Thank you Peter.

Then is there a reliable method for a non APF authorized program that does
not execute continuously to determine whether a capacity on demand upgrade
was performed since the last time that same program executed?

Mike Shaw
MVS/QuickRef Support Group
Chicago-Soft, Ltd.
On Jul 1, 2016 8:21 AM, "Peter Relson" <rel...@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> >Question: is it incorrect to rely on the presence of a timestamp in the
> >SI00LASTUPDATETIMESTAMP field ​as an indication​
> >that a capacity on demand upgrade has been done?
>
> In a word, yes.
>
> There are system reasons why the STSI information might have been
> refreshed. I believe that that includes cases where the hardware has
> informed z/OS of a configuration change event that was not due to a
> customer-initiated capaciy on demand upgrade.
>
> > Does your program check the return code after calling the CSRSI service?
>
> I'm not sure why that is relevant to the question that was asked.
>
> Peter Relson
> z/OS Core Technology Design
>
>

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