.

If you do not already have a workstation connection (with or without GUI display) established, ISPF displays the ISPF Client/Server Installation Notice panel shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. ISPF Client/Server Installation Notice (ISPWSD03)

   ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 ─ │ ISPWSD03          Client/Server Installation Notice                     │
 I │                                                                         │
   │ A workstation connection is required to download a new Client/Server    │
 1 │ component using workstation agent file transfer services.               │
 2 │                                                                         │
   │ Do you wish to start a workstation connection now?                      │
   │    1. Yes, start workstation connection now and continue with download  │
   │    2. No, do not start workstation connection                           │
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   │ Command ===>                                                            │
 O │  F1=Help       F2=Split      F3=Exit       F7=Backward   F8=Forward     │
   │  F9=Swap      F12=Cancel                                                │
 F └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The field on this panel is:

Do you wish to start a workstation connection now?

This field enables you to start a workstation connection directly from the panel. This assumes, of course, that you have a previous copy of the WSA installed on your workstation.

1. Yes, start workstation connection now and continue with download.: Select this option when you know you have a Workstation Agent installed and you have initiated it on your workstation.
2. No, do not start workstation connection: Select this option when you know that a prerequisite for establishing a workstation connection has not been met and you want to return to the Client/Server Component Download panel.

If you have already established a workstation connection (see Initiate the workstation connection) and you select this download method, the Client/Server transfer service is immediately invoked to copy the WSA installation program to your workstation. A successful transfer results in the panel shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. ISPF Client/Server Component Install Program panel (ISPWSD06)

    ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  ─ │              ISPF Client/Server Component Install Program             │ ──
  I │                                                                       │
    │ The ISPF Client/Server Component workstation install program has been │
  1 │ copied to your workstation in directory:                              │
  2 │                                                                       │
    │    C:\TEMP                                                            │
    │                                                                       │
    │ in directory:                                                         │
    │                                                                       │
    │ End your workstation connection, close the active workstation agent,  │
    │ and complete the installation by running the install program ISPFINST │
    │ on your workstation in the directory specified. The program is a self │
    │ extracting executable that will result in additional files being      │
    │ generated on your workstation.                                        │
    │                                                                       │
    │ Do you wish to end your workstation connection now?                   │
    │    1. Yes, end workstation connection now                             │
    │    2. No, do not end workstation connection now                       │
    │                                                                       │
    │ Command ===>                                                          │
  O │  F1=HELP       F2=           F3=END        F4=DATASETS   F5=FIND      │
    │  F6=CHANGE     F9=SWAP      F10=LEFT      F11=RIGHT     F12=SUBMIT    │
  F └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘