On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:29:02 -0600, Scott Fagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Official IBM recommendation (from >http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/servicetst/cstrsu.pdf): > >General Maintenance Recommendations using revised RSU: >IBM now has the same recommendations for key OS/390 and z/OS products. >Upgrade RSU preventive maintenance every 3 months (or maximum of 6 >months). Start with the latest RSU available. Monitor HIPER and PE fixes >by reviewing weekly and installing as needed. > I also found Greg Daynes' excellent CST-RSU Share S2827a presentation (August 13 2003) http://ew.share.org/callpapers/attach/Washington_DC/S2827a.pdf There was also a draft "Improvements in z/OS Service" (REDP0324) about CST/RSU, which never got published as far as I know. (is no longer on the redbook site either). What's very interesting in the CST/RSU thing is the 3 month consolidated test cycle with the 'revised' RSU as outcome. But .... it's only for z/OS and it's major subsystems (IMS, DB2, MQ, WAS, CICS, and some minor things (for me at least)). But no TWS (ex-OPC) for example!! At this moment we work with the Canadian Custompacs: Refreshpac & SFSs. CustomPac Services https://www.can.ibm.com/custompac/ https://www.can.ibm.com/custompac/deliverable/refreshpac.htm https://www.can.ibm.com/custompac/deliverable/sfs.htm CustomPacs are CSI-based. We send the CSI to IBM with all *our* FMID's & we get refrespacs and/or SFSs regularly. CST/RSU on the contrary is not CSI-based. If I recall well, prerequisite is even some support contract. The main question is: what *IS* now IBM's final recommendation? CST/RSU is free, probably of a higher quality, but incomplete (only for z/OS & major subsystems). CustomPacs are personalized and contain service for ALL CSI products. Can you work with both approaches, CST/RSU and Custompac? For as far as I know (I'm not the SMP/E expert overhere), it doesn't look to me as an or-or relationship. From a purely technical point of view, it should be possible to use both techniques in parallel. In theory, it should be possible to work for example with 2 CSIs, a RSU-CSI & a Custompac-CSI. And I suppose we can reconciliate with cross-zone SMP/E. But are there considerations about doing so? Pro's & con's? Do's and don'ts? Experiences / considerations to share? Jan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
