Options that affect download operations

SMP/E uses HTTPS to communicate with the IBM® Automated Delivery Request server, and has the capability to use FTP, FTPS, HTTP, or HTTPS to download package files containing PTFs and HOLDDATA, from a download server to your local z/OS® system. After the package files are staged to a download server, the Automated Delivery Request server provides SMP/E with the information it needs to authenticate with the download server and then download the package files. Specifically, it provides SMP/E with the server host name and a user ID and password for that server, which are unique for the specific package to be downloaded.

The downloadmethod attribute in the CLIENT data set tells SMP/E which method to use for downloading the package files from the server to your local z/OS. IBM's download server requires the use of a secure and encrypted download method, either FTPS or HTTPS, to download package files to your local z/OS system. See Preparing for secure Internet delivery for information on setting up to use FTPS or HTTPS and instructing SMP/E to use one of those methods for download operations.